Empire Actor Derek Luke has been married to his wife, actress Sophia Adella for 17 years. Recently the actor posted a photo of the happy couple on Instagram only to receive a backlash of comments from fans criticizing his bi-racial marriage. Luke being black and his wife Hispanic, he immediately clapped back and addressed the issue in a statement on his page.
Read more below.
Luke wrote a long statement to defend his wife. He said, “I never usually entertain the opinions of others because everyone is entitled to they’re own opinion. (Positive or Negative) But we’re in the year of 2015 & when should it be a “problem” to date outside of your race? Why is that an issue AGAIN? I’m doing the unusual & going through my comments & the comments I see about my wife being another race is bugging me out.”
He continued his statement saying, “Who one chooses to date is that persons business. Instead of focusing on (Happiness) & (pure Love) for some reason some folks are still focused on (Color). Doesn’t make any sense to me. But I guess that’s the ignorance of OTHERS.”
Following his post, Luke’s page was flodded with comments from followers with sayings like LOVE IS LOVE.
Read the rest of his statement and check out a few cute flicks of the couple in the gallery.
Source VladTV
