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The founder of Dolce & Gabbana is refusing to apologise for calling Selena Gomez 'ugly'
Yesterday Stefano Gabbana – one half of Dolce & Gabbana – caused an uproar when he called Selena Gomez ‘so ugly’ under this insta collage of the singer and actress.
Gabanna left a comment under the insta – “è proprio brutta” – which roughly translates to “she’s so ugly”.
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Selena’s fans were rightly outraged by a fifty-something year old man bullying a young woman in her twenties.
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Celebrities also came to her defence, with Miley Cyrus taking to instagram to write:
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Miley had a run-in with the designers last year, when she posted that she didn’t agree with the brand’s politics (despite being gay, the two designers don’t think that LGBTQ people should have children).
In response, the designers snarkily retorted:
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13 Reasons Why star, Tommy Dorfman, also weighed in on Selena’s side, saying:
But Gabbana refused to sit down and instead embraced the controversy.
Obviously feeling no remorse, he posted a series of screenshots and articles on his instagram that made light of the situation.
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Toxic white male masculinity reigns supreme! Yaaah!
However, Gabbana’s defiant stance is a bit idiotic because overnight D&G’s share price fell by over 60% and Stefano lost 500,000 followers across all social media platforms.
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