Photo Credit: Getty Images
Following Florence El Luche’s colorist remarks towards fellow co-star, Amara La Negra, Erica Mena took to Instagram to share her thoughts. Erica Mena was fired from Love & Hip-hop: Atlanta after calling a fellow co-star, Jamaican Dancehall, Spice, a racial slur. Mena referred to Spice as a monkey and taunted her with monkey sounds.
Following public outrage, the Love & Hip-hop team took to social media to announce that they have officially fired Mena. “The Love & Hip-hop franchise has never shied away from hard conversations in our community. Working hand in hand with our partners, viewers will see the impact of Erica Mena’s remarks play out in the final three episodes of this season. Effective immediately, she will not appear in the next season of Love & Hip-hop: Atlanta.”
After the videos of Florence El Luche’s remarks went viral, Erica Mena commented under a popular entertainment page. “SMH (Shaking My Head) Here we go again, more selective outrage. These TV networks are full of shit. I went to hell when it came to my child based on the individual looks not skin color. As any mother would have in my position,” she began.
She continued, “I was filming for months and months after it happened UNTIL the world was selectively outraged. I was only fired so the network can save face. But yet this is okay and probably she is still filming now. Won’t have her job taken from her. This is why humans can NEVER cancel me. The man upstairs knows what’s what.”
The Love & Hip-hop team has not responded to the outrage caused after Florence referred to Amara La Negra as an ‘ugly black bitch.’ She went ahead to claim ‘black bitches are jealous of light skin women.’ Florence has issued an apology, however, Amara La Negra has not responded yet.
