On Feb. 17, Simu Liu performed within the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, the place he was a part of Dwyane Wade’s profitable group. While the actor loved the night, he is calling for the NBA to do higher after a star look-alike section featured his picture alongside that of an attendee who seemed to be of Asian descent. Liu, a Canadian actor who was born in China, famous that he and the person did not look alike in any respect. (POPSUGAR reached out to the NBA for touch upon the section however didn’t obtain a direct response.)
The “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star reshared a screencap of the second that was tweeted by a fan. “I had a good time however this wasn’t cool,” he wrote on Twitter.
In a second tweet, Liu clarified that he had a constructive expertise with the occasion organizers and his fellow gamers. Ultimately, it was solely the section that he took concern with, and he additionally made positive to notice that he meant no disrespect to the viewers member he was in contrast with.
“To be completely clear the complete org and ops group surrounding all-star have been nothing however completely stellar to myself and all my pals. this was only one particular person with a digital camera. and no disrespect to my man within the videotron both! he is attractive we simply do not look alike,” he tweeted.
Liu’s followers backed him up on Twitter. One particular person wrote, “This is so dangerous in some ways.” “Game of Thrones” alum Nathalie Emmanuel added, “Oh completely not.” Another fan summed up the difficulty writing, “The concern right here is that they don’t have any comparable traits aside from being Asian. Usually once they do that bit, there’s SOMETHING to attach. Haircut, beard, construct, one thing. This is actually simply enjoying into the ‘all Asians look alike’ stereotype.”