Jamie Lee Curtis applauds Karol G for calling attention to her GQ Mexico magazine cover photo, which the Colombian star claims was retouched.
“Today my GQ magazine cover was made public, a cover with an image that does NOT represent me,” Karol G wrote on Instagram on Thursday (April 6), with the cover image alongside a selfie. “My face doesn’t look like this, my body doesn’t look like this and I feel very happy and comfortable with how I look natural. I understand the repercussions this may have, but beyond feeling it’s disrespectful to me, it’s to women who every day wake up looking to feel comfortable with ourselves despite society’s stereotypes.”
On Sunday, Curtis posted the magazine cover and the singer’s comments on her account, bringing the topic of conversation to her own fans.
“It makes me so happy that @karolg is raising awareness about an issue that has bothered me for a long time,” Curtis said. “We are human beings. We are not AI and this genocide against what is naturally beautiful is alarming and needs to be talked about.”
The Everything Everywhere All at Once actress added that she, Justine Bateman and Andie MacDowell have spoken out on this issue before, and that she is “very encouraged that a younger person is joining the chorus of disapproval. The cosmeceutical industrial complex wants you to look in the mirror and hate yourself and then buy their bullshit.”
Karol G’s album Mañana Será Bonito made history last month when it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Not only was it her first No. 1 on the chart, but also the first for a Spanish-language album by a woman.