'You can't afford this!' Zendaya claims store clerk refused to serve her due to 'skin tone'... and THREW her wallet back at her during checkout

By Shyam Dodge For Dailymail.com

Published: 20:19 EST, 6 September 2016 | Updated: 01:29 EST, 7 September 2016

Zendaya Coleman claims she was refused service by a store clerk due to her skin tone.

The singer and actress, 20, took to Snapchat on Tuesday to complain about the unpleasant experience in a series of short videos.

Zendaya told the camera she was attempting to buy gift cards when the shop worker allegedly tossed her wallet back at her and refused to continue serving her. 

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Zendaya Coleman claims she was refused service by a store clerk due to her skin tone

Zendaya Coleman claims she was refused service by a store clerk due to her skin tone

Accompanied by a friend, the DWTS alum claimed she was discriminated against.

'So we just got out of this Vons,' she explained. 'Now I am trying to buy a lot of gift cards.'

'There are certain limits or whatever so you can only by so much,' Zendaya continued. 'But the lady that was helping us... I don't think she was a fan of our skin tone.'

The singer and actress, 20, took to Snapchat on Tuesday to complain about the unpleasant experience in a series of short videos

The singer and actress, 20, took to Snapchat on Tuesday to complain about the unpleasant experience in a series of short videos

'So we just got out of this Vons,' she explained. 'Now I am trying to buy a lot of gift cards.'

'So we just got out of this Vons,' she explained. 'Now I am trying to buy a lot of gift cards.'

'She then threw my wallet,' the Frenemies star said in disbelief. 'I can't make this up! This is what we deal with!'

'She literally threw my wallet and she was like "you can't afford this".'

'It was $400!' she added incensed.

'Long story short,' she concluded. 'There is so much progress to be done in our world.'

Accompanied by a friend, the DWTS alum claimed she was discriminated against.

Accompanied by a friend, the DWTS alum claimed she was discriminated against.

However, she later corrected one of her earlier statements, saying: 'It wasn't like a throw it was like a toss with my cards still loose...my card fell on the scanner and she began helping other customers.'

However, she later corrected one of her earlier statements, saying: 'It wasn't like a throw it was like a toss with my cards still loose...my card fell on the scanner and she began helping other customers.'

However, she later corrected one of her earlier statements, saying: 'It wasn't like a throw it was like a toss with my cards still loose...my card fell on the scanner and she began helping other customers.'

'You know what it's all love!'

Zendaya then ended on a more positive note: 'Yo shout out the manager for coming and helping - I got my gift cards!'

Zendaya was previously embroiled in another controversy in 2015 over her dreadlocks at the Oscars

Zendaya was previously embroiled in another controversy in 2015 over her dreadlocks at the Oscars

 Daily Mail has contacted Vons headquarters for comment.

Zendaya was previously embroiled in another controversy in 2015.

The then teenager was roasted by Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic after walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards.

The then teenager was roasted by Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic after walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards

The then teenager was roasted by Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic after walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards

Rancic claimed the singer looked like she smelled of weed just because she has dreadlocks. 

She said: ''I feel like she smells smells like patchouli oil… or maybe weed.'

Zendaya, then 18, reacted furiously on Twitter, accusing the E! anchor of being 'ignorant, disrespectful and outrageously offensive'.

 

 

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