Billie Eilish has shared a video of a woman discussing normalizing real
bodies on her Instagram Stories as her fans defend her over a body-shaming
comment on Twitter.
An account—purportedly belonging to a
29-year-old British man—shared a picture of the 18-year-old singer wearing
shorts and a tank top, rather than her signature baggy clothing. The picture
was captioned: "In 10 months Billie Eilish has developed a mid-30's wine mom
body."
However, Eilish took to her Instagram to respond to the trolling. She
shared a video of her walking past her awards and smiling, followed by a
video featuring YouTuber Chizi Duru talking about normalizing real bodies
and how the images we see on Instagram are not always real.
In
the video, which has more than 5 million views, Duru says: "Y'all gotta
start normalizing real bodies, okay. Not everybody has a wagon behind them,
okay? Guts are normal—they're normal. Boobs sag, especially after
breastfeeding. Instagram isn't real."
Eilish, who has dealt with comments on her body since her rise
to fame, said that she wears baggy clothes to prevent people from commenting
on her body. Even before she turned 18, another picture of Eilish in a tank
top went viral and the singer asked people to stop s*xualizing her.
Now,
a new photo of Eilish wearing a tank top has sparked fresh body-shaming
comments. But fans were quick to come to Eilish's defense, sparking a
discussion about why some men continue to criticize women's bodies.
Jessie
Paege said: "Billie Eilish is beautiful! PLEASE, do not body shame her, or
anyone for that matter. Body shaming is not 'news' or 'gossip' it's HARMFUL
and UNACCEPTABLE."
Twitter user Jodie said: "the way that porn and social media
has taught men that bodies like Billie Eilish's are 'fat' and not perfectly
normal"
One Twitter user said: "When I see people tweet about
Billie Eilish's body it screams 'i've never been with a woman'," while
another wrote: "The way grown men are on this bird app talking about an 18
year old's body like this is truly sinister, go to jail you creeps"
Another
responded to the Twitter trolling by sharing Eilish's short film tackling
body shaming, 'Not My Responsibility', which first aired at a concert in
March, before being released on YouTube in May.
In the video, Eilish says: "if I wear more/if I wear less/who
decides what that makes me?/what that means?/is my value based only on your
perception?/or is your opinion of me not my responsibility."
