Amanda Seales Calls Out ‘The Grio’ For Hit Piece

Ever since Amanda Seales came out and said she doesn't feel supported by Black Hollywood, the actress and comedian has continued to defend herself from critics and more unfortunately, the very same community she feels blackballed by. 

In a new Instagram post, Seales would call out The Grio for running what she calls 'a hit piece' The title: "Amanda Seales Is Not a Victim of Anything But Her Own Hubris" and it goes onto explain that Seales' own actions and opinions may contribute to her public perception. When she caught wind of the article from The Grio, Seales would take to Instagram.

Like Seales mentioned in the video, this isn't the first black outlet to criticize her since she shared how she felt. In addition to The Grio, both Essence and The Root have run opinion pieces that called her out for being unlikeable. Seales called out the platform that's intended to uplift black people and would reiterate that this is something she's dedicated her entire life to. 

Seales' post was followed by an Instagram Live, where she would expound on the negativity she's received. She would also tag Monique Judge, the author of The Grio article, along with black publications like The Root and Essence, along with the authors of the previous Amanda Seales articles, Dustin Seibert and Jasmine Browley. Judge would notice the commentary surrounding the latest article and has now responded to the criticisms she received via social media. On Twitter, Judge wrote: 

"It's funny. People are responding to my Amanda Seales article and saying, 'but you haven't said anything about Candace Owens' My top column this week is about Candace Owens, and I've written about her critically plenty of times before that"

Monique would then go onto say that she's covered Diddy and Jonathan Majors multiple times in the media. She would follow those tweets up with another that read: 

"The real is they don't care. They show it out like some sort of gotcha that fails every time. I write about everything and everyone. No one is spared over here, but like I said they don't care about that."

"Yes, I have seen her video. The funny thing is, my article wasn't mean or snarky. I didn't call her names or talk shit about her, and I actually praised her work. But hey. Here we are"

It looks like many of the users who commented under Monique's post didn't like what she had to say. Now, it's unclear if the commenters are followers of Seales looking to defend her or speaking on the article in general. One user on social media would write:

"Agree with the general consensus here that your opinion piece didn't contribute much to the conversation, just more pointing out the obvious in a very mean spirited, nice nasty way. You could've kept this one in the drafts"

Another would agree and say: "'Lol, yes, I have seen her video' 'I wasn't being mean. Didn't call her names' Gaslighting 101. I'll stick with Amanda"

One more user would attempt to justify why some might've been thrown off by the piece: "I think people are confused because it had died down. She had her licks for about 2 weeks...she responded in a mature way, in my opinion, and then now here's another opinion from a black publication. It just seemed mean an unnecessary" 

What do you think of Amanda Seales' latest social media post calling out The Grio for their opinion piece? Did they and other black outlets go too far publicly shaming a notable black woman?