SO, DID YOU PEOPLE HEAR????
Apparently, Cardi B is CANCELED!
Fans are criticizing our girl Cardi B for endorsing the questionable brand after she
was just implicated in the Balenciaga incident.
For several weeks now, the Balenciaga issue has been in the spotlight.
The majority of celebrities have been snooping on Balenciaga.
Since unveiling their recent 2022 "Gift Collection" campaign in promotion of the Balenciaga Spring/Summer
2023 collection, which made its debut this fall during Paris Fashion Week, the high-end
clothing company has come under fire.
SO, two distinct advertisements using various photos are at the center of the controversy.
One of the advertisements showed kids hugging teddy bears while wearing leather-bound clothing,
and another "Office"-themed advertisement made references to a Supreme Court decision
involving child pornography.
Balenciaga is suing the production company and the set designer who worked on the "Office"
campaign's wardrobe, despite the fact that the brand was quickly slammed on social media
by people who claimed the festive advertisement sexualized youngsters.
The fashion brand apologized for the plush bear, which it claimed "should not have been
exhibited with children in this campaign," as well as the whole spring/summer "volatile
document" ad on November 22 via Instagram Stories: "This is a big matter for us.
We have and are still pursuing legal action against the individuals and organizations
that created the sets and added the illegal objects to the photo shoot for our Spring
23 campaign.
Any kind of child abuse is highly condemned by our organisation.
We advocate for the well and safety of children."
Also!
In a lengthy Twitter thread, Kardashian broke her silence regarding the contentious teddy
bear advertising and criticized the brand.
The Kardashian star has frequently worked with the upscale company, most notably wearing
her outfit to the Met Gala in 2021.
She started her statement with, "I've remained quiet for the past few days, not because I
wasn't disturbed and horrified by the recent Balenciaga ad.
But only because I wanted a chance to discuss how that would work with their team."
Celebrities continued to enter the controversy for a few more days, including Brittany Aldean
wearing a Balenciaga dress and Arie Luyendyk Jr. and wife Lauren Burnham setting their
sneakers on fire.
Eventually, creative director Demna Gvasalia issued a candid rejoinder on her Instagram
account.
"I personally want to apologize for the wrong artistic choice of concept ... and I take
my responsibility," he wrote.
"I occasionally want my work to inspire thought, but I would never intend to do this with anything
as horrific as child abuse, which I strongly oppose.
I must take notes, pay attention, and get involved in kid protection.
How can I go about this?
organizations to acquire the skills necessary to contribute and deal with urgent problems."
Let’s get back to talking about our girl and the controversy now.
Cardi B has long been a fan of Balenciaga; she makes reference to the company in a number
of songs (YEAH, WE KNOW YOU’VE HEARD), and in 2020, she was named the brand's new face.
Being selected to represent Balenciaga left Cardi unable to contain her joy.
Weeeellll, in September, it was announced that Cardi B would be the new face of Balenciaga.
"I like those Balenciaga, the ones that look like socks," she exclaimed.
The rapper was the new face of the high-end fashion label Balenciaga and was seen wearing
a lot more of the clothing.
The "WAP" star is seen relaxing on a playground while wearing a silky black gown, as shown
in the marketing images shared by the clothing brand on September 1 on Twitter.
"The new face of Balenciaga," Cardi wrote, retweeting the image.
Our girl was finally making her debut in the world of fashion.
Cardi frequently posts pictures of herself wearing expensive clothing on Instagram and
has multiple lines with Fashion Nova.
So, how did Cardi respond once it was revealed that she continued to support Balenciaga?
Well, we don’t know.
YET.
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As most of you are already aware, Balenciaga is being criticized for disseminating offensive
advertisements that feature frightening images of children.
Despite the Balenciaga controversy spreading on social media for weeks, very few celebrities
have made a public response to the scandal.
Some famous people, such as Bella Hadid, have silently unfollowed Balenciaga on Instagram
without making any comments on the uproar.
Kim Kardashian made a public relations statement that backfired and infuriated people even
more.
LOL.
Well, what about Cardi B?
Is she still on Team Balenciaga?
Again, we donno.
At the time, fans didn't see anything wrong with Cardi's Balenciaga advertisement, and
everyone who commented on her post praised her.
However, after Balenciaga was revealed to have used children and ominous symbols in
their marketing campaigns, Cardi's Balenciaga advertisement reappeared on social media.
Many fans pointed out how it's very ominous to see Cardi posing in a tight, revealing
dress while surrounded by toys for children.
In light of current events, one Twitter user questioned why Balenciaga is "obsessed" with
using children's items in their commercials.
"For example, what is the relevance of a cardigan in a playground full of dolls and other children's
toys?"
"I don't know what's up with Cardi's Balenciaga billboard, like, what's with the floaties
and dead-looking dolls," another user commented.
We feel ya girl, totally.
Weeelll, Cardi's fans are pressuring her to
respond to the current Balenciaga situation and criticizing her for putting fame and money
before morals, but it's not only fans who are saying this.
Recently, Cardi was called out by comedian Nicole Arbor for wearing Balenciaga, and Nicole
reopened the debate over Cardi being a controlled industry plant.
A few days after Thanksgiving, Nicole publicly criticized Cardi for uploading a video of
her husband Offset rapping about shooting people, just days after Offset's cousin Takeoff
was killed in Houston.
This sparked a bitter dispute between the two women.
Nicole tweeted, "Man... few weeks after his cousin was murdered over a dice game...
Offset's making new music about shooting people and shooting places up.
Not a single thing was learned."
Nicole was referring to a recent Instagram video Cardi posted that showed Offset dressing
up as the Joker for Halloween.
The audio in the video is from Offset and Future's new song, and Nicole supposedly found
the lyrics offensive.
Nicole was very quickly silenced by Cardi, who then came to her husband's support.
Our girl said, "He hasn't even been to a studio since Take died, so wtf are you talking about?"
However, Nicole just wouldn't let it go, obviously.
Sooooo, she re-shared the video of Offset dressed as the Joker and wrote, “My bad,
y'all...@iamcardib just posted this, and I was sure it was Offset rapping about murder
with a fake gun.
Honestly, my bad if that's not what this video is."
Despite the fact that cardi initially ignored her response, Nicole continued to share her
thoughts on offset's video, saying, “When u promote senseless violence in a community,
you GET senseless violence in a community It's sad af that all these young guys are
dying; something has to CHANGE.”
Welll, this kept going back and forth for a while.
Honestly, we all lost interest after a point.
But now for the interesting portion, which relates to our current issue.
Nicole therefore returned to Twitter and exposed Cardi for endorsing Balenciaga.
"It all makes sense," Nicole captioned a photo of Cardi's Balenciaga advertisement.
AND, despite the fact that this particular campaign was shot two years ago, it is safe
to assume that Cardi still supports Balenciaga because she recently posted a video on Instagram
of her son Wave Set wearing Balenciaga, and this video was published after Balenciaga's
disturbing campaigns featuring children went viral.
As soon as they saw this, fans started to call Cardi out for continuously getting engaged
in small-scale fights and failing to take responsibility and deal with the real problems.
BANG ON.
One fan tweeted, “Cardi B needs to say something about this Balenciaga mess.
Are you still wearing the ones that look like socks made by child sacrificers and child
traffickers?
@iamcardib If you're into pop culture, start going after these celebs that go to these
fashion events.
Make them squirm.”
And, another person said, “It's amazing how all these A tier celebs, like Lebron,
Arianna, Cardi B, and Drake, have things to say about petty stuff but not about this;
they are puppets and p8ssi3s.”
Welllll, this is not the first time the high-end company has found itself in hot water; the
most recent instance was in 2015, when Demna Gvasalia was appointed artistic director of
Balenciaga.
A few of the company's controversial past choices include wearing heels with Crocs and
selling the destroyed sneaker for $1,850.
And even dressing Kim Kardashian in a black bodysuit from head to toe for the 2021 Met
Gala.
Remember?
To be honest, nobody would ever forget that.
The company recently made headlines after parting ways with longtime collaborator and
supporter Kanye West, who openly participated in destructive anti-Semitic remarks while
wearing "White Lives Matter" shirts.
Celebrities such as Bella Hadid, who starred in one of their campaigns, are now calling
for a break from the company.
Well, fair enough, right?
That’s all from our side now.
But now we want to know what you think: do you agree with Nicole Arbor that Cardi encourages
dark and nasty things, and how do you feel about Cardi's silence on the Balenciaga controversy?
Let us know in the comments section below!
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