Paris Jackson was forced to defend herself against trolls doing their best to mock her for having armpit hair in a recent Instagram post to mark her late father’s birthday.
The daughter of the legendary Michael Jackson took to social media earlier this week on what would have been her dad’s 65th birthday. In the video she uploaded, the 25-year-old happened to reveal some armpit hair.
Sadly, that was enough to see certain individuals attempt to ridicule her, though Paris was quick to clap back with a message of her own.
In the video in question, the model and singer pulled up her hair into a bun, thus putting her aforementioned armpit hair on show. And though that should come as a shock to virtually nobody in today’s day and age, there were still those who insisted on writing comments fueled by a desire to antagonize.
“You made this whole video just to show you don’t shave your armpits. Lol wow,” wrote one commenter.
“Shaving armpits is a kinda cleanliness,” said another.
“Shave your armpits,” demanded a third.
Following the potentially hurtful comments, Paris took to Twitter to post a message to her fans and followers telling her critics to “get over” themselves.
“I wasn’t tying my hair up to show off my armpit hair,” Jackson wrote. “I’ve not shaved it for years and forget it’s there all the time. get over yourselves.
“I was pulling my hair up to show my glass cutting jawline.”
The original point of Paris’s video – posted on her late father’s birthday – was to explain why she hasn’t publicly celebrated or made a fuss of the occasion in previous years.
She said: “Today’s my dad’s birthday, and back when he was alive, he used to hate anybody acknowledging his birthday, wishing him a happy birthday, celebrating it, nothing like that. He actually didn’t even want us to know when his birthday was because he didn’t want us to like throw a party or anything like that.
“That being said, social media is apparently how people express their love and affection these days. And if you don’t wish somebody a happy birthday via social media, it apparently means that you don’t love them. You don’t care about them.
“There have been times where I don’t post anything for my dad’s birthday and people lose their f—ing minds. They tell me to kill myself and they’re basically measuring my love for my own father based off of what I post on Instagram.”
I don’t think anyone should have to worry about dealing with criticism and hate every time they post to social media. Do you?
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