Boity Thulo: “Leave my weight gain alone”
The star was responding to Tweeps who were shamming her body and mocking her for having cellulite.
Body shamming - the act of deriding or mocking a person's physical appearance, has come into the spotlight again.
Boity Thulo has become the latest celebrity to be a victim of body shamming.
Twitter user, King Flame Khethu, commented on images that were shared of Boity’s birthday celebration where the star’s cellulite was showing.
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The Twitter user wrote that Boity must go to the gym and criticised her for having cellulite.
“She must hit the gym, her cellulitis” followed by a trash bin and a broken heart emoji.
Boity is thick 😍 pic.twitter.com/XFhYNx5qpX
— Mrs Jackson (@MathabaJorge) June 10, 2021
The Tweep faced a lot of backlash from other Twitter users.
Boity responded and asked that people leave her weight gain alone.
"Bathong lona? Leave my weight gain alone. It happens," she Tweeted.
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Bathong lona? Leave my weight gain alone. 😩 It happens. 🤷🏾♀️😘
— 4436 OUT NOW (@Boity) June 11, 2021
She added that she is happy as long as she is making money.
“As long as I’m happy and making that paper, Akere bo lovey,” she wrote.
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As long as I’m happy and making that paper, Akere bo lovey? 😁😁😁😅😘❤️
— 4436 OUT NOW (@Boity) June 11, 2021
Image courtesy of Instagram/ @Boity