Megan Goode can find joy in the darkest of moments.
In a recent interview with SummaryThe Shazam! The actress opened up about how the rumors that she was bleaching her skin actually helped her on her journey towards self-acceptance.
Good said, “I had to be put in that place to be as free as I am now.”
For the better part of 2019 and 2020, Good found herself on the receiving end of allegations that she was bleaching her skin. In various photographs and interview clips, Mal’s skin appeared significantly lighter than in previous years. Soon fans began speculating about the change in her skin tone, with many believing she intentionally lightened it.
According to Medical News TodaySkin bleaching is a cosmetic procedure designed to lighten the skin. can have harmful consequences Depends on the material and how the product is used. Particularly in the black community, there is a subtle correlation with self-loathing among those attempting to achieve lighter skin.
but good assurance Summary That was not the case. She explained that she was initially prescribed a cream by an unlicensed esthetician to target sun damage, but it lightened her overall complexion.
When the speculation began, Good said she felt she had no recourse for the false narratives being spread, noting that she hated what the products did to her skin.
“I was like, ‘I look so crazy.’ I just have to sit in this, and let people think what they want to think, and there’s nothing I can do about it,” she said.
Ultimately, Good said the ordeal freed her from constantly seeking public approval in a way she might have never seen otherwise.
“But I remember when I was praying, I felt a calm come over me, and I was like, ‘This is a prayer answered,'” she said. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but my worry about what other people thought of me was something that I had to go through where I literally had no other choice, and I had to accept my Happiness was to be found and my peace regardless of what everyone else was thinking.”
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