Amber Rose cries as she makes peace with Wiz and Kanye
Actress and model Amber Rose wept as she saluted ex lovers Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West at her first-ever SlutWalk event in Los Angeles on Saturday (03Oct15).
Rose has picked up a reputation for blasting her former husband Khalifa and ex-boyfriend West, but it appeared she had nothing but love for the guys as she addressed the hundreds that joined her to protest rape and sexual harassment.
"He came out with this song that really hurt me, because all I did
was ever love him," she said of Khalifa. "I loved him so much and
gave him a beautiful son, and to be told that I was nothing but a
stripper - it hurt."
She also addressed comments West made about taking 30 showers after
leaving her, adding, "I want to forgive Kanye for what he said
about me. I want to let all the negativity go.
"People are ignorant and you have to be the bigger person and be
the positive person to forgive, and move on and help other people
around you that have been through the same thing."
Rose walked with her fans and activists, holding signs that read
'Strippers Have Feelings Too' and 'My Clothes Are Not My
Consent'.
The model and many of those taking part in the protest wore
revealing and provocative clothing. She was inspired to stage the
first-ever SlutWalk event after a male Los Angeles police officer
suggested women wouldn't become rape victims if they didn't dress
"like sluts".
Rose's charity the Amber Rose Foundation has launched a GoFundMe
campaign to "support our foundation and groups and organizations of
women who have been subject to slut shaming, a lack of implication
of double standards, sexual assault, and even rape."
She is hoping to stage SlutWalk events in other cities.