Beba Rexha was the sufferer of body-shaming on the Met Gala on Monday, and he or she was upset sufficient to reply.
Azealia Banks, a rapper and frequent on-line instigator, made disparaging feedback about Rexha’s look on X, writing, “Sis gives me – hormonal birth control implant or something.”
“It’s giving implanon/nuvaring she needs removed or depo shot that needs to stop happening (I’m not even tryna play her),” the “212” artist cruelly wrote.
Rexha rapidly addressed Banks’ feedback.
“And you might wanna jump on some type of therapy, sis, lexapro worked great for me,” she replied on X. “Something that helps with the deep rooted sadness and chaos you keep projecting. Healing looks good on everyone. Try it.”
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Rexha added that she is “so tired of people commenting on my weight.” She additionally shared that she’d skilled being pregnant loss.
“I have PCOS and struggle with infertility,” the singer mentioned in a since-deleted tweet. “I got pregnant, and it didn’t work out and I’ve been carrying that pain in silence. I never owed anyone that truth, but maybe now you’ll think twice before commenting on anyone’s body.”
She signed off with a optimistic be aware, after which wrote, “Ok I’m gonna go and enjoy my day now ♥️ Have a good day everyone love you.”
Rexha has usually spoken up in regards to the body-shaming feedback she’s confronted. In a single significantly viral second, she referred to as out designers who’ve refused to decorate her previously as a result of she was a dimension 8.
“So I finally get nominated at the Grammys and it’s like the coolest thing ever,” Rexha mentioned in an Instagram video in 2019. “And a lot of times, artists will go and talk to designers and they’ll make them custom dresses to walk the red carpet. … So I had my team hit out a lot of designers, and a lot of them do not want to dress me because I’m too big.”
“Fuck you, I don’t want to wear your fucking dresses,” she mentioned.
Some well-known designers reached out to Rexha within the feedback on the time and provided to decorate her, together with “Project Runway” winner Christian Siriano.
In a full circle second, Siriano ― who has dressed the singer many instances earlier than ― additionally collaborated with Rexha for her Met Gala second on Monday.
Rexha mentioned in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the gala that the designer “always nails the assignment” and “always makes me look good.”
