Pop superstar Dua Lipa has hit back at online trolls who have recently accused her of Photoshopping her childhood photos to make her lips look fuller. Taking to Instagram, the star has set the record straight, addressing her accusing fans of being 'mad'.
The 23-year-old shared the adorable throwback pic to Instagram on 26th May, in celebration of reaching the almighty 30 million followers. Captioning the photo, the she wrote, '30 MILLION!!! THANK YOU. Happy to be alive, making music i love, with the people i love, for the people i love (YOU) 🥰🥰🥰' [sic].
It wasn't long, however, before her large following took to the comments section to share their views on the star's appearance, with one writing, 'photoshopping baby pictures is a whole new level' [sic], and another writing, 'so like anyone gonna mention that she photoshopped her lips?' [sic].
The 'IDGAF' singer stayed pretty quiet on the matter, until yesterday (12th June) when she uploaded another ultra cute snap with the caption, 'to the people saying i photoshop my baby pictures to make my lips look bigger are mad madddd!' [sic]
She then continued, 'can’t believe i have to defend myself. you guys are on cr--k.' [sic]
Many fans were quick to jump into the comments section to support the singer, with one writing, 'Imagine people caring about what your lips looked like when you were a kid' [sic] and another commenting, 'We love u no matter what. U don't even explain urself. They have some serious issues.' [sic].
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1 of 17Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - 'Señorita'
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello teamed up for their summer hit 'Señorita', also dropping their steamy music video.
2 of 17Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - 'I Don't Care'
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber have teamed up for 'I Don't Care', a catchy, upbeat song which was immediately a hit with fans around the world.
3 of 17Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man
Not only is Calvin Harris a superstar DJ, he's also an amazing producer and he teamed up with Rag'n'Bone Man on 'Giant' in January. The DJ told us how the singer slid into his DMs, sending over some chord ideas - and before long the pair were working together on this hit - 'Giant'.
4 of 17Sam Smith and Normani - 'Dancing with a Stranger'
Normani confirmed she was working with Sam Smith late last year, and the pair dropped their single 'Dancing With A Stranger' in January.
5 of 17Lauv & Troye Sivan - 'i'm so tired...'
American singer-songwriter Lauv and Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan teamed up for this Top 10 hit, 'i'm so tired...'.
6 of 17Jonas Blue with Theresa Rex - 'What I Like About You'
British DJ and producer Jonas Blue has teamed up with Danish singer Theresa Rex for their great song 'What I Like About You', which reached the Top 10 in the UK Dance Chart.
7 of 17Europa (Jax Jones & Martin Solveig) - 'All Day and Night' with Madison Beer
This collaboration between British DJ Jax Jones and French DJ Martin Solveig, under their collaborative name Europa, was released in March.
8 of 17Avicii and Aloe Blacc 'SOS'
'SOS' is the first single to be released since the untimely death of Avicii in April 2018. At the time of his death, Avicii had been working on a new album and the album was completed by his collaborators and released with the permission of his family.
9 of 17Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie - 'ME!'
Taylor's first single of 2019 was a collaboration with Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco. The pop star had her fans very excited when she first posted a date on her socials. On the 26th April it was revealed to be a new single, 'ME!'. The song, along with the music video have been a huge hit with fans. In just a few hours the music video had more than 16 million views.
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10 of 17Avicii and Chris Martin
Following the release of Avicii's posthumous album, 'Tim', the music video for 'Heaven', his collaboration with Coldplay's Chris Martin was released. The video was very emotional to watch.
11 of 17Ariana Grande and Social House
Ariana Grande teamed up with American duo Social House on her single 'Boyfriend'. The music video for the song featured all three of them at a house party, which ended in a fight. Ariana even ended up shooting heart-shaped lasers!
12 of 17John Newman and Nina Nesbitt
John Newman and Nina Nesbitt joined forces on their new collaboration 'Without You'. 'Without You' comes four years after John's last Top 5 hit, 'Come and Get It' was released and speaking about his new collaboration, John said, "I have also been a fan of Nina and always loved working with her, it was an easy decision to get her on this stonker!"
13 of 17Kygo and Whitney Houston
Norwegian DJ Kygo released one of the hits of 2019 when he remixed Whitney Houston's cover of 'Higher Love'.
14 of 17Ed Sheeran and Stormzy
Ed and Stormzy worked together for Ed's collab album in 2019, releasing the massive track 'Take Me Back To London'.
15 of 17Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey
They are three of the most successful women in pop, so when Ariana, Miley and Lana teamed up to release 'Don't Call Me Angel' for the 2019 movie adaptation of Charlie's Angels, fans were left over the moon!
16 of 17Becky Hill and Sigala
He's dropped some massive its in recent years, but Sigala's 2019 collab with Becky Hill was certainly one of his most popular! Becky wrote the track about an ex-boyfriend, and it became one of the tracks of the summer.
17 of 17Tiesto and Mabel
Legendary DJ Tiesto teamed up with Mabel to release 'God Is A Dancer' in September 2019.
Even Dua's fellow pop superstar mate Zara Larson stepped in to write, 'Hahahahaha what would be the REASON' [sic].
Case closed!
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