Kiss 100’s Former Presenter Miss Mandi Gives Her Opinion on Vera Sidika’s Bleaching

Vera Sidika has been on the receiving end of a constant stream of negative online comments, brusque vindictiveness ,a little ‘lighthearted’ snide remarks from ‘friends’ ,or a diss camouflaged as a compliment from ‘supporters’. This is all due to her skin lightening/bleaching procedure.

Former hits F.M/Kiss 100 presenter Miss Mandi  gave her two cents in the issue, defending Vera and urging parents to ‘stop expecting celebs to raise their daughters ’

Here is how her statement read in whole:

“A lot of people seem to be up in arms over Vera Sidika’s decision to lighten her skin. When I watched her recent interview I got to appreciate Vera more in the sense that, she made the decision to lighten her skin for herself. On the show she did not encourage anyone to lighten their skin or even say that she is a role model. So why do people expect famous people to be role models when they are doing things for themselves?

We live in a society where a lot of people have group think, not a lot of people reason for themselves and that’s because the society has made a lot of people be a part of it. Whatever someone chooses to do, one needs to realize that they did it for themselves first not for the society because that is THEIR business. Several people expect famous women to raise their girls yet that is not how it should be. We should be teaching people to critically think about the choices they want to make. We need to have discussions about colourism instead of why Vera bleached herself only then is when we will realize where the issue lies. Any grown woman over the age of 18 makes decisions for herself because she is entitled to them, STOP EXPECTING THEM TO RAISE YOUR DAUGHTERS. Stop projecting your ideals onto others. You may not like what someone is doing but at the end of the day respect them. Wacha watu waishi vile wanataka, you worry and focus on you.

As Nonie said “People who decide random famous people need to be role models based on their personal ideals need a better struggle.”