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Olivia Rodrigo is addressing nan comments she received complete a babydoll dress she wore during a caller performance.
The “Drop Dead” vocalist performed astatine an arena connected May 8 and was subjected to disapproval complete her outfit, which she is now pushing backmost on, arsenic immoderate said she was sexualizing children’s clothing.
“That’s been making maine truthful upset,” Rodrigo said connected The New York Times podcast Popcast. “Not moreover for me. People tin opportunity immoderate they want. What’s really disturbing is I consciousness for illustration I really person worn outfits that are possibly revealing connected stage.”
She continued, “I’ve been connected shape successful a sparkly bra and small shorts, which is my right, that’s fun, I felt cool and comfortable successful that. And that wasn’t inappropriate. But maine afloat covered up successful a dress that group deemed to beryllium childlike, was inappropriate.”
The erstwhile High School Musical: The Musical: The Series prima said that nan guidance to her outfit “really shows really we really normalize pedophilia successful our culture,” adding, “And besides it’s conscionable this rhetoric that we’re fed arsenic girls since we’re truthful little, which is, ‘Don’t deterioration that because past a man is going to sexualize your body, and it’s your fault.’ It’s truthful weird.”
Rodrigo noted that she didn’t deliberation she “looked sexy” and felt nan outfit was “so cool” and felt that she looked for illustration Kathleen Hanna aliases Courtney Love.
“All these group who are my heroes, and I felt cool and comfortable successful it,” she said. “I conscionable deliberation if we commencement dressing successful a measurement that’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t want immoderate f***ing freak to deliberation that I’m sexy for illustration a baby,’ aliases immoderate crazy point for illustration that, I deliberation it’s losing nan crippled a small bit. I’m conscionable very protective of younger women and girls, and I don’t ever want them to beryllium fed that rhetoric.”
Rodrigo conscionable wants women to “dress however” and said, “You shouldn’t beryllium responsible for immoderate feline sexualizing you successful a measurement that was ne'er your intention.”
Watch Rodrigo reside nan babydoll dress backlash successful nan video below.
