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Natalie Morales is calling out the paparazzi for invading her privacy and taking a photo under her skirt while at a red-carpet event promoting the film Battle of the Sexes.
The actress first took to Twitter on Tuesday to address the situation and slam the “disgusting, horrifying job” of the paparazzi.
“So someone sent me photos of me having what they called a “wardrobe malfunction” at last weekend’s premiere of Battle of the Sexes,” she began. “These are pictures they PURPOSELY took up my skirt TO GET A SHOT of my vag.”
In a series of tweets, Morales called out the photographers for trying to exploit her body. “These are photogs who go to red carpets to take photos of women.. to what, embarrass them? Because they have bodies under clothes?” she wrote. “So you’re gonna come to an event that I’ve waited my whole life for, that I’m super proud of, to try and exploit my body? For your gain?”
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She added: “What a disgusting, horrifying job you have.”
These are photogs who go to red carpets to take photos of women.. to what, embarrass them? Because they have bodies under clothes?… 3/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
So you’re gonna come to an event that I’ve waited my whole life for, that I’m super proud of, to try and exploit my body? For your gain? 4/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
Not that it would be ok at any time, but you know, this specifically, is a red carpet, so I’m there for you. There’s a silent contract..5/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
I’m there to promote my movie, you’re there to take pics you can sell. Pics I’m POSING for, that I’ve agreed to. 6/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
Pictures of my face and body, covered in whatever way I see fit. I didn’t pose for you to angle your camera up my skirt. And yeah, 7/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
It’s a high-ass slit because I like the way my leg looked & I wanted to get me some of that Angie look, but I wasn’t showing you my bits 8/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
Also, JOKES ON YOU, I was wearing skin colored underwear so you can’t actually see my bits. But if you could? I wouldn’t be embarrased 9/
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
But YOU should be. What a disgusting, horrifying job you have. 10/10
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 26, 2017
After causing a stir online, Morales took to Twitter again on Wednesday to elaborate on her previous comments.
“This is not, at its root, a ‘celebrity’ problem. This is a problem with how we tear down women and reduce them to a sum of body parts, to be at once both sexualized and shamed,” she stated. “We are held to an impossible standard, where our bodies and our faces must be perfect and if for one second we are in any way human, like say, just walking around, doing our jobs — we are torn down. Well, you cannot tear me down.”
Morales’ statement can be read in full in the below tweet.
Before this gets watered down or the word “vagina” gets censored out, here’s my statement on this “wardrobe malfunction” b.s. pic.twitter.com/nE6CNAsovB
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) September 27, 2017
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