Tyrese addressed reports that he lost movie roles in the past to actor Terrence Howard due to colorism.
On the latest episode of the “Club Shay Shay” podcast, Shannon Sharpe asked him about previous remarks he made about the Empire star.
“Terrence Howard has no idea how many roles that I was about to book, and they went with him because he’s the lighter-skinned Black man with the green eyes,” Tyrese said back in 2021.
The actors have worked on several projects together in the past.
Tyrese appeared to laugh off his comments when pressed by Sharpe.
“Here you go with some controversy. That’s a misunderstanding. This is algorithm, Shannon,” Tyrese joked.
“I never said that. You twisted my words. I ain’t got no problem with that light-skinned man. I ain’t clearing up sh-t ’cause I ain’t talking ’bout that Black man, and I don’t want my words to be twisted or misunderstood.”
Tyrese continued, “That man did not take one role from me. I said, specifically, that long before it was cool to be blue-Black in Hollywood, everybody light-skinned or on the spectrum had way more opportunities going toward them than us. I never said he took one specific role from me. They never said Tyrese or Terrence.”
