“It’s a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed. . . . I use [it] to soften [my skin], but [it] has bleached me some,” the ex-baseball star told the TV network Univision.

“I’m not a racist.I live my life happily . . . I don’t think I look like Michael Jackson.”

Full Story: NY Post

The NY Daily News translated some of the interview above.

He is in the middle of doing a cleansing process to his skin. The picture is deceiving. He said, ‘If you saw me in person, you would be surprised. When you see me in person, it is not going to seem like the picture.’ “People who saw him in person did not react the same way. He can’t believe it is such a big deal.”

Full Story: Chicago Tribune

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