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"What's going on with your skin?" asked Dandrades.
"I use a cream to keep my skin smooth and soft. I apply it before I go to bed. When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games," said Sosa, who turns 41 tomorrow. "The flashes (from the cameras) also made my skin look lighter. I'm surprised with the controversy this has caused."
Sosa, who would not tell Dandrades the name of the cream he uses, did say that it is European and that he is in negotiations to market the product. He added that he wears colored contact lenses because he wanted to "try something different. I'm not trying to be superficial."
Asked by Dandrades if Sosa was trying to be like Jackson, the 1998 NL MVP laughed.
"Not at all, I respect him very much," said Sosa, who gave the interview at his Miami penthouse apartment on Monday. "I'm not a racist. I'm not like that. I'm just a happy person."
Sosa, who is sixth on baseball's all-time home run list with 609, said he started using the cream after finishing his playing career. He said that he cannot stay in the sun too long if the cream is applied. Sosa also chuckled when Dandrades asked if the rest of Sosa's body had the same skin tone as his face.
"That would be a problem," said Sosa.
"What's going on with your skin?" asked Dandrades.
"I use a cream to keep my skin smooth and soft. I apply it before I go to bed. When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games," said Sosa, who turns 41 tomorrow. "The flashes (from the cameras) also made my skin look lighter. I'm surprised with the controversy this has caused."
Sosa, who would not tell Dandrades the name of the cream he uses, did say that it is European and that he is in negotiations to market the product. He added that he wears colored contact lenses because he wanted to "try something different. I'm not trying to be superficial."
Asked by Dandrades if Sosa was trying to be like Jackson, the 1998 NL MVP laughed.
"Not at all, I respect him very much," said Sosa, who gave the interview at his Miami penthouse apartment on Monday. "I'm not a racist. I'm not like that. I'm just a happy person."
Sosa, who is sixth on baseball's all-time home run list with 609, said he started using the cream after finishing his playing career. He said that he cannot stay in the sun too long if the cream is applied. Sosa also chuckled when Dandrades asked if the rest of Sosa's body had the same skin tone as his face.
"That would be a problem," said Sosa.
