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Yung Miami is a rising star in the media space and already looks to be comfortable in her role as the host of the series, Caresha Please. In a recent interview, Yung Miami made a quip about becoming the next “Black Oprah” and Twitter isn’t being kind in response per usual.
Yung Miami, real name Caresha Brownlee and one half of the City Girls duo, sat down for an exclusive chat with XXL covering topics from Diddy, her musical career, and where she intends to go next as she continues her ascension in the game. One portion of the interview turned heads and while it’s clear that Ms. Miami probably misspoke, the Internet can be really unforgiving.
From XXL:
XXL: First of all, congratulations on your new podcast, Caresha Please. You keep on grabbing headlines. What’s the story of how that came together behind the scenes?
Yung Miami: People just loving to hear me talk, you know? Whenever I talk or whenever I go on [Instagram] Live, it go viral. So, one day I was talking with Diddy and he was like, “Yeah, [you] should do a podcast. It would be good for you,” and that’s how it came out. It was just a conversation of me just always going viral off the way I talk and the engagement that I used to get off of Instagram Live.
What’s a goal that you want to accomplish with this new podcast endeavor? I want to take it to the next level. I want to be like—I think she has a podcast now—a person like Wendy Williams. I’m dreaming big. I want to go to the highest of the highest. I want to be the Black Oprah.
Sub out the world “next” for “Black” or “Hood Version” and it’s clear what Yung Miami was going for at the moment but that doesn’t matter in the vicious world of social media.
And for your information, Yung Caresha is standing on her words.
Black Oprah!!!!!!!
— Yung Miami (@YungMiami305) September 28, 2022
On Twitter, folks are frying Yung Miami and her quote gaffe although some are defending her. We’ve got comments from all sides below.
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(@IfeOguns) 2.
she said what she said and she meant it! we need a black Oprah! https://t.co/zOuyoDo6CV
— johnny karate (@kdhatesu) September 27, 2022
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Oprah Winfrey was able to reach the world without the age of the internet. Saying "I want to be the Black Oprah" makes no sense to me. it's not the statement y'all think it is TBH and undermines her reach within Black communities.
— Jason (StarWind) (@EscaflowneClown) September 27, 2022
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Caresha saying “I want to be the black Oprah” is funny as hell to me
— Bobby (@BobbyKingDeal) September 28, 2022
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“I want to be the Black Oprah” pic.twitter.com/i5X2ikZerg
— a (@albertoutspoken) September 27, 2022
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wasn’t shea butter twitter just saying caresha the new black oprah??? what’s the problem this week?
— daj (@dajsworld) September 27, 2022
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Caresha saying she want to be the Black Oprah is interesting. What color is Oprah then sis?
— Waddup. (@BARBEYHAVEN) September 27, 2022
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“The Black Oprah” went over a couple of y’all heads.
— Jacolby Conway (@Jacolby_Conway) September 27, 2022
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I knew Caresha was a lil slow but I ain’t think she was that slow. “Black Oprah” really? pic.twitter.com/qPTh87sIU7
— Jay. (@jalenrayy) September 27, 2022
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i feel like caresha was making a political statement by calling herself “the Black oprah”, in her analysis she pointed out the discrepancy in identity between billionaires in the Black experience & because of ‘winfrey’s place in the capitalist scheme, she forfeits her Black card!
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(@hehimcor) September 27, 2022
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