Only someone with seriously impaired vision — or someone just looking to get a rise out of people online — would dare call Selena Gomez ugly. But that’s just what Dolce & Gabbana designer Stefano Gabbana did on Instagram, and he’s invoked the wrath of Selenators everywhere.
As first reported by the Instagram account Diet Prada, Gabbana commented on a post from The Catwalk Italia, which showed Gomez wearing different red dresses.
“È proprio brutta!” he commented, which roughly translates from Italian to “she’s really ugly!” He also responded to a commenter who said she “looks like a Pomeranian dog,” replying, “hahahahahaha is true hahahaha.”
As PopCrave notes, Gabbana has a history of making rude comments on celebrities’ Instagram accounts; he’s also feuded with Miley Cyrus and her brother, Braison. People adds he’s also recently made a nasty comment about Kate Moss, plus made controversial arguments against in vitro fertilisation. He’s also fought back against critics over his label’s dressing Melania Trump, and Dolce & Gabbana even designed #BoycottDolceGabbana shirts in response.
But this time, Gabbana has annoyed Selena Gomez fans, and that may have been a bridge too far. Her fans have trashed him on Instagram and Twitter.
I’m Italian and I I apologize for what Stefano Gabbana said, he is over!
D&G is beautiful but he is literally ugly, he is disgusting!
Selena Gomez is one of the most beautiful woman in the world. Scienze and people say that, it’s not my opinion!
Selena is Prada, you’re Nada! pic.twitter.com/JAb41iOBin— ᏟᏦ (@rickrvsso) June 13, 2018
Considering how many times Selena Gomez has worn Dolce & Gabbana’s designs on some of the biggest red carpet events in the world you would think that the co-founder of #DolceAndGabbana Stefano Gabbana, would have the decency to appreciate the free promotion she gave to his brand. pic.twitter.com/sI9V1iVFdn
— (@SeIenaskru) June 13, 2018
dear Stefano Gabbana, it’s because of people like you that young girls around the globe have body image issues. that comment was beyond despicable and you REALLY lost all the respect the fashion world had for you constantly acting so immaturely. no class whatsoever pic.twitter.com/cJkZCoaqeH
— Salman (@dressvinyl) June 13, 2018
so, you can not like how someone looks, but calling that person ugly on social media without any actual reason is low, especially when you're a grown ass man
stefano gabbana fell so low and selena is still one of the prettiest and most influential women in the industr pic.twitter.com/vhi7Z4trgb— milica (@windinhersaiIs) June 13, 2018
Imagine calling this woman ugly Someone get Stefano Gabbana off social media. pic.twitter.com/F9UMlvwRGu
— Mike Adam (@MikeAdamOnAir) June 13, 2018
Dolce & Gabbana has not issued a response to the backlash, and neither has Gabbana himself!
H/T Cosmo US