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We don’t know who thought it was a good idea for Donald Glover to interview himself, but it happened, and it landed him in hot water with Black women and writers.
With the return of his FX dramedy Atlanta, Donald Glover has come out of hiding and back into the spotlight. Noticeably vocal on Twitter, calling out the haters and telling them to be brave and @ him when it comes to critiques about Atlanta’s third season. Glover wanted all the smoke, and he isn’t just getting it from the “blue checks” but from Black women and people who make a living speaking to individuals like himself.
There has been a long-standing belief that Glover doesn’t like Black women, and the fact he is married to a white woman doesn’t help his case. Now, who he chooses to love shouldn’t be an issue with anyone, but some believe that decision stems from his experience with Black women. In his interview with himself for Interview Magazine, Glover decided that the clumsy mess disguised as an interview was the perfect time to address the situation.
“Are you afraid of Black women?” he asks himself. “I feel like your relationship to them has played a big part in your narrative,” he tells himself, “I feel like you’re using Black women to question my Blackness,” adding, “I hate talking about race more than five minutes unless it’s with other Black people and/or we’re laughing.”
Head scratching, right?
One Twitter user responded to the moment by saying, “Donald Glover got a white wife. Y’all really gotta start using black men who date black women as examples and let us tell y’all, “Yeah, we would date him.” Average black men get bagged everyday. This incel talk gotta stop.”
“Are there famous Black women entertainers that are as publicly broken and fucked up about Black men a la Donald Glover? Like “a hot guy didn’t want me in 7th grade and now all my boyfriends look like Ross from Friends?” Writer and culture critic Jamilah Lemieux tweeted.
Other writers just flat dissed the interview, and understandably so because of how it dismisses their skills.
donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued.
— Angelica Jade (@angelicabastien) April 7, 2022
If Donald Glover and Interview Magazine were hoping the interview that also touched on other topics like his Blackness, music, and future projects would garner reactions, it most definitely did, but not in a good way.
You can peep more tweets about Donald Glover having a weird candid conversation with himself in the gallery below.
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1. Welp
I'm gonna…go out on a limb here and speak for a LOT of Black women. Okay.
*deep breath*Donald Glover has made it pretty clear that he doesn't really rock with Just Reglass Black American Women.
Not REALLY socially, and certainly not romantically. Which is his prerogative.
— Fiqah (@sassycrass) April 7, 2022
2. LOL, accurate
Donald Glover said “so why do you hate black women?” pic.twitter.com/EyyPq5nYbK
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) April 7, 2022
3. Yikes
donald glover hates black women and gets off to white women calling him racial slurs during sex. https://t.co/ZOEzRD9aAR
— john
(@computercart) April 5, 2022
4. Well damn
Donald Glover is a lame ass bitch and so is every nigga like him who builds up a platform and uses it to shit on, poke fun at, negatively portray, and/or causelessly provoke Black women. Shits real old. pic.twitter.com/6xSvaNfzeE
— 𝙴. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚜 (@UnlearningL) April 7, 2022
5. We feel you sis
hated the way he represented black women in that episode from season 1, with this actress. like why the fuck would you do that? @donaldglover pic.twitter.com/LSNBjx7lKs
— kommanderworld.com
(@kommanderkofo) April 7, 2022
6.
I wish Donald Glover would just say that he was the awkward Black boy growing up and Black girls didn’t really like him so in turn he idolized non Black Women and now where here in which he “loves us” ,but doesn’t love us forreal.
No loss, just annoying.
— Black Girls Who Bravo (@BlkGrlsWhoBravo) April 7, 2022
7.
black incels and their entitled victim complex under here talmbout we dont like donald glover coz we colorist. when it's because hes been openly talkin colorist antiblack shit about black women for yrs. we supposed to love u even if u hate us. seek therapy. https://t.co/jgRJIhxvmC
— not his peace, hispanic (@bad_dominicana) April 6, 2022
8.
men who dont have black partners yet still speak about black women come off strange and guilty. just hang it up. @donaldglover
— anu (@marsaturnvenus) April 7, 2022
9.
Donald Glover, bless his heart, reminds me of Black weebs I grew up with who would insist they couldn't get girls because of their interests in anime & perceived "softness" (as they weren't into sports) but really they didn't get girls because they hated the Black girls they knew
— stitch (@stitchmediamix) April 7, 2022
10.
Donald Glover was out here thinking black women have cooties and shit and somehow he the new Jamie Foxx to some of you
— Sport (@BeenRichSport) April 7, 2022
Not REALLY socially, and certainly not romantically. Which is his prerogative.
(@computercart) 
(@kommanderkofo)