Gigi Hadid Has Been Slammed By Fans For Making A ‘Racist’ Joke

Oh dear. Gigi Hadid has landed herself into a bit of an online storm, after she allegedly made fun of Asians in a video on Instagram.

The model was dining out with her sister Bella at the time, and appears to hold up a buddha cookie and impersonate it by squinting her eyes in the now-deleted clip.

Droves of fans have reposted the video online and called Gigi out for racism.

This is being racist! Making fun of a asian eyes is so fucking disgusting! Gigi ?
Waiting for @giforce to attack me pic.twitter.com/n7PQBo8Num

— ExposingGigi (@ExposingGigi) February 5, 2017

@leenvouq @zainzayns @GiGiHadid squinting her eyes to mimic Asians is “joking around”? That’s not ok

— #2C17 (@Camhiba11) February 5, 2017

Ok Gigi Hadid has seriously fucked up by mocking Asian people like wtf!!??

— JESY HELD MY HAND? (@parissr98) February 6, 2017

Depite the backlash though, there were many fans who stepped in to defend the model. Even her boyfriend Zayn weighed in on the drama. 

All this hate against @GiGiHadid is so bs. I can’t understand why people take jokes so seriously.

— Ludo? (@LudoCard) February 7, 2017

Don’t think @GiGiHadid was trying to be racist. I’m Asian I’m not offended, people bein 2 sensitive @zaynmalik did nothin wrng in defendin G

— T.I.O_ZAYN (@KuBash_N00) February 7, 2017

 

This of course isn’t the first time Gigi has been accused of racism. Her impersonation of Melania Trump at the AMAs sparked similar criticisms from fans online.

Model Gigi Hadid blasted as ‘#racist ’ as she mimics Melania Trump’s #accent at AMAs#GigiHadid #Melaniatrump #MelaniaFirstLady #AMAs pic.twitter.com/oESy2MEpny

— faisal zafar (@vem_pire) November 21, 2016

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