Bebe Rexha hits back at body-shaming critics after 13kg weight gain: ‘In my fat era’

Bebe Rexha has defiantly hit back at body-shamers after opening up about her recent weight gain, telling them: “I’m in my fat era”.

Bebe Rexha has a blunt message for body-shamers.

Bebe Rexha is slamming body-shaming trolls – and TikTok search suggestions – for continuing to criticise her fluctuating weight.

“Yes I’m in my fat era and what?” the Me, Myself & I singer tweeted on Friday, alongside a mirror selfie of her in the bathroom with her tummy exposed, reports Page Six.

The songwriter accompanied the tweet with a screenshot of TikTok’s suggestions for what others on the app search for, which included phrases such as “bebe rexha coachella fat” and “bebe rexha getting fat same.”

The popular video-sharing app also suggested the phrases “bebe rexha halftime fat” and “bebe rexha before and after.”

In April, Rexha slammed TikTok for similarly suggesting to users the search phrase “bebe rexha weight.”

“Seeing that search bar is so upsetting,” Rexha, 33, tweeted on April 16. “I’m not mad cause it’s true. I did gain weight. But it just sucks. Thank you to all the people who love me no matter what.”

Rexha shared this image to Instagram along with a blunt message.

At the amfAR Cannes Gala 2023 on May 25, 2023 in France. Picture: Victor Boyko/Getty Images

On April 25, the body-positive songstress revealed that her weight gain — which she has “always struggled with” — was attributed to a diagnosis of PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis.

“I literally jumped, like, 30 pounds (13 kilograms) so quickly, maybe a little bit more. But we gotta just be positive and just show people love,” Rexha, whose real name is Bleta Rexha, said on The Jennifer Hudson Show.

Rexha admitted that, while criticism “comes with the territory” of being in the public eye, the amount of attention she has garnered from her weight gain does “mess with” her.

“You don’t know what somebody’s going through, what they’re going through in their life, so it kind of is tough. But I feel like we’re in 2023 … we should not be talking about people’s weight,” she said.

The singer at a pre-Grammys party in February 2019. Picture: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images

Rexha’s relationship with her body, and her struggle with her body image, made headlines in 2021 when the artist said she was the “heaviest” she had “ever been” after indulging in food over the holidays.

In a video posted to TikTok at the time, Rexha called herself “disgusting” for weighing in more than she was used to, making her feel “embarrassed.”

“I don’t feel good in my skin, and when I don’t feel good, I don’t want to post, and that’s really honestly the reason I haven’t been posting in the last year or so as much as I used to,” Rexha said.

However, the Say My Name artist has been singing a different tune over the past years since her vulnerable moment on TikTok.

Last month, Rexha made an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in France, proudly displaying her curves on the red carpet in a skin-tight custom little black dress by Defaïence.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission