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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Amber Raiken

Eartha Kitt’s daughter responds to trolls who claimed she ‘wasn’t black enough’

Tamron Hall Show

Eartha Kitt’s daughter, Kitt Shapiro, has hit back at trolls who claimed that she’s “not black enough” to be her mother’s child.

The 60-year-old book author opened up about the online remarks she’s received about not looking the way that “people think” she “should look” during a recent appearance on The Tamron Hall Show. Her interview came after she launched her first TikTok video, in which she identified herself as Kitt’s daughter, prompting viewers in the comments to criticise her appearance.

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