Awkward Black Girl actor Madison Shockley continued to hurl accusations against Insecure creator and star Issa Rae on social media Tuesday. After claiming Rae physically assaulted him by digging a chair into his foot at a dinner event in 2012, Shockley argued Rae was angry he met with Pharrell Williams and used to be "obsessed" with him. Shockley played Fred, Rae's love interest, on Awkward Black Girl.
"I'm not mad that Issa doesn't communicate with me anymore," he tweeted. "I'm upset that she screwed over others that helped make her. And I'm one of the only people who know about it first hand. I had to get it off my chest."
He insinuated Rae was wrong to not bring people who helped make her successful to Insecure. "I don't think Issa Rae was obligated to bring everyone on to #Insecure. Myself included. I think she was obligated to bring on the people who did the pivotal work with her and invested their own money at the beginning when she had none," he said. "To leave those folks behind makes you an awful person in my book."
Shockley denied having an intimate relationship with the HBO star. "People have speculated that maybe Issa Rae and I had a romantic relationship that went bad. We did not. But this may have all started with Issa Rae being obsessed with me," the actor claimed. "I had no idea. She was kind of a Tom Boy back then, and I looked at her as a homie. She may have had feelings for me, and I didn't realize it. I hope she didn't punish others for associating with me romantically or professionally. That would be so low."
Shockley beckoned people to confront Rae about his allegations, saying she might have just been jealous that he showed up to an event with other women. "I think it upset her that I was there and with two beautiful women," he said. "But I don't know her motivation for sure. You'd have to ask her."
He then insinuated Rae didn't write Season 1 of Awkward Black Girl. "Don't get me started on who actually wrote most of Awkward Black Girl Season 1. Then y'all really might be disappointed," he said.
When asked for comment, Shockley didn't respond to Newsweek. Rae's rep said she had no comment.
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