Grimes has spoken out in defence of Selena Gomez, calling out what she described as “high school level bullying”.
The Canadian singer-songwriter took to X (formerly Twitter) to defend the Only Murders in the Building actress after a social media user shared screenshots from Gomez’s In the Dark music video and claimed she looked like an “X Files monster”.
In her post, Grimes, real name Claire Boucher, said the cruel post had made her consider leaving the platform altogether.
“Watched this Selena Gomez video, besides a few weird derp shots that ppl were able to clip and super misrepresent how she looks she looks extremely beautiful, is prob one of the most beautiful girls,” the singer, 37, wrote. “Imagine what it wud feel like if people talked about you this way (sic).”
“Try to imagine the mental fortitude she presumably has,” she continued. “How do we not utterly morally castigate someone who has a post like this blows up and chooses to keep the clout at the expense of everybodies mental health (sic). How do u think little girls feel reading stuff like this about another woman?”
Grimes went on to state that “high school level bullying” should “not be ok”.
“Accounts shud be suspended for body shaming en masse (sic),” she penned. “This is disturbing – in part because it’s not even true if u actually watch this video.”
The Genesis singer continued, “Im not rly in the biz of even knowing what celebrities do, i have no context here, but this place is unhealthy as f**k and this being socially acceptable behavior is culture death – not just for the Selena or the writer but everyone who sees this and engages with this level of dehumanization (sic).”
