While on Cloud 9 from all of her ‘Color Purple‘ press and being nominated for her first Golden Globe, Fantasia Barrino is now being dragged back down to Earth as she calls out Airbnb for allegedly being racially profiled and kicked out of a North Carolina lake house she rented for her son’s birthday.
On Sunday (December 17), the 39-year-old singer called out her Airbnb host and the company in totality after the alleged racial incident during her son’s birthday celebrations.
Taking to her official account on X (formerly Twitter), Fantasia began, “My stomach is so uneasy this morning as I’m riding back to my home in the cold and rain. I don’t say much when people do me wrong, but I can’t stay quiet on how my family and I were just treated from a host with @Airbnb @airbnbhelp trying to kick my kids and I out at 12:00 midnight.”
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Fantasia continued to reveal, “The host accused us of having a party with loud noises outdoors because they saw balloons being dropped off and a game truck with no generator in the early part of the day. The amount of guests we reserved for are the amount of guest who stayed the night. They never said we weren’t allowed to have any company over!!”
The new Golden Globe nominee added, “It’s evident from the sayings on the wall to the outdoor fire pit/jacuzzi and a well-equipped game room in the garage/poker table that people Hosts parties and/or gatherings here on the lake often as there were weights with balloon ribbon left in the garage from a previous party at the house. It’s evident to me this was racial profiling and the treatment we received was due to the color of our skin. I wanted my son to enjoy his friends (10-12) year old and make him feel special as I have been traveling for the last 35+ days promoting a movie I starred in. This time, I dare not stay quiet.”
Responding to the singer’s post, a representative on the Airbnb Help page on X wrote, “Hi Fantasia, Airbnb does not condone discrimination in any way. You can view our Nondiscrimination Policy here: air.do/6014RrtEK Please send us a DM with the email address connected to your booking, so our team can follow up. Thank you.”
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Fantasia also went live and spoke about the incident and revealed that her son’s birthday was on December 13 and after asking him what he wanted to do for his big day, he opted for a family and friends getaway at a house on a lake.
The singer revealed all of the fun games and amenities at the house and noted that a lake was across the street, making the house a perfect place for her son’s birthday. She explained that while she had party and event companies arriving at the house to set up decorations, the neighbors appeared to have gotten upset with Fantasia’s family for making noise.
Fantasia noted that the noise level wasn’t outrageous and that the children were all in bed by 9 p.m. However, Fantasia and her family received a phone call from the Airbnb host claiming they received calls about their noise level, that there was a party bus at the home, and that there was footage taken proving all of this. Fantasia said she asked for the videos and other evidence to be sent because the complaints were unsubstantiated.
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Fantasia then fully called it out for what she believed it was and said, “It felt like a Black thing. I came home to North Carolina, out to the lake. And all of the houses, this house sits in the middle and there’s like three houses behind it where they can just and look at us. It feels like a colored thing. I’m being honest.”
She continued to explain that she and her family could have stayed at their own home rather than be racially profiled and kicked out. She detailed, “They made us get up at 6 in the morning and told us to get all these kids up and get out. They told us to get out last night. My stomach literally hurts.”
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