Ice T’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day message sparked backlash from one X user who took issue with his interracial marriage.
On Monday (Jan. 19), the rapper and actor posted, “Hope you had happy MLK Day.. Some things never change.. Smh,” alongside a black-and-white image of MLK being held by two white police officers.
The post drew a response from verified user Annette Albright, who wrote, “You are married to a whole White Woman and talking about some things never change.”
Ice T fired back on Tuesday, responding, “Wow…. I have no words for this Bitch.. Smh.”
According to Wikipedia, Ice T’s wife, Coco Austin, is of Serbian descent on her mother’s side, and Serbians are classified as white. The pair have been married since 2002 and share one child together, their daughter Chanel Nicole, who was born in 2015.
Albright, who appears to be Black, also has a notable background. In April, The Charlotte Observer profiled her as a former Democrat who later aligned with the Republican Party. She has run three times for a seat on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board in North Carolina, losing each race.
In 2024, Albright spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was also recently in attendance at the White House when Donald Trump signed two education-related executive orders into law.
“Registering as Republican is something I’m absolutely going to do. I just haven’t gone through the motions,” she told the outlet. “I do feel that I’m more conservative and that my values fall more in line with the Republican Party.”
