“Amanda Seales is saying goodbye to The Real.
“The 38-year-old comedian announced her decision to depart the daytime talk show during an Instagram Live on Tuesday, saying she chose not to renew her contract six months after joining as the fifth co-host.
“”My contract is up at The Real, and I didn’t renew it,” she said.
“Seales said she felt she was not able to express herself properly as a black woman on the show.
“”It doesn’t feel good to my soul to be at a place where I can not speak to my people the way they need to be spoken to,” she said. “And where the people that are speaking to me in despairing ways are not being handled.””
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