Dwyane Wade is sharing a scary experience endured by his family following Gabrielle Union‘s exit from America’s Got Talent in November 2019.
This comes after his wife, the show’s former host, filed a formal discrimination complaint against NBCUniversal, Fremantle, Syco, and creator Simon Cowell, alleging racially offensive conduct during her time working on the series.
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The ex Miami Heat player tweeted out on Thursday:
“When these negotiations started my house started being watched and my family started being followed. My daughter couldn’t even go to swim class without us being trailed by people looking for answers. Well y’all have the answers and y’all still don’t wanna listen to them.”
That is absolutely terrifying, and not something their four kids should be subjected to. For those not familiar, the couple is parents to 1-year-old daughter Kaavia James, and Wade is also father to 13-year-old daughter Zaya, 18-year-old son Zaire, and 6-year-old son Xavier.
The 38-year-old continued, following up his initial message on Twitter with more truth bombs about the matter:
“Y’all have deemed her a liar after months of trying to inform y’all of the issues in the work place and also make sure other employees of color that comes after her won’t have the same experiences.”
“Instead of looking thru the lens of someone who has been an advocate for the black and brown community, for women and for rape victims.”
“So instead of making sure your work environment is a a better place for everyone. Y’all have decided that she what? Made it all up because she lost a job? She’s a black women in Hollywood she has lost out on many jobs”
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In a statement to People, the Bring It On star’s attorney Bryan Freedman shared:
“Gabrielle Union informed NBC of racially offensive conduct during the taping of America’s Got Talent, NBC did not ‘stand’ with her in ‘outrage at acts of racism.’ Instead, NBC did not care enough to either promptly investigate Ms. Union’s complaints or even ask HR to get involved.”
He continued:
“Rather, NBC stood against her and directed its ‘outrage’ at Ms. Union for whistleblowing about the racially offensive conduct she experienced while working for NBC on America’s Got Talent.”
Referencing the media conglomerate’s recent support of the Black Lives Matter movement and statement in response to the killing of George Floyd, Freedman added:
“In sharp contrast to NBC’s recent statement on race, what was truly an ‘outrage’ was the fact that Paul Telegdy, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, actually threatened Ms. Union in an attempt to silence her from telling the truth about racist actions that took place on the show. There is no place for this type of racial bullying in the workplace, and it is going to take more than a Tweet from NBC to demonstrate that NBC intends to create an environment free from racism.”
The network responded to the complaint, telling People:
“The allegation that anyone involved in this process threatened Ms. Union is categorically untrue. We took Ms. Union’s concerns seriously, and engaged an outside investigator who found an overarching culture of diversity on the show. NBCUniversal remains committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment where people of all backgrounds are treated with respect.”
Your thoughts, Perezcious readers?? Being stalked over this whole issue sounds just insane to us!! Let us know if you agree or not in the comments (below)!!!
[Image via Gabrielle Union/Instagram.]
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