Iggy Azalea Quits Social Media Over Body Shaming Comments
Iggy Azalea is officially done with social media.
Iggy announced her decision to bail on Twitter after receiving body shaming comments. It all started when a set of pics of her Hawaiian getaway with boyfriend Nick Young surfaced online. It didn't take long for comments to start filtering in, getting on Iggy's case about the "butt cellulite" that was visible in the pics. The comments got nasty, and Iggy quickly countered by declaring she was no longer going to put up with the "hatred and pettiness" that typifies social media interactions.
"Just got back from a great vacation, came online and saw apparently it's shocking and unheard of to be a woman and have cellulite. Lol," Iggy's first tweet reads. She follows it up by adding, "I just want to have peace and relaxation time without a perve with long distance lense hiding out taking pictures, everyone deserves peace."
The tweets continue:
I feel the hatred and pettiness i see online at all times is at making me become an angry person and I cannot be that.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015To become nasty because of the way I feel iam treated would be a disservice to my fans and I promise i will try to keep smiling.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015But I also want to let my fans know iam taking some time away from social media. I need to be happy and it is too negative and draining.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015My management will tweet/run my accounts from today onwards with updates etc unless any message is signed -IA. Love you all. Peace out!
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015She then closed it out with this poignant observation...
The Internet is the ugliest reflection of man kind there is.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 19, 2015It's a shame that it had to come to this in the first place, but I suppose the anonymity and various levels of remove that the internet provides essentially has the power to make jerks out of regular people. Or maybe it just brings out their true colors. Either way, I can't say I blame Iggy for taking a break, whether it's a permanent one or not.
