Songstress Camila Cabello speaks out about her body image struggles. Image via Instagram @camila_cabello
Free like a ‘mermaid’: Camila Cabello on body image struggles
A fierce camp fighter for positive body image, Camila Cabello took to Instagram to call society out on its ’empty and ‘sad’ opinions.
Songstress Camila Cabello speaks out about her body image struggles. Image via Instagram @camila_cabello
Camila Cabello has been known to speak openly about mental health issues, even if she too falls victim to scrutiny. Now she speaks out on the “emptiness and sadness of our culture’s thoughts.”
In a recent interview with E! News, the Havana singer opened up about the pressures to always look “good” after she was photographed by paparazzi while at a Miami beach club.
CAMILA CABELLO HAS HAD ENOUGH!
After the incident, the songstress took to Instagram and posted a lengthy message where she calls out the paparazzi after she was photographed at the beach club.
“Somehow when I check in paps know and get me in my bikini and every time I’ve felt super vulnerable and unprepared,” she wrote. “I’ve worn bikinis that were [too] small and paid no mind to how I looked, then saw pictures online and comments and been so upset,” the 25-year-old singer wrote.
“I held my core so tight my abs hurt and didn’t breathe and barely smiled and was so self-conscious of where the paps were the whole time,” her post continues.
“I couldn’t let go and relax and do what we’re meant to do when we go out into nature,” Camila added.
In her post, Cabello commented on the “emptiness and sadness of our culture’s thoughts that became my thoughts”.
“What is health if you are so fixated on what your body looks like that your mental health suffers and you can’t enjoy your life? Who am I trying to look attractive for and am I even attractive to myself if I can’t let loose and relax and have fun and be playful on a beautiful day at the beach?” the three-time Grammy Award nominee continued.
Her post concluded with Cabello saying that she is trying to get back to feeling like her younger self — who was “happy, silly, breathing, pretending to be a mermaid, FREE.”
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APPRECIATE YOUR BODIES
Camila previously also spoke out about her body image struggles. The singer took to TikTok to encourage fans to “appreciate their bodies”, according to E! News.
“I am grateful for this body that lets me do what I need to do,” she said in the candid video posted on July 16.
“We are real women with curves and cellulite and stretchmarks and fat. And we gotta own that, baby.”
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