looks like Candace Owens is back in hot water again after making some controversial comments about a SKIMS ad that featured a model in a wheelchair.
In the final minutes of a recent episode of Owens’ podcast on the Daily Wire, she expressed her confusion and irritation with the ad starring a model in a wheelchair. “I don’t really understand how far we’re going to take this inclusivity thing I really don’t get it.” She said, “I’ve never really seen a bra and underwear advertisement with a girl in a wheel chair. Why did they do this? I don’t know and I don’t know why this needed to be done, but I’m just getting tired of this all inclusivity thing it all just seems ridiculous.”
Whenever you doubt your self worth, just watch this video and be glad you’re not Candace Owens pic.twitter.com/34pShei9bw
— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) March 22, 2023
The woman Owens was speaking about is reportedly a model name Haleigh Rosa that was in a car accident when she was 25-years-old and left paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury. Rosa caught wind of Owens’ little rant and shared a response of her own saying, “Hi I’m the girl in those pictures and Candace I don’t know what your intentions were when you decided to make that stupid video, but you must be completely unaware how resilient and amazing the disability community is.”
“Were not just an adaptive campaign believe it or not were everywhere and I am so proud that I was in that SKIMS campaign posing in a wheelchair, a bra and underwear because that means I have come so far in 8 years so if you don’t like it, use your legs and walk.” She said. After posting that video to Tiktok it quickly went viral gaining over 24 thousand likes.
Fabulous interview with @HaleighRosa & @DailyMirror Re @skims @RealCandaceO & #adaptive companies… THANK YOU @jir1987 for helping bring awareness for every body. Check it out. Cc @KimKardashian @BlockchnMedia https://t.co/wUVpMP0b5I #adaptiveclothing #skims #kimkardashian…
— D.Payt (@DPayt) March 22, 2023
In a recent interview with Yahoo News, Rosa also addressed the controversial comments further saying, “I did not see any campaigns that were showing people in wheelchairs, especially underwear and things like that. So, looking back, had I seen something like that, I probably would have been a little bit more comfortable easing into the situation, rather than having an extremely hard time figuring out like, what am I gonna wear? What’s gonna look good? Or can I wear this?” she explains. “There’s nothing like seeing an image and feeling comfortable and seen, knowing the brand cares and actually is going to work with someone like you.”
Candace owens is big mad that SKIMS has expanded their line to be disability-inclusive.
Imagine being mad about high-end underwear being accessible to disabled people. 🤡
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