Godfrey Cambridge is black. The first part of that film was done with him in whiteface makeup.
I believe he did have vitiligo. I don’t think the numerous plastic surgeries undermine the vitiligo claim; I think vitiligo may have been the impetus for the surgeries.
He spent his childhood and adolescence being told by his father how fug he was. He wasn’t, of course, and he may have spent a lot of time telling himself he wasn’t, but without believing it deep down. Then he got the nose job, which boosted his confidence, and no reason it shouldn’t have. Plenty of people get a boost in their self-esteem from one procedure: nose job, liposuction, chemical peel or what have you. But it seems that it was about that time that the vitiligo developed. D’oh! After all the years of telling himself there was nothing wrong with him, suddenly there was something wrong. And that may have begun the process of going off the rails. The vitiligo got worse and worse, with no way of stopping it, so he became fixated on facial reconstruction as something he could control. If I’m right and he did have it, perhaps without it he would have stopped with the first nose job.
Good explanation by someone who should know on Larry King Wednesday night. Excellent chance it will repeat this weekend.
In short there is the common disease that causes white spots. He had it bad. The places between the white spots were made white using a cream.
According to MJ’s dermatologist on Larry King, the vitiligo was caused by lupus.
It’s never lupus.
I know. That was a joke answer.
Hey, what’s that noise overhead? Sounds like some sort of rushing air current.
OK. There’s no indication in your post that you were anything but serious, but whatever.
There’s no point in arguing whether he had it or not; there are medical documents that confirm that he was diagnosed with discoid lupus and vitiligo in the early 80s. During the 2003 trial, both the prosecution and the defense maintained that he had this skin condition, as well as the doctor in a deposition. Had he been lying, he would of been charged with a serious crime.
But he had plastic surgery on his nose way before he was diagnosed with vitiligo, as early as 1978 (the first time was due to him breaking his nose on stage, actually).
I knew someone would say that…
I don’t know what exactly do you mean by a ‘caucasian nose’ but I’ve never seen any white people with a triangular shaped nose. Also, where does that leave the Caucasian people who have nose jobs as well? Secondly, he went under depigmentation to even up his skin. Before that, he was putting on brown make up.
And unless you have the DNA test that proves otherwise, its a very pompous claim to state as a fact that they are not his children.
Example. These are actress Garcelle Beauvais’ twins:
