‘Tired and old’: Babes Wodumo body-shamed over weight gain

South African artist Babes Wodumo can’t seem to do anything right when it comes to online trolls and social media bullies. The gqom artist recently celebrated her birthday with a few photos on Instagram and was bombarded with hundreds of comments — most of of them negative.

Many started pointing out that she has gained a bit of weight while others shared nasty comments about the way she dresses. There were however a number of fans who advised her to ignore these bodyshamers.

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Self-proclaimed gqom queen Babes Wodumo appears to be picking up the pieces of her life after losing her husband Mampintsha.

The musician has been spotted out and about a number of times in the last few months and has even started working on new music again.

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Despite all of her hardships, social media users have spared no mercy for the young star who recently celebrated her birthday.

Heading online, she wished herself a happy one while sharing a series of snaps of herself. Take a look below:

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The singer’s fans are not impressed

Taking to the comment section, a lot of people questioned the young star’s mental health while others complained about the fact that she is seemingly gaining weight.

Many of them resorted to body shaming her.

Read some of their comments below:

“Babes,I know u no longer 22 but u still young to look this tired and old. The spark u used to have is gone. I hope and pray ukuthi ubuyele back to who you used to be,” one person said while another wrote:

“Stop drinking alcohol and go to the gym.”

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