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Hailey Bieber is the target of a bizarre form of harassment called “transvestigation.”
This week, as we reported on the state of the Bieber marriage, we of course took a look at recent social media posts.
A glaring and alarming detail stuck out: a large number of comments claiming or implying that Hailey is transgender.
This sounds like a bigoted attack against the transgender community and a personal attack against Hailey. What’s going on?
What is ‘transvestigation’ exactly?
Sadly, transvestigator is not a term for a nonbinary noir detective. It really should be.
Rather, there are people who believe that many or even all celebrities and public figures are secretly transgender.
Targets include but are not limited to people saying this about politicians, the British royal family (yes, including Charles and Elizabeth), pop stars, and more.
What does this have to do with Hailey Bieber?
If it sounds QAnon-adjacent, it’s because it is. There’s considerable overlap.
As you can see from the numerous — yet far from exhaustive — list of examples that we have included, there are some people who are transvestigating Hailey Bieber.
To be clear, that does not mean that they are combing over evidence like a person would during an actual investigation.
How do transvestigators operate?
“Transvestigators” use absurd and often manufactured-on-the-spot definitions of sex-related physical features to determine which public figures they believe to be transgender.
Something as simple as long legs or thick eyebrows can be sufficient.
These folks will take family photos of public figures and scribble over them to claim that skull measurements and limb lengths “prove” their point.
It’s all nonsense, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t harmful.
How are they targeting Hailey?
Specifically, Hailey Bieber is getting bombarded with comments under multiple Instagram posts.
THG‘s initial look into these harassing comments finds that they go back weeks. It is likely that this began some time ago.
The harassment takes two principal forms: explicit transphobia and thinly veiled transphobia.
These trolls are not subtle
Some messages couple the “accusation” with explicit transphobia, with claims that Hailey looks like a “man.”
They might name a specific man (like her father, the infamous Stephen Baldwin, or like reviled politician Vladimir Putin).
Others simply write “man.”
Obviously, this would be a bigoted statement when aimed at a trans woman or at a cis woman. Hailey, however, is cis.
Appearing to be supportive is still bigotry if it’s insincere
The second form that this can take is thinly veiled transphobia.
These posters are likely not transvestigators themselves, but simply jumping on the bandwagon in order to personally “attack” Hailey Bieber.
In their comments, we see posts seeming to celebrate the transgender community or highlighting famous trans figures, like Caitlyn Jenner.
But the comments do not celebrate trans people — they insult them and Hailey all at once.
Just for the record, Hailey is cis
It is, of course, not reasonable to believe that Hailey is transgender. And not only because she has been in the public eye since she was a child.
To believe this is to believe that it remained a secret throughout her career and marriage to Justin Bieber.
This would also mean fake maternity photos and a shroud of lies surrounding the birth of Jack Blues one year ago.
As much as we would love to live in a world where someone could be transgender without comment, that is not the reality.
Sadly, trans celebrities simply cannot fly under the radar in our society
In 2023, a violent hate campaign against a beer brand sent shockwaves through society because a trans woman took a sip from a drink on TikTok.
Hailey is cisgender. If she were trans, certain people would be pitching a fit every time that she advertises a product, let alone when she married Justin Bieber.
Most of the people bombarding her with these hateful messages are not true believers who have clearly lost touch with reality, however. So what’s going on.
We may have uncovered the true reason for (most of) the harassment
The truth may be a combination of two things: jealous people who love her husband and genocide enthusiasts who hate any public figure who doesn’t love it when children are massacred.
Another hot topic in Hailey’s comments seems to be her ongoing support for the Palestinian people as the IDF continues to slaughter and starve the population.
Some people are of course there to thank her. Others are not.
One has to wonder if the people hopping onto the harassment bandwagon against Hailey are merely saying cruel and bigoted things because of her humanitarian concerns.
What can Hailey Bieber do?
Sometimes, the smartest thing to do is to get ahead of a story. You take ownership of a conversation and quash a rumor before it spreads.
But nothing — not a birthing video, not “accidentally” full frontal flashing the world — can deter someone who has lost touch with reality.
Because this is not a story, it’s a conspiracy theory and a miniature harassment campaign.
Unfortunately, the best thing for Hailey to do in this moment is probably to publicly ignore the trolls in her comments. Also? We’d recommend that she not look at what haters have to say.
Hailey Bieber Targeted by ‘Transvestigators’ For Some Reason was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Tammy Slaton is not done with her makeover.
During an appearance on the August 19 episode of the Creative Chaos podcast, the veteran 1000-Lb Sisters star flashed a brand new smile for the camera, revealing a set of false teeth.
Those who have followed the TLC personality over the years are aware that she’s had a sizable gap toward the front of her mouth.
But not anymore! See for yourself via this screen grab:
“They’re temporary still,” the 39-year old said on air. “But they had to cement them in because the glue wasn’t holding — well, my body was rejecting it. But they had to pull teeth.”
Slaton went on to explain that the procedure she had done involved getting a bridge… which is a false tooth that’s anchored to adjacent natural teeth so as to “bridge the gap” in an individual’s smile.
“I’m still getting more done with it,” she added. “It’s a process.”
Look. You can compare the before with the after down below:
Tammy, of course, is familiar with processes. Specifically, the process of losing just a TON of weight.
For a long time now, Slaton has kept followers apprised of her journey, which has entailed the reality star dropping from someone who weighed over 700 pounds to someone down below 300.
No, those aren’t typos. She’s a brand new woman.
Yes, this is partly due to skin removal surgery.
But it’s also due to dedication and hard work and exercise and a much better diet. Slaton seriously focused on these things after falling into a coma in late 2021 as a result of her dangerous habits and excessive body weight.
Fast forward to this latest update to her appearance (partly inspired by critics, “haters make me famous,” she quipped on the podcast) and it’s clear Slaton is focused on a much different future than the past she has left behind.
“With all due respect, I wish people like you would stop commenting crap like this,” Slaton said in a January 2024 TikTok video, addressing haters.
“It’s not helping my confidence. I was trying to keep my confidence boosted and seeing comments about my chin or my teeth doesn’t help.”
She continued back then:
“I’m trying to better my life and better myself. We should be lifting up people. It doesn’t matter if I’m missing teeth.”
Slaton, meanwhile, is also engaged to a woman named Andrea Dalton.
On the season 7 premiere of 1000-Lb. Sisters in April, the lead cast member offered up glimpses of her burgeoning romance with Dalton, including the pair’s first public date at a bowling alley.
In a confessional, Tammy said that while she has “feelings” for Dalton, they were “taking things slow, day by day.”
She waited a “couple of months” to tell her loved ones about her relationship because she was unsure how they’d “react” to her dating a woman because they have a lot of “opinions.”
Indeed, Slaton revealed her preference for women late last year.
“Lately I’ve been feeling like it’s time for me to start moving on and to start seeking love again, but this time I’m thinking of seeing a female,” she told viewers back then, referring to the tragic loss of her husband the year before and stating:
“As it stands right now, I don’t want to be with another man. It just doesn’t feel right. I don’t even have those feelings for a guy anymore after Caleb passed.”
Tammy Slaton: Look, Everyone! I Got New Teeth! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Sydney Sweeney sees the criticism.
She knows what people have been saying.
How celebrities respond to marketing backlash can define their public image for years to come.
In Sweeney’s case, she’s noticed that there seems to be a double standard from her critics. Is she right?
Sydney Sweeney is giving her first interview since her latest controversy
This week, The Wall Street Journal‘s interview with Sydney Sweeney delved into a marketing controversy.
No, not the “good jeans” pun that certain political influencers have tried to use as a distraction from the Epstein scandal.
Instead, there was another product that had much more to do with the actress herself.
Late this spring, Sweeney partnered with the bath products company, Dr. Squatch, to offer a limited-edition soap.
The soap, aimed at men, advertised that it was infused with her “bathwater.”
This capitalized upon an existing trend that began with enterprising Twitch streamers and sex workers before making its way to celebrity products.
Many people are simply incapable of being normal about Sweeney.
As you can imagine, Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss sold out within seconds back in early June.
‘It was mainly the girls making comments’
In her WSJ interview, Sydney Sweeney addressed the notable backlash that she received.
Because yes, she is aware of it.
“It’s important to have a finger on the pulse of what people are saying,” she reasoned.
Sweeney explained that this is “because everything is a conversation with the audience.”
As for her detractors, Sydney could not help but observe that “it was mainly the girls making comments about it, which I thought was really interesting.”
She pointed out: “They all loved the idea of Jacob Elordi’s bathwater.”
While she may be generalizing about her critics a little, Sweeney’s not entirely wrong.
Often, and as other actresses have pointed out, women receive more backlash for behavior identical to men.
Is this how she’ll respond to the American Eagle murmurs?
To be fair, the Jacob Elordi bathwater candle was a specific reference to a memorable scene from Saltburn. Not that it matters! It doesn’t. Mostly.
We also have to point out that social media backlash, just like social media praise, is likely to be very gendered on many topics.
Because society socializes people differently based largely upon the genders assigned to them at birth.
It’s probably very true that Sydney Sweeney gets more criticism from women.
We would also suspect that praise for her acting that does not mention her anatomy is more likely to come from women. That is a double-edged sword.
If she’s keeping a finger on the pulse, she likely knows how people are reacting to the American Eagle controversy. How will she respond when the time comes? It’s looking like she won’t at all.
Sydney Sweeney Says Her Critics Are ‘Mainly Girls’ In First Interview Since … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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