Erica Mena nearly sat down for Cam Newton’s ‘Funky Friday’ podcast and cleared the air on several topics.
The mother of 3 spoke about co-parenting, colorism and her career as a video vixen.
Mena was open about the current status of co-parenting with her former-spouse Safaree Samuels. When Cam questioned her how things were going, she said, “I want it to be better.
I pray every day it gets better.” Erica recently accused Safaree of neglecting and improperly “grooming” their children while they were in his care. The ex reality star said that she will continue her duties as a mom until Safaree steps up.
In addition, she spoke about her music video career. She said that she was “scrawny” and didn’t really feel sexy when she began, but she “knew [she] had what it takes.”
Newton also asked her about the colorism controversy with her ‘Love and Hip Hop’ cast mate, Spice. As earlier reported by media, Mena received backlash after referring to the Jamaican artist as a “blue monkey.”
She said, “my actions have a lot more of an impact than I ever thought it had.” She addressed that she was “disappointed that [she] let down women of color.”
Erica said that she wished more of Spice’s behavior was shown so viewers had a better understanding of why she was provoked, but she was going to take “accountability” regardless.
Cam commended her, responding, “I’m glad you said that.” Erica mentioned, “It was just all wrong in the choice of words.”
Spice subsequently jumped into the comments on media’s Instagram report and responded. The singer’s lengthy message read:
“Girl bye, at least you confessed that you requested to speak to me, because on a normal day you couldn’t sit at my table because I been knew you think you’re better than dark skin girls. I heard how you spoke about me behind my back, you just got caught on Camera that day.”
Spice continued, “Take me out of the equation since you still have a Victim mentality in our situation. What was the reason you called the promoters in Miami Black animals and monkey, why did you call Johnni Blaze a black monkey?(Everything is on Google)”