Say it all together now – whoooo caaaaaaares?
Those who are “body-shaming” Emily Ratajkowski and her friend, apparently, with the model “copping grief” ever since she posted a side-by-side picture of her bum alongside a more “fully-figured” friend.
You can see I “really care”.
Emily used the post to punt her own Inamorata swimwear range, which also drew criticism.
Here’s the image from her Instagram post:
Still with us?
Right, over to Harper’s BAZAAR:
The gross comments ranged from shady, rude sentiments like “Instagram vs. reality” and “There are 2 types of women” to outright vicious responses like “This is what a big Mac looks like in real life vs billboard.”
‘Why would she subject her friend to this humiliation and online bullying by posting this?’ one user asked of the model in the photo’s comments section.
Another person wrote, ‘You specifically posted a photo so that it was clear your body is better than the body of your friend.’
Thankfully, the world doesn’t only consist of people like those above, and Emily herself later commented on the post:
Then came the tweet:
Then came the bit where we all moved on with our lives.
[source:harpersbazaar]
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