Zendaya Says She's Not 'Morally Okay' With the Aaliyah Biopic - VIDEOS

Zendaya Coleman recently dropped out of the Aaliyah biopic (only to be replaced by Alexandra Shipp) and now she's explaining why.

Coleman took the time to tell fans her reason for leaving the movie, which she explains in not one but three separate Instagram videos.

At least she didn't attempt to do it on Vine.

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As she said of her reasoning:

Let me just explain something. The reason why I chose not to do the Aaliyah movie had nothing to do with the haters or people telling me that I couldn't do it, I wasn't talented enough, or I wasn't black enough. It had absolutely nothing to do with that.

The main reason is that the production value wasn't there, there were complications with the music rights, and I just felt like it wasn't being handled delicately considering the situation.

And I tried my best to reach out to the family on my own, and I wrote a letter, but I was unable to do so; therefore, I felt not really morally okay with moving forward with the project.

With all that being said, congratulations to the new woman playing Aaliyah; I only hope she does not have to deal with half the hate that I had to deal with. And remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do. Let's practice motivation and love; not discrimination and hate. All right?

You can watch Zendaya herself talk about the project below.