Viewers of This Morning were left gobsmacked as a woman, who has been taking melanin injections to make her skin colour darker, said she believes her children will be born black.
Martina Big, a white model from Germany, and her husband Michael – who is also taking steps to turn his skin dark – appeared on Monday’s show to talk about why they have chosen to change the colour of their skin.
Martina – who has been on the daytime show multiple times – said she now identifies as a black woman and claims a doctor told her that she and Michael could give birth to a black child.
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Host Holly Willoughby asked the couple: “One day you’re thinking of having babies… you’ve been told by a doctor that your children will be black?”
Martina replied: “Yeah, they said they will be black. I’m discussing regularly with my doctor to see if everything is OK, will the baby be OK, is breastfeeding OK, how will the baby look?”
Holly said: “And if that baby is not… because I’m trying to think biologically how that is possible, if you give birth to a white child will you somehow think it’s not connected to you?”
Martina responded: “No, it’s a mix of Michael and me.
“I’m pretty sure it will be black or milk chocolate or a little bit lighter, it doesn’t matter.”
Viewers watching from home were left shocked by Martina’s comments and shared their thoughts on Twitter.
One person asked: “Did she just say ‘milk chocolate’????” while another wrote: “Omg!! The baby will be black or milk chocolate?! How disrespectful can you get? Totally mental.”
Did she just say ‘milk choclolate’ ???? #Thismorning
— ‘Take me to the hole!’ 🎃👻 (@KazP19) 21 January 2019
Omg!! The baby will be black or milk chocolate?! How disrespectful can you get? Totally mental 👊 #thismorning
— Rachel (@littlelady2004) 21 January 2019
A third tweeted: “Did she just say ‘milk chocolate’ oh my god.”
Did she just say “milk chocolate” oh my god #thismorning pic.twitter.com/sRfpCWXMTf
— Tasha xx (@tashalou89) 21 January 2019
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Speaking about having the injections, Martina explained to Holly and stand-in host John Barrowman: “I can clearly feel that I am black – but its hard to find the right words to explain it.”
Martina claims that since she’s been having the injections, her eye colour has become darker as well as her eyebrow hair.
She added that her hair has become curlier and darker, too.
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