Serena Williams has denied allegations that she bleached her skin after a video went viral, leading fans to speculate that her complexion looked fairer.

During an Instagram Live session, Williams directly addressed the rumors. “For all the haters out there, I don’t bleach my skin,” she said. “There is such a thing as sunlight, and different lighting gives you different hues.”

“I’m a dark black woman and I love who I am and I love the way I look and that’s just not my thing. And when people do it, it’s their thing and they have every opportunity and they should,” she continued.

“I don’t judge, but you do. But that’s what this world is all about and I stay in my lane, the unbiased one… but no, I don’t actually bleach my skin. “So can we sort this out somehow?” explained the tennis player.