Gabrielle Union bashes Bring It On

[@deelynnpowers1668]

Looking back, we deserved more screen time from the clovers

[@nate6795]

I agree but what I don’t agree with is that they didn’t put her in more of the movie because she was black. That is just ridiculous. The focus groups loved the clovers. But there can only be ONE main character. They made all the right decisions in my opinion

[@dayschange2]

I do remember seeing this movie as a kid and thinking that the green uniformed cheerleaders seemed oddly sidelined in the story. They’re introduced like they’re going to be a big deal, then I think they have one clip where they get funding from an Oprah-type character to go to a championship, then suddenly it’s the end of the movie, and it just always felt like they had a whole story that everyone in-universe knew, but it just…wasn’t in the movie?

[@johnathanbowers5433]

lol what? You should re-watch the movie. The plot is entirely centered around how the Toros have been *stealing* their cheers for the better part of 3 years and they’re gonna make a come back on their own and they refuse Torrence’s help in every capacity. Theres plenty of character development in Ice (Gabrielle union) as she goes from being someone who sees things in a black and white way (her inability to accept help) to realizing that she can’t do it alone. Is it all about her? No. Are the Clovers a forgotten or underwritten B plot? I’d argue also no.

[@chloew4435]

that's all i could think of watching that movie. "why are you focusing on the toros go back to the clovers!!!!"

[@2000sancho]

They felt like the antagonists somehow.

[@tboyk_859]

This is actually a fact she wasn’t lying they only wanted to give the illusion that the clovers were in the movie more because the audience wanted to see more of them but they didn’t want to go back and actually film more scenes with them so they just made the illusion that they were gonna be in the movie more than they actually were just look at the trailer versus the actual movie

[@aliciapinkcotarot]

When I was younger the only reason why i wanted to see the movie was because of the black girls. I thought they would have more screen time. I thought they would show their love life and high school experience but they didn’t. I was a little disappointed but I still liked the movie.

[@lexipitts3028]

Let’s stop saying people are overreaching when she actually experienced it… not us… even as a viewer the clovers were the highlight of the movie… and definitely the more entertaining team all color aside… I would of preferred to see clovers have more screen time since they made the clovers a main factor in the movie over Torrance’s love life that had absolutely nothing to do with anything 😂😂😂

[@marvelmaniacs1]

But let's be honest. Studios do stuff purely to have black support from black people so that they can make their movie more famous or just sell better. One example being the Little mermaid, the actress while she was on stage literally said one time that the director reached out to her and I think due to the success of Black panther studios realized that black support was an actual thing and it did so good because it was Marvel having a full black cast and studios. Especially Disney wants a capitalize on this and when they brought Marvel they thought that they could just do it all over again with the Little mermaid. So I mean like it's not too far out of reach and this was like the early 2000s the peak of online gamer boy rages racism

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

Lol it’s not racism it’s just shit talking stop being so sensitive

[@Dizzeeyout]

Not that Halle Bailey is incredibly talented 😂

[@stephanieramirez6888]

Yeah, I’m not watching little mermaid, they made a few other changes I don’t agree with. Saving my energy and just not spending money on that movie

[@marvelmaniacs1]

@@Dizzeeyout No, I actually like Halle Bailey too. It's just a simple fact that they purposely went to go get her for the main reason that she's black so that they could profit off of black people cuz they knew that having a black little mermaid was going to make headlines and that people were going to go see it for the simple fact that they want to support the first black Little mermaid or the fact that people want to see a live action version of the Little mermaid or people want to hate watch it, but either way they knew what they were doing

[@crisbueno3802]

I've noticed that Gabrielle has a tendency to blame a lot of things on racism, even when it's not the case, like that time she reported racism in American Got Talent, she said she was threatened by Nazis in Croatia and more..

[@crisbueno3802]

@@NalieJoy she reported racism in American Got Talent, she said she was threatened by Nazis in Croatia and more...

[@juliettek.9440]

I remember when she bashed an Uber driver for not flushing at her house party. She made this online psa and most people just laughed. I think a few fans shared in her outrage but everyone else was more of “Have you never had to use the bathroom on your job?”

[@vincentgray9235]

A lot of things? Write the list… don’t gaslight her then not say what it is. Just makes it seem like you’re exaggerating. If you can’t prove that don’t say it lol who’s grasping at straws now?

[@crisbueno3802]

@@vincentgray9235 I alrey wrote in one of my replys my dude

[@Illsayanything]

@@crisbueno3802 I love how you gave two clear cut examples in the original comment and there are still people in here like “GiVe uS dA eXAmPleZ!!!!” morons.

[@deathstarstallion]

Why was she always playing so many high school girls when she was already like 30 lol

[@bibaolaitan5189]

Cos black don't crack...

[@Vibe1610]

Because Hollywood lol

[@novahughes1834]

How many movies or shows have you seen in your life to ask this question?

[@Lost-mb1gj]

Hollywood does that. She’s not the only one.

[@davidortiz2026]

she only played in 2 movies 😂😂😂

[@BAMBAMNAN]

Y’all in these comments are seriously ignorant… THE WHOLE MOVIE WAS ABOUT RACE . CLEARLY she KNOWS wtf she talkin about y’all love to silence tf out of us

[@christophernava2284]

AMEN 🙏

[@lisasimpson361]

It’s because you’re always the loudest just stfu

[@cryptoashesphxrise2044]

Couldn't be that 95% of black people are just stupid right?

[@Tana123456]

She is not over reaching at all. I remember the trailer showing lots of scenes with the clovers cheer squad. Relationship scenes with one of the squad girls and a boy at their school. Watched the movie in theatre…none of those scenes were included. The studio went as far as including *NSYNC on soundtrack songs sung by the r&b female group Blaque (changed to Blaque Ivory 🤨) to appease both parties. We were tricked.

[@urielsmith3248]

YUP! Aka FINESSED

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

Lol Gabrielle literally has destroyed her own kid nothing she says matters

[@FNFNFN99KKK]

She is the stepmother

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@FNFNFN99KKK she still did it

[@FNFNFN99KKK]

@@rommelthedesertfox3089 yeah she destroyed someone's child, not her own child. Feel bad for the mother, she spoke up but got bullied by them.

[@jarvisnash2238]

FACTS

[@virginiamorris92]

What happened

[@epiphannytaylor3211]

Eh idk if I would label it a racial issue. If the movie intended to focus on several girl with no actual main character, then that means that the rolls of the other white casts members were bit as well. So… I’d sum it up to, that show business. They use whatever they can in order to sale to the public and it has nothing to do with race. In this case

[@weego2585]

Starting to dislike this woman.

[@fiox8170]

@@NalieJoy And we don't.

[@duchess_of_petty9323]

She seems to be a very unpleasant person

[@slysdeliveryservice]

pffft ok? so just because she’s calling out bring it on not having her and her co-stars more in the movie that much. that makes gabrielle an unpleasant person to work with? hmmm i’m sure you would do the same

[@mygirlv]

Ya’ll are wild. The early 2000’s were full of overt and covert racist undertones. We hear about it more and more from actors who are Gabrielle’s age today. Preserving and promoting whiteness has always been a priority in a lot of movies /productions back then. People of color whose careers were getting started around the late 90s and early 2000s always have stories about the climate being on set, being treated differently, no one knowing how to do their make up, or hair, micro aggressions, etc. White people, just because you are not a person of color, doesn’t mean you can’t at least try to imagine how it must have felt for a person of color, especially back then. Things have never been all rainbows and unicorns for racial minorities now and especially not back then. The casual brush off of social problems like this is never something to do. Where is your critical thinking and empathy?

[@NeuroDivergent6]

Anything to keep yourself relevant, right?

[@Jaimelikegem]

Idk why you're suggesting thsts not the case. The whole movie was actually about what she's talking about

[@hihi615]

I dont like how this guy presented her case. It was incredibly biased and sorta took what she was saying out of context, by stating other peoples opinions and his own rather than what she actually said. She wasnt grasping for straws, and she did not have equal screentime at all. The greens were barely in the movie and everyone noticed it when they went to see the actual movie. They literally had like 3-4 non-cheer/speaking scenes, so like 6-7 scenes in total if we're counting the competition scenes. Im pretty sure theyre screen time was roughly equal to Torrance's ex boyfriend. The film focused on the Torros, and we barely saw anything of the Clovers. I get what shes saying, i think people are just misinterpreting it.

[@gorgeousunicorn6251]

I don't know if she's grasping per say. I know a lot of 90's (was this 90's) films had an issue with stereotyping POC characters. Like her character was basically the angry black woman. So I can definitely see her point. But I also feel with Union- it's like the the boy who cried wolf. It just seems she's very unhappy.

[@PervySage723]

"How dare a white girl be the main character over me, Im so much better" probs Gabriel

[@SackAttack81]

That white girl is also 10 years younger than she is. 😂

[@aquateatable317]

​@@SackAttack81yet she looks so much younger than that yt girl lmaoooo oops did I say that??😂😂😂😂

[@hihi615]

That's not even what she meant

[@Speakthatlingo]

I agree wit my girl Gab 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@EfoME]

Always the victim… Lol, bashing the movie that launched her “career”

[@jarvisnash2238]

​@@NalieJoy her bank account and the house that she lives in is funded by her husband, millionaire basketball player Dwyane Wade. Get your facts right before you make a fool out of yourself making statements that hold no factual information. 🤦‍♂️

[@TheRenegadeStarr]

How is she a victim? You didn’t watch her take you watch some guy on KZbin briefly recap it and he missed a lot. She says that she didn’t feel like she did her character justice because the film was improperly portrayed with its false marketing and people expecting one thing and getting another.

[@kaylad4486]

"Launched"? This is how I know there's 2 Americas.

[@kaylad4486]

​@@NalieJoyPeople be letting it be known they're white as hell.

[@politereminder6284]

You sound jealous 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jarvisnash2238]

She has failed her little he/she of a son and is an embarassment of a Mother. Of course she's blaming all her problems on other people. 🤦‍♂️

[@tuxedomask4masc]

Why yall bringing kids into this? And shes just supportint her step kid. While youre out here bashing the kid and the parent. Thats lowkey sad.

[@Chris-ot9bk]

​@@tuxedomask4masc men are just insecure about queer people, shockers

[@cloudsenpai9258]

The blame is primarily on the father. That's his child biologically, she's a step parent. Y'all really need to ask why a man is ok witg doing thag to his son. But sure blame women 😂

[@charlesbranscomb8493]

That's not her child. She failed no one mhis mother and father did... Nice try b+++h

[@kaiymariewalker8823]

I mean this movie is literally about white girls using the creative genius of black girls so she has a point 😅 black women are far too often used as tokens and foils to their white counterparts as opposed to getting full character arcs and instrumental places in the story

[@PervySage723]

"The creative genius of black girls" what? Lmao

[@CalebCarmichael14]

Congrats, I’m your first dislike

[@tuxedomask4masc]

​@@PervySage723 its basically the plot of the movie, yt girls stealing moves feom black girls and using it like they created their choreo

[@politereminder6284]

true

[@hihi615]

​@@PervySage723black girls do have creative genius. Not all of them, and not only black girls have them. however, one must admit a lot of the things black people (and in this specific case black girls) have come up with and pioneered, has been stolen over the decades or just "used without credit" and everyone attributes the white person who used it as the "creator". A more recent example of this is the tiktok Renegade dance, and people thought Charli D'Amelio made it.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

In a way I understand what she’s saying AND why people think she’s grasping for straws. That being said, I’m buzzed

[@jamesmanuel4648]

How is she reaching 🤔

[@Shay45]

There is something to be said about a movie that talks about race, financial, and privilege issues but is focused more on the privileged person.

[@thebigrussian]

Dude it’s a cheerleading movie 😂😂😂

[@IeshaWhite-ph7fb]

​@thebigrussian the movie was not about cultural appropriation clovers was diverse they had white Latinos and blacks and Mexicans the Toros was white and Chinese it was just the toros at first unknowingly stealing from the clovers .

[@Shay45]

@@thebigrussian That is not the main plot of the movie

[@mygirlv]

Exactly!

[@LoriWolfcat]

She’s overreacting because more popular movies didn’t have her. There were plenty of black movies. They just didn’t market it as black, they were simply something called “movies.”

[@kriskrissss]

This ladies and gentlemen is called ungrateful. This is a normal film process. Good lord. She wouldn't even have a career without that movie. 😅😅😅

[@Shay45]

Criticism is not being ungrateful.

[@kriskrissss]

​@@Shay45😂😂😂

[@acts238trustinggodsdivinep6]

Gurl, goodbye!! She wouldn't have a career without that movie???!!!!! Please take several seats.

[@MrBencher446]

It always comes down to race poor poor Gabrielle didn’t feel she got enough airtime. The damn movie made her career, give it a rest.

[@veram5391]

This movie has nothing to do with race. When watched it, I was thinking it's about how a cheer squad encountered a wall 🧱 in their routines. Realizing they've been doing stolen routines, they put in hard work to overcome and win. And still they got 2nd place, i don't know why Gab is complaining.

[@Jpam23]

Because they didn’t do her character justice in the trailer they showed many scenes with clover team and Gaby union but whe saw none of them in the movie

[@arg_9584]

I only remember her because she's married to Dwayne Wade and their son is now a girl💀

[@deathstarstallion]

Same. Understanding parents are way better than parents that would freak out but wasn't their son like 12 or something. Personally, I wouldn't be validating much of what a little kid says

[@arg_9584]

@@deathstarstallion yeah he was just a kid. I thought I was a girl when I was 10 for two months because I was an emotional boy, but I got over it. I can’t imagine giving my child the green light for a sex change operation when they’ve barely started puberty.

[@weego2585]

Her supporting that, tells us everything we need to know about her lol.

[@jarvisnash2238]

​@@arg_9584 you thought you were a girl because of how emotional you were? You really need to get your emotions in check dude. I hope that you get the mental health help that you need. Seriously.

[@arg_9584]

@@jarvisnash2238 bro what? That was a whole ass decade ago 💀

[@dennisarch1980]

What’s her ambition with this? You can’t change the film now 😂

[@Laevatheinn]

I think it’s false advertising honestly.

[@Markstubation01]

I understand her point and why she feels this way. It’s unfortunate but the film became to be about the white woman’s view of class and inequality. So therefore it made sense to not have as many scenes with the black characters

[@DannerBanks]

Surprise - studios like making money

[@joshwatson103]

I just watched bring it on earlier i still love it but I definitely wish we had more time for the clovers and see what goes on in their lives but at least they won in the end so that’s okay for me

[@samgallagher5928]

Nahh I think what should’ve happened is that there should’ve been a second movie from the clovers

[@jackchop1576]

I only watched that movie for Eliza Dushku tbh

[@pwns247]

Elisha Dushku tho 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@sydneyalisonbaker]

🙄😒 Sick of race baiting BS!

[@fi_gabor7851]

She was correct…I was a pre-teen when this movie came out and I was fully expecting to see more of Blaque and Gabrielle and to my surprise it was extremely white

[@era3596]

tbf . . . that story is supposed to center around the toros learning from their mistakes and making up for them ( by ditching all the stolen material ). which is did. WITH THAT SAID . . . i would have LOVED to see more of Blaque and the Clovers too, to see their side. but the movie as - is delivers on the storyline of an unknown villain arc and redemption ( not only for the toros of becoming original, but the clovers winning a championships like they always should have ).

[@roldandiaz5555]

​@@era3596The Toros didn't have to redeem themselves because they had already profited from stealing from the Clovers. They would have had to give the Clovers all those trophies and credit for it to be even. When they faced the Clovers one on one, they weren't as good.

[@thebigrussian]

Aww your racist self must’ve been so disappointed

[@Dr._Mambo]

Racist, racist, racist. Old and tired.

[@malikdamartian6863]

So this movie didnt start her career, Bring It On is her fourth movie

[@WhereOceansMeeet]

I only really ever liked GU in Bad Boys 2. While I saw Bring It On, I wasn't impressed by anything in that film. I found Fired Up to be a much better cheerleading comedy. Just my subjective opinion, though.

[@dinaashford-more1172]

Totally agree with Gabriel Union. Hollywood still has a very long way to go in providing leads to POC.

[@no-bozos]

People looking for insults ALWAYS find them.

[@politereminder6284]

You have this twisted. 🙄 misrepresented this for rage-bait. 🙄🙄🙄. She didn't make this a racial issue. the film-makers did 🙄 It's called black fishing. you've misquoted Gabrielle, and you've made it sound like Dunst and Gabrielle were competing for lead role. Gabrielle's character was always a side character. Dunst was always lead.

[@phantomthread4385]

Don't ruin one of my fave films. Natina Reed died. You launched your career and did well. End of.

[@crambo000]

She’s ungrateful

[@tupecktherappingparrot4345]

The girls should have been given more equal screen time. It was about a lot of teams back in the 90’s, one of them was mine. They made it initially so the torros team was supposed to represent a bunch of team together and all of the best parts of them which probably complicated matters for equal screen time. Regardless all of the actors did amazing playing us in our competitive days and I applaud them all. -The real life Missy. New song based on the movie is up, review might be up soon discussing the real life moments. 😉

[@J.F.331]

Are we really all that surprised? She’s a mediocre actress at best and since she didn’t make it big as a star she has to pull the racial victim card like many of her ilk these days.

[@robertrinehartjr9090]

That movie wouldnt of worked the other way. Union played the part she was in great and that made the movie what it was i thought. She also did a cop buddy thing on netflix with Jessica Alba that was tight...but of course just like the democratic party shes gonna say all this shit about racism about something that happened 15yrs ago....WAY TO FIGHT ABOUT NOTHING THAT MATTERS

[@valenlevalenle6394]

I loved all the scenes with the clovers but to be honest, from a storytelling perspective, it wouldn’t have made much sense for both to have equal screen time. If it was a show yes but a movie has to be linear and there’s just not enough time to develop two main characters that have nothing to do with each other besides competing against the other. They would have had to cut Torrence’s romance which I thoroughly enjoyed. I felt the clovers had some very iconic performances and moments regardless and I loved the film! ❤

[@jenniferchavez242]

Gabrielle is always so problematic…what do you expect, her son transitioned to a girl…says alot about their household, they are nuts

[@lieselotmauroo9808]

Ridiculous!!!!!!!!

[@GiovannaAguilar]

Race has nothing to do with it. She’s awesome but that argument is ridiculous

[@leftoflibra]

Not this white right conservative trying to tell Gabriel how to feel. 😂

[@jadelovelife]

as little kid as i always thought clovers needed more screen time. definitely one of best movies in the franchise, it has the least cringey script. imo

[@disneyrockz12]

So she wants to be paid more from the film?

[@jm4050]

I'm conflicted. While it is true that the Clovers were featured more in the trailers and the producers should have stuck to their word by featuring them as promised, the theatrical cut was still well done and well paced. This could have been solved with making a Clovers cut since DVDs were gaining traction at the time. However, Gabrielle Union crying racism is quite ironic given that she made a whole movie years later about being in a relationship with a Nazi. It's very dissonant.

[@shweetblonde]

The movie was just fine! She is just trying to start drama to stay relevant

[@meccalovett4616]

I swear this content creator knows exactly what he’s doing

[@urfavoriteperson143]

I guess since everything in the present n the 50s-60s n dont dare forget over 200 yrs ago is completely racist. It does seem fit we include the 90s n 2000s-2010s

[@jasons3759]

They love playing victim

[@fyecarmel2012]

Bring It On did NOT launch her career. Gabrielle already had a successful stream of movies before this flick. 🙄

[@AliasArkine215]

Who gives a shit?

[@helloareyouthere9992]

The race card, that train is never late

[@Shay45]

The movie is about race and privileges yet they cut out scenes from the less privileged group to benefit the privileged one.

[@ronedward3660]

Honestly, i did watch the movie mainly for Gabrielle Union. I don't think I need to explain why. 😈

[@jamiejameskingofgames4648]

Btw this movie didn’t “start” her career.

[@douglasbriel6103]

The whole movie was Kirsten Dunst versus Denise Richards. I'm not even a Dunst fan, and remember Union from Cradle to The Grave. This is hella stupid.

[@gpgully]

Denise Richards was not in Bring it On...🤦🏽‍♀️

[@politereminder6284]

this youtuber is spreading misinformation. Gabrielle Union is not Bashing the movie She's just saying what happened. She was always supposed to have been a side character in the film. Dunst was never chosen to lead by screen test. That was planned from the beginning. Gabrielle's comments were about the trailer. she and all the black girls tested so well in audience tests that they decided to market the movie around the black girls, even though their squad was a miniscule part of the movie. She was making a point about how they had so much fun in the movie that audiences picked it up, and the marketing team filmed additional scenes strictly for the trailer. Obvious, and blatant blackfishing🤷‍♀️

[@leighlvejohn48]

if this was a black issue you wouldn't be in a movie at all.

[@politereminder6284]

Wow! 😲 y'all said, "shut up and dribble!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you obviously are not familiar with the plot of the.movie, are you?

[@logansanchez537]

Where are you getting your information from dude seriously ?

[@melyndasmith4888]

Love me, Ms. Gabrielle. The best actress

[@davidortiz2026]

Sht... I was hoping to see less from the clovers. The weakest part of the movie was how ghetto the cloves was.

[@kevinklein9565]

The movie wasn’t about them

[@eatchas]

Her statement sounds factually correct, even if it lacks some context.

[@e.i.g.ri.]

Victimhoood😂

[@harristv4145]

The way you reported this is highly weird… this isn’t an up for a debate thing and you saying “bashing the movie that started her career” and that slick a$$ comment you made at the end to “see the other side” is extremely f:cking ridiculous. You can’t “see the other side” for racism. The films marketing for the movie even when it first came out made it seem as tho both the clovers and torros were gonna get the same screen time. Ik a lot of ppl who wanted to see it just cause Gabriel Union was in it cause she is a well known actor before bring it on, so your comment about this movie being “the start of her career” is BS and very undermining of her hard work shes been putting in for years prior. Not surprised tho cause yall constantly undermined black women and god forbid they speak up on the mistreatment they experience. One if not the most important plot/lesson of the story was regarding racism and how the torros previous captain was stealing routines from the underprivileged black/brown school that couldn’t afford to go to nationals even tho they have the talent. That’s literally the plot of the film. Besides the side love plot and the obvious cheering, the film had something to say and a message about racism. Mind you this movie was also in the early 2000s to late 90s where social awareness about minorities was not a thing. Slurs, fat shaming and yes RACISM was a very prevalent thing in Hollywood media, look at any early 2000s. So her letting yall know it was a race thing shouldn’t be up for debate cause it definitely was. You mention she “tested better for the cheers” and such, so why market it like it was a film with equal (honestly if not more for Gabriel) screen time for both actors? Right. It’s a bigger issue than just “I’m an actor and I wanna be on camera more” it’s an underlying issue of blatant racism. And honestly even if it was just the fact that she wanted more screen time she had every right to make that statement cause shes also one of the main faces on the cover of the movie, the trailers for the film and the amount of work it takes to make a film like this navigating the topic it had in the early 2000s. You should not be reporting on something you clearly don’t have the depth, intelligence or understanding to speak on this topic. I’ve seen your previous videos where you just report on what’s happening and keep it very neutral but this seemed very very biased, ignorant and a huge micro aggression borderline racist. Any time a black woman has an issue it’s up for debate or discussion. She was there, she know what happened, she’s telling her story and who are you to combat that? You’re weird and seriously need to stick to what you know cause this was not it.

[@cityrat3237]

Yt people mad anytime racism is called out

[@BrandeeBell-gc1kt]

I cant understand anything you're saying

[@nicolewhite6030]

So??

[@strictlyaesthetic9202]

Ok..

[@ceitaieki5681]

Your commentary seems very biased bro. Do better

[@jessefreeling1984]

Honey, don't use the race card..she thinks the movie will be famous without Kirsten Dunst? Delusional?

[@Shay45]

This was her fourth movie. She didn’t get famous from it. She isn’t criticizing Kirsten Dunsts. She is criticizing the production team for their bias and cutting out scenes.

[@jessefreeling1984]

@@Shay45 really? That doesn't like to me

[@Jpam23]

@@jessefreeling1984the KZbinr is saying bulls@@t

[@JStep-tl8zx]

Lmao lame

[@thebigrussian]

They always make it about race 🙄

[@jessefreeling1984]

Not using the race card again. She's not even the main role