Nikki Blonsky Racism Debate Ignited: Viral Hairspray Clip Sparks Controversy
3 min readAn old clip of Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray has gone viral making netizens recall her 2008 airport brawl with Bianca Golden for being racist. Well, it was long back in 2008 that on Turks and Caicos airport a brawl took place between Nikki Blonsky and Bianca Golden. But netizens have been talking about the incident once again as Hairspray’s clip of Nikki resurfaced online.
Read ahead to know more about Nikki Blonsky’s Hairspray clip going viral making everyone recall her airport brawl with Bianca Golden.
The 2008 incident of Bianca Golden with Nikki Blonsky
It was back in the year 2008 at the Turks and Caicos airport while returning from a vacation that a brawl between Nikki Blonsky and Bianca Golden took place. Along with Nikki Blonsky her father Carl Blonsky was there too. While with Bianca Golden her mother was there at the airport.
the cast of 'Hairspray' had the eviction notice delivered the day they filmed this sequence because of how hard they went on it pic.twitter.com/3bTNHaAjrw
— Pop Culture Posts (@notgwendalupe) August 10, 2023
An argument at the airport between Blonsky and Golden turned such that there was a physical fight too between them. It eventually hit Eliane Golden, the mother of Bianca. Post which she had to be hospitalized. Both Nikki and Carl were accused of using racist remarks for Bianca Golden and were arrested too.
Hairspray clip of Nikki Blonsky resurfaces on social media
Nikki Blonsky’s old clip from the movie Hairspray has resurfaced on social media. As in the movie the actress played the role of a racist teenager. The movie’s clip has once again managed to bring the memories of the 2008 brawl between Blonsky and Golden fresh in the minds of all.
anyone else not know nikki blonsky was arrested in 2008 at an airport along with her father for assault?? pic.twitter.com/vfajItMZtL
— lex (@gretagerwigflew) May 23, 2020
In fact, netizens have been talking about Nikki Blonsky being a racist in real life like her role in the movie. Although, Nikki has denied back then being racist towards Bianca Golden during the 2008 airport incident. However, social media is full of netizens’ reactions now.
Netizens react to Hairspray clip of Nikki Blonsky
More than a decade after the airport incident between Bianca Golden and Nikki Blonsky. The Hairspray incident of Nikki Blonsky has created a debate on social media. In fact, netizens couldn’t stop reacting on the same lately.
One of the user wrote, “She wasn’t method acting for sure”. While another one wrote, “It’s so ironic that Nikki Blonsky played this role just to be a racist in real life”. A user even commented, “Nikki Blonsky being racist actually shook younger me to my core”.
It’s so ironic that Nikki Blonsky played this role just to be a racist in real life https://t.co/1ogOr2pyxk
— jus (@bbnojutsu) August 10, 2023
It’s a musical about tackling racism with not problematic parts…
— KMR | Wales (@KMRWales) August 11, 2023
Also, what do you mean by woke?
nikki blonsky sounds bad here and i never noticed that https://t.co/robqVT4Znm
— Very Confidence (@p3ytie) August 10, 2023
I don’t understand why Nikki Blonsky didn’t have a guaranteed career or more big roles after this https://t.co/5zBb1hfbrQ
— Jordan Reloaded: The Re-Up (@princeofcarts) August 10, 2023
i cant stop thinking about how nikki blonsky is racist like i was shocked to find out https://t.co/XZJkgpgQck
— dee⁷ˣ³³³ ʟᴀʏᴏ(ꪜ)ᴇʀ (@ThorsWh0r3) August 10, 2023