Plus-size influencer Alexandra Cristin is facing backlash for “bullying” fellow social media star Remi Bader.
The 34-year-old content creator shared a poll to her Instagram Story earlier this week asking her 88,000 followers to share their thoughts on her 28-year-old counterpart.
“Answer me above please!!! AM I the only one that doesn’t like or get the hype of Remi??” Cristin wrote, brazenly tagging Bader.
The Glam Seamless founder quickly came under fire for the post and shared a lengthy, nonsensical paragraph in an attempt to explain herself.
“I don’t like when someone plays victim for being plus size. I don’t know if this girl gained weight later in life but for people that have been big our whole life and fighting it, so not only the bullies, but also getting the weight and keeping it off I just don’t like a victim mentality,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.
Cristin added, “Not that I don’t like her personally she’s great good for her I just don’t like the hype around being a victim … social media has created a lot of softies that cant take opinions other than their own or what ‘sounds right.'”
The Los Angeles-based entrepreneur then shared a screenshot of herself searching Bader’s name on Reddit forums along with a quote about expressing your “authenticity.”
“As a [sic] ultra successful plus size woman, I do not like victim mentality. This is not how we teach other girls who struggle with weight to go and live their lives to cry over it… get up and live your life! Make a way,” she concluded her series of posts.
Cristin couldn’t even escape the wrath of a notoriously snarky Subreddit that regularly criticizes Bader.
“This has to be the meanest and most bizarre behavior I have witnessed from an allegedly body-positive fashion influencer … I have no words,” one user wrote, while another suggested Cristin was weaponizing “authenticity as an excuse for bullying.”
“Alexandra Cristin needs to find better things to do with her time. This reekssss. Ew,” a third person chimed in.
Another Redditor added, “Damn I can’t stand remi but I’m not out her [sic] blatantly attacking her on my instagram story. What an absolutely wild move. Mean girl.”
The controversy comes a few weeks after Bader broke down in tears while addressing the comments she received from internet trolls about her fluctuating weight.
“I try to not look at the really mean things online the best that I can because it really saves my mental health,” she said in a TikTok video last month.
“[But] there’s been a ridiculous amount of body-shaming … saying things like how much bigger I’ve gotten or how much weight I’ve gained,” the Victoria’s Secret model went on.
“It’s really not fair to just see really mean, mean things. I’m taking care of myself the best that I can.”
