Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams has lashed out at people for mistaking her for actress Michelle Williams on social media.
The singer took to Instagram Live to ask people why they’re confusing her for the actress.
“How come when y’all are tagging and congratulating a person, do y’all see that I’m black?” she asked.
So, the folks who are pissed and pressed about Michelle Williams’s (Actress) moving and brilliant #Emmy speech are tagging and aiming their anger at Michelle Williams (Singer), and she is fed up! pic.twitter.com/d7NAQyBndm
— shar jossell (@SharSaysSo) September 24, 2019
“When you go to my profile, when you search for ‘Michelle Williams,’ I am black. OK? I ain’t mixed with nothing, I’m not mixed with Persian, Russian, I am black.”
“So I am trying to figure out why in the world am I getting cursed out in my comments for Michelle Williams’ speech, which I thought was her truth, I thought was awesome,” she continued.
“I thought she was factual, could be wrong, but yeah, I just told this woman a few minutes ago on my Instagram, I was like, ‘I’m so sorry that my namesake upsets you, but can’t you see that I’m black?’
Michelle Williams, the actress, gave a candid speech about pay equality at the Emmy’s on Sunday night.
She won Best Actress in a Limited Series for her role in Fosse/Verdon, and in her acceptance speech addressed the gender pay gap.
“I see this as an acknowledgement of what is possible when a woman is trusted to discern her own needs, feels safe enough to voice them, and respected enough that they’ll be heard.”
During the empowering speech, Williams thanked her bosses for treating her with value and paying her equally.
“They understood that when you put value into a person, it empowers that person to get in touch with their own inherent value,” she said.
“So the next time a woman, especially a woman of colour – because she stands to make 52 cents on the dollar compared to her white, male counterpart – tells you what she needs in order to do her job, believe her,” she said.
“One day she might stand in front of you and say thank you for allowing [her] to succeed because of her workplace environment and not in spite of it.”
