Talk show host, Funmi Iyanda took to her Instagram page recently to share these side by side photos of her bare skin to put paid to various speculations surrounding her lighter complexion. She wrote;
“THE TOP IS WHAT HAPPENS TO MY SKIN IN FALL, WINTER AND SPRING. THE BOTTOM IS WHAT IT IS IN SUMMER OR WHEN L’M HOME IN MY LOVELY HOT COUNTRY. THERE ARE NO FILTERS. PICTURES TAKEN SIX WEEKS APART. TOP IN LONDON IN NOVEMBER, BOTTOM IN LAGOS IN JANUARY. I DO NOT LIKE THE UNHEALTHY PASTY LIGHTER ONE MUCH THE GOLDEN BROWN ONE BEING MUCH YUMMIER, FORTUNATELY IT IS MOSTLY BUNDLED UP IN WARM CLOTHING UNTIL SUMMER OR WHEN L COME HOME. I SPECTACULARLY HATE THE SNIDE INSINUATIONS AND SPECULATIONS L GET ON ACCOUNT OF THIS FROM THOSE WHO HATE THE SKIN THEY ARE IN. THIS IS MY SKIN, IT CHANGES WITH THE WEATHER AS NATURE DESIGNS. NEXT PERSON WHO TALKS TRASH TO ME WILL END UP IN LAWMA’S BIN. #IYALAYAANYBODY #MELANINONFLEEK #SHADESOFBLACK”