Ray J has aired Erica Mena out for “being racist again” and calling him the N-word during a recent rant.
On Thursday, August 22, Ray J took to Instagram to share a screen recording of a video initially shared by Instagram user @realitytv_blogspot. Furthermore, the clip features Mena yelling emphatically at her phone and is titled, “Woah! Erica Mena drops the ‘N-word’ while Dragging Ray J, PRINCESS LOVE, BRANDY…”
“Talk your s**t lil n***a,” Mena says, apparently while streaming on Instagram Live. “I probably wasn’t supposed to say that… Stop playing with me. All of y’all motherf******s. I’m not on that…”
Ray J added a few words on top of the video of Mena: “HERE YOU GO BEING RACIST AGAIN! YOU STILL AIN’T LEARNED TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THE CULTURE”
Additionally, he added a caption where he shared a direct message for the reality star.
“Why call me the N word! @ericamena – after the racist Monkey comment you made about black people, you just felt like you could take it to the next level and call me a N***a huh?? SMH,” he wrote. “…when you make mistakes and take a L – you suppose to Learn from them. This is not cool”
Before concluding his message, Ray J noted that Mena’s ex-husband and father of her youngest children, Safaree, is his friend. Additionally, he stated that he doesn’t “get into [it]” with his friend’s partners or former partners.
“we shooting our own shows and living life to the fullest!! – God bless you… why we got you so mad? Damn!…” he wrote.
Check out the video of Mena and Ray J’s response below.
Social media users reacted to Mena’s words and Ray J calling her out in The Shade Room’s comment section.
Instagram user @snowsimonnie wrote, “Why she always so mad ? I can take the kids on the weekends 🤦🏽♀️”
While Instagram user @teridixon_32 added, “Ray J you pushed Princess in a whole swimming pool. Bye!”
Instagram user @alexis.theodora wrote, “Erica’s energy gives she need therapy still. She too beautiful to still be going off like this.”
While Instagram user @suckafree__ray added, “He reaching trying use the black card so social media can help him 😂”
Instagram user @cookiethedondada wrote, “If Gretchen can’t say it neither can she”
While Instagram user @aialogirardi added, “I never be offended when she say the N word because she been apart of the culture for so long. People just want to now call her out on it for people to turn on her.”
Instagram user @_imcarlyd wrote, “Bby Erica go heal somewhere PLEASE!! She’s full of so much anger and trauma it’s making her not look pretty #prayingforyou🙏”
While Instagram user @royalbeauti__ added, “Why y’all just didn’t keep her cancelled”
Instagram user @theashbsmith wrote, “But when she called Spice a monkey so many people defended her.
They’re pretty quiet now huh? When people like this show you who they are, believe them and act accordingly.🤞🏾✨🪴”
As The Shade Room previously reported, Mena came under heavy backlash in August 2023. At the time, a ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ episode was aired, which showed Mena referring to her castmate, Spice, as a “blue monkey” during a heated exchange.
In the weeks that followed, Spice spoke out about the altercation and let fans know that she wasn’t letting Mena’s “opinion” of her devalue her.
“…Someone’s opinion of me does not value who I am and not because someone thinks something of me, that doesn’t mean that’s who I am,” Spice explained during an interview with Forbes.
During the conversation, Spice also addressed Mena’s apparent diss of dark-skinned women.
“I’ve always reminded my melanated women how beautiful they are, to love themselves [for] who they are [so] someone can’t come and say a few words,” she said. “…That doesn’t define me. I know who I am.”
In September of that year, Mena publicly apologized for her comment about Spice, per The Shade Room. Additionally, she alleged that her words were not “racially driven.”
“I deeply regret my insensitive comment and want to humbly apologize to anybody I hurt or offended by my thoughtlessness,” she told TMZ at the time. “My choice of words was wrong, and I take full responsibility for what I said. I am committed to listening to the voices of those affected and will work toward making amends. As a woman of color and the mother of two black children, I want to make it clear that my use of that word was not in any way racially driven.”
What Do You Think Roomies?
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I ranted about this during a recent episode of Suburban Parents Talk. My bean has done a lot of different sports and extracurriculars, and I’m proud to say that I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve missed being there. I’ve gone to swimming lessons, hockey practices and games (even the super early ones that are crazily far away), tee ball, soccer, cooking classes, and more. And then, when everything suddenly stopped, I found that my son not only missed his sports but I did too.
When we came back I was invested more than ever. And I have been since. My phone usually only comes out to take photos or videos. I really make a point of not scrolling around on Facebook or getting into texting convos because all of that can wait one measly hour.
But I see the parents who just can’t seem to put their phones down. I’ve seen parents regrettably miss goals. I’ve seen kids look expectantly out into the sea of parents to get a small wave or wink from a parent only to find them absorbed in something on their screens.
If Covid has taught us anything, it’s that life is completely and totally unpredictable. So many lost so much in those two years, and parents did too – we lost time to watch our kids grow and have fun and enjoy sports and extra-curriculars. And that’s why now, more than ever, we need to put down our phones.
It’s for one hour.
Put it down.
And who knows: Maybe you could put it down during meal time too. But that’s a whole other rant *wink*.
A full-time work-from-home mom, Jennifer Cox (our “Supermom in Training”) loves dabbling in healthy cooking, craft projects, family outings, and more, sharing with readers everything she knows about being an (almost) superhero mommy.
I’m tired. But not yawn-and-stretch tired. Like numb.
I dunno why. Maybe it’s the change of seasons. Although we’ve had incredibly warm fall weather, I’m feeling blah.
We’ve had a lot of visitors lately, and hockey season keeps us going 3-4 times a week at arenas all around our area. It was Halloween and I (as always) overdo it with the themed food, decorations, etc. I really want to get ahead on my Christmas shopping because I like December to be a month where I can instead focus on all the fun get-togethers and activities rather than frantically shopping. I’m working out my son starting sacrament classes with church. I’m helping take care of my 91-year-old grandfather. I volunteer at my son’s school one morning a week and have been helping with book repairs at home. I’ve got an energetic pup who needs his exercise and attention. My husband works different shifts at all hours of the day and night, so I’m the one keeping everything organized and going at home. There’s a lot of meal prep and lunch-making. Oh, and I have this thing where I work full-time too.
And I feel burnt. I’m sick of grocery shopping and making the same boring meals for lunch and dinner, but I don’t have the “oomph” to come up with anything “different” at the moment. I have passion projects like book writing and podcasting on the back burner because I don’t have the creative juice for them by the end of the day. I’ll realize I haven’t chatted with a close friend in weeks because the days are rushing by in monotony.
I know I’m not the only one. In fact, I’d venture a guess that almost every parent reading this could also write a paragraph-long rant about all the balls they’re juggling simultaneously like me. But it feels good to let it out. Cathartic.
How are you doing? Need to rant for a minute? Rant away in the comments… I’m listening.
A full-time work-from-home mom, Jennifer Cox (our “Supermom in Training”) loves dabbling in healthy cooking, craft projects, family outings, and more, sharing with readers everything she knows about being an (almost) superhero mommy.
