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Serena Williams is hitting back at the internet detectives who have accused her of bleaching her skin. In a recent Instagram Live video shared on Dec. 2, the tennis legend addressed the rumors that surfaced after a recent video showed her appearing with a lighter complexion at an event for her 7-year-old daughter, Olympia. 

Serena Williams attends the 2024 ESSENCE Black Women in Business Dinner at the Four Seasons New Orleans on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On Monday, while sharing a makeup tutorial for her beauty brand, Wyn Beauty, Williams, 43, seized the moment to set the record straight and shut down the baseless claims once and for all.

“And then I put just that neutral color, that is actually my skin color, and no, for you haters out there, I do not bleach my skin,” the athlete said as she applied Wyn concealer under her eye, according to a clip posted …