Serena Williams has set the record straight, addressing the skin-bleaching allegations she’s recently faced on social media.

Overnight [December 2, 2024], the tennis champion-turned-beauty brand founder went Live on Instagram to talk followers through her everyday Wyn Beauty makeup routine. During the tutorial, the former athlete spoke about the skin-bleaching accusations that recently came about after she shared a video of herself with her husband, Alexis Ohanian and their two daughters Olympia, seven, and Adira, 15 months.

“And then I put just that neutral colour, that is actually my skin colour – and no, for you haters out there, I do not bleach my skin,” the 43-year-old said when applying her foundation products. “There is a thing called sunlight, and in that sunlight, you get different colours.”