Adele roasted online over Notting Hill Carnival photo

Adele has copped a roasting over her bikini pic and has been backed by her high-profile friends.

Singing superstar Adele has been roasted online for wearing a bikini and Bantu knots to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival.

A very un-Adele new picture of the star led to a barrage of claims of cultural appropriation after she appeared clad in a Jamaican flag bikini top, feathers adorning her shoulders, gold chains around her neck and wrists and with her hair curled into tight knots.

Adele, Carnival-ready.

“Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London,” she captioned the pic, a nod to London’s huge annual carnival led by members of the British West Indian community, which has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But the 32-year-old star’s choice of attire — and especially a Bantu knot hairstyle usually worn by women of African descent — copped a roasting online, amid accusations of cultural appropriation:

If 2020 couldn't get anymore bizarre, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that nobody asked for.

This officially marks all of the top white women in pop as problematic.

Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX

— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020

Alright, who had Adele’s cultural appropriation on their 2020 Bingo Card? pic.twitter.com/rHGRo0NXi7

— DJ Butt Stuff Barbie (@aurexm) August 30, 2020

Adele said pic.twitter.com/OFpdibI8Jb

— Chanté write your book 🦖🇩🇲🇯🇲 (@ChantayyJayy) August 30, 2020

When they ask Adele to prove she’s Jamaican pic.twitter.com/WDyQkh9jYB

— md (@mrdz121) August 30, 2020

adele said: pic.twitter.com/TKRfsCALAH

— c (@chuuzus) August 30, 2020

No one:

Adele in the studio: pic.twitter.com/t2m0jrG9f9

— Say⁷ (@outrosay_) August 30, 2020

Adele looks like she went to Sandals for 3 days and decided to get Bantu knots💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/zbZSGdNylx

— Cell (@mtvcell) August 30, 2020

nobody:

adele: pic.twitter.com/NyepPMUhvW

— 𝐑𝐎𝐍 (@STALLIMINAJ) August 30, 2020

Logs in twitter and sees why Adele’s trending.. pic.twitter.com/nn7DtyMPu7

— 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢. (@_nxcki) August 30, 2020

Adele: 🙂

Her scalp: pic.twitter.com/iEYDikfeyl

— no❤️ (@AmariBailey) August 30, 2020

Meanwhile stars have backed Adele’s choice of outfit including Jamaican star Popcaan and singer Alexandra Burke.

“I see the pic. She looks hot. She’s obviously been working on her body, that for me is a big deal. She’s looking good,” Burke said.

“As a Jamaican girl myself, my girl has grown up in black culture. People forget she’s from Tottenham. She probably eats jerk chicken all the time like all of us.

“All I’m saying is the girl looked good, leave her. Allow her, man.

“If Popcaan is going to endorse it and say yes my girl you’re wearing the flag and you’re wearing it well.

“Let her live her best life, leave her alone. We love Adele.”

Poppycock! This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival and the tradition of “ dress up” or “ masquerade” Adele was born and raised in Tottenham she gets it more than most. Thank you Adele. Forget the Haters. https://t.co/sabpPPRtID

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 31, 2020

Tottenham’s Labour MP David Lammy also chimed in.

“This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival and the tradition of ‘dress up’ or ‘masquerade’.

“Adele was born and raised in Tottenham, she gets it more than most. Thank you Adele. Forget the Haters.”

Naomi Campbell – whose mother was born in Jamaica – commented underneath the photo with hearts and the Jamaican flag.

Guardians of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldana added: “you look right at home guurrrl!”

ADELE’S DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION

The Carnival-ready snap is the latest headline-making social media post from Adele, who hasn’t released an album since 2015’s 25.

The star has undergone a dramatic transformation since splitting from husband Simon Konecki last year, reportedly sticking to a calorie-controlled diet of ‘green juice and 1000 calories-a-day’ to achieve her slimmed-down figure.

Adele in 2015 … Picture: Syco/Thames/Corbis/Dymond

… Adele in 2020.

She also hired a personal trainer to work with her three times a week, according to US Weekly.

The singer’s fitness routine includes weekly sessions of cardio and circuit training.

“She really wants to be healthy and set a good example for her son,” a source told the magazine.

“She’s more focused on feeling good and the health benefits than the weight loss.”

Most recently, Adele showed her support for Beyonce’s visual album Black is King in an appreciative Instagram post – but her own incredible transformation overshadowed the sentiment.