While many have found his change in appearance to be quite jarring. Sammy says that he doesn’t care what others have to say or think about what he looks like. 

According to People, in a new interview with Sports Illustrated that took place at the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai, Sosa pointed at the luxury around him as the reason why he doesn’t care what critics say about him. “Look at what I am today,” Sosa said. “This is my life, and I don’t take garbage from nobody. I do whatever I want.”

In 2018, he responded to the many tweets and memes about this altered skin color and, once again, didn’t care what those people had to say. 

"Those people they sometimes criticize me, they don't know me, they don't put food on my table and they don't pay my bills," Sosa said during an interview with NBC Sports Chicago.