Updated : Jan 30, 2020, 01:43 PM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
Priyanka Chopra created waves with her 2020 Grammy Awards look on Monday when she rocked a Ralph & Russo attire donning an ivory sequin-encrusted silk crêpe cady kimono, hand-painted with peonies and embellished with opal stones, 3D organza petals and peach ombré fringed sleeves. While many applauded the desi girl for her bold choice of outfit and carrying it with utmost ease, many including designer Wendell Rodricks slammed the actress by sharing a picture of Priyanka sitting with Danielle Jonas and Sophie Turner.
He wrote, "Of course not many saw my sarcasm. It’s not for her this @ralphandrusso That said Ralph n Russo are the only American USA designers accepted by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Francaise. Their work is exquisite." Wendell's comments did not go down well with Priyanka's fans as well as some industry persons.
Now, designer Wendell has a response for everyone who trolled him, the designer posting another picture of PC said, "For all those that said some really nasty things about me body shaming, here is my retort. Did I say anything about her body? No. Many women did. I just said the dress was wrong for her despite it being couture. It was more dress shaming than body shaming. Stop this sermon from high and read the post before you speak. There is an age to wear some clothes. Men with huge bellies should not wear tight T-shirts. Same with women who wear minis past a certain age. If you don’t have it, don’t flaunt it. I stopped wearing Bermudas as I have a few varicose veins. Don’t make every issue body shaming, sexist or whatever. Or you can be false and fake resorting to being politically correct and not be truthful. If you don’t like my posts unfriend me."
Actor Suchitra Krishnamoorthi was one of the many people who slammed Wendell for his post. Suchitra, in a long post, had written, "Was so upset to see this post on Instagram by Wendel Rodrigues whose work I otherwise have a modicum of respect for. I think the fact that Priyanka is not trying to hide her belly with her clutch is what makes this pic so beautiful. Makes her the rockstar she is. Her confidence an inspiration to every woman. Women have been so enslaved by men's opinion of how women should look at this photograph of Priyanka to me at the world's most publicized event is the height of liberation. You go girl and keep rocking it. I was never a fan of the lady but this pic has surely made me one. So dear men. We are not ur pre-pubescent hipless perverted fantasy or your teenage gay boy flat chested contortion. We are real women, we have breasts, we have fat we have water retention and we rock and roll. Because ...we are finally allowing ourselves as God intended us to be. Not how men fantasized us to be. We are flesh and blood and glorious rolls of it. It gets even more beautiful when we have babies and the rolls grow - in direct adverse proportion to the dark areas in your primitive brain. So dear ugly men get this. We are not our bodies. We are our abilities. We are our talent. We are our rock stars. Would anybody have dared comment on a man's belly or appearance like this? God knows we see grotesque images of them every day and all the time. More power to you #PriyankaChopra. I'm going to flash my flabby baby stretch marks with confidence tomorrow thanks to you. And may every girl and woman in the world grow your confidence too. Bless you."
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 "'There is an age to wear some clothes': Wendell Rodricks hits back at criticism on his post about PCJ's Grammy look")
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