Martin Lawrence is publicly making statements about comments made by Ari Lennox. She is accusing of Martin Lawrence of colorist from his jokes on the Martin show. She said specifically toward Pam’s character about her skin color. She also had this to comment on the show and many of the subjects brought up or the inuendos made on it. Ari Lennox said, ““The thing that pissed me off about Martin was how much he was goin’ in on Pam, And this is coming from a girl who loves a joking a– movie and even when the joking movie is like ‘Damn, that was f**ked up.’ There are some things where I draw the line.” The show was popular during the early 90’s and made many raunchy and for our tine forward jokes.
Martin Lawrence addressed her comments on Fox 5 DC saying, “No, I never had that concern because I knew they were jokes,That’s the way Black people. That’s the way we joke. We go hard. And me and Tichina were just having a lot of fun and we were keeping it real. And I was keeping it real. That’s why we got a lot of laughs out of it. She has a right to have her own opinion and everything, but there was no malicious intent.” Due to its popularity, many will attest to this and the nature of the show. Tichina Arnold herself commented, ““Those jokes were never written from malice,” Arnold said. “It was written from who’s got the best jokes. Never about colorism. Ari, we understand how you feel. But it wasn’t meant [like] that. Maybe, Ari, you need to talk to your friends and the people you were around during that time who made you feel that way.”
