Girl in Cherrios ad responds to critics

After the not-so-cheery response to a Cheerios commercial the young, bi-racial actress, Grace Colbert, remained blissfully unaware of the controversy her claim to fame had received until recently.

According to The Huffington Post, Colbert claimed she believed the whole fuss to due to her “great smile.”

When asked, her parents said they were not upset but glad that the commercial got this type of backlash because it is bringing America to a new reality.

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