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Bella Hadid's personal brand may not be especially political, but there is one stance that she refuses to stop speaking out about — no matter how many brand sponsorships or friends she loses, or how many full-page New York Times ads she's targeted by. And that's her support for Palestine, where her father was born.
In an interview for the Rep podcast, Hadid said her outspoken advocacy for Palestine has cost her career opportunities and even relationships. "I had so many companies that stopped working with me," she said. "I have friends that completely dropped me." Even though she described a feeling of "anxiety" about saying or doing the "right thing," Hadid said she believes she has all the personal experience and knowledge she needs to stand by her convictions. "I know my family enough, I know my own history enough. And that should be enough," she said on the podcast.
The model has not let up her advocacy as tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continue to heat up. In a June Instagram post, Hadid wrote, "Everyday I wish I could go back in time, to when I was a child, so that I could start fighting for Palestine sooner. For my family, for my elders, our history and for the people of Palestine still living, now, through this treacherous, exhausting and painful occupation."
After attending a pro-Palestine march in New York City in 2021 and posting about the march on Instagram, Hadid was lambasted by the official Israel Twitter account, which called her an "advocate for throwing Jews into the sea." She, along with sister Gigi Hadid and singer Dua Lipa, were also the targets of a full-page ad in The New York Times (via The Cut) that called their pro-Palestine advocacy akin to "anti-Semitism."
Bella Hadid told Rep, "When I speak about Palestine, I get labeled as something that I'm not. But I can speak about the same thing that's happening there, happening somewhere else in the world, and that's honorable. So, what's the difference?"
ah well, fuck them, they dont deserve your attention, as for friends etc, the same, there all hippocrite shit stains, let them be..
give me a call, come for a ride, have a laugh enjoy the now.. either way, lifes too short to be surrounded with narcissists of any kind, ie, work and family, close friends, fuck the lot of them..
ho hum.. smile, live the now, learn to ride a motorcycle, its the best feeling in the world.. and the bestest way of travelling..
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ps.. that snowflake with the insane stare behind you, needs to be smacked.. total nutjob..