India, Dec. 3 -- Serena Williams on Monday addressed the rumors that she had been bleaching her skin to make it look lighter.

The tennis icon went live on Instagram to respond to claims that she lightened her skin with chemicals. The speculations started after she posted a video from her children's school program in which she was seen with her husband, Alexis Ohanian.

Promoting her cosmetics line live, she describes herself as a "dark Black woman" who adores her appearance. Williams stated that lightening the natural hue of the skin is "just not my thing."

She discussed her skin tone while giving a cosmetics tutorial for Wyan Beauty. "And then I just put that neutral color, which is actually the color of my skin. No, I don't bleach my ...