In late April 2023, Lionel Richie walked his daughter, Sofia Richie, down the aisle to his partner, Elliot Grainge. “My little girl is all grown up and starting her own journey with the love of her life,” Lionel wrote on Instagram. “You will always be my little bird, but I am so proud of the woman you have become.”
Sofia Richie was born to a black father and a Caucasian mother.
Sofia Richie was born on August 24, 1998 to Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander. She is of mixed race, with black and Caucasian ethnicity.
Sofia doesn’t look black and can easily pass for white. In December 2016, she told him Complex that people often assume is white. Some even make racist comments around her, oblivious to her heritage.
“I’m very light, so some people don’t really know that I’m black,” Sofia said. Complex. “I’ve been in situations where people say something a little bit racist and I jump in and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, you’re light.'”
Sofia, then an 18-year-old, told the outlet that she warns unsuspecting racists. “That’s still not enough, buddy,” she says. “It’s 2016, you better pull yourself together before you get slapped here.”
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