Nelly Furtado Sends Message to Physique-Shamers with Her Newest Look

Nelly Furtado is sending a message to her physique shamers!

The “Say It Proper” singer, 46, stated lots to her critics with out uttering a phrase when she carried out throughout Manchester Pleasure in England on Sunday, Aug. 24.

Photographs confirmed the Canadian singer-songwriter seemingly responding to destructive feedback about her weight by carrying an outsized T-shirt with a lady’s physique drawn on it. 

Her white high featured a lady’s physique scaled to her personal from the neck to mid-thigh. 

The drawn physique wore a white, cropped tank high with a black push-up bra beneath. The lady’s mid-section was absolutely seen because the design led right down to a drawn-on denim mini skirt. 

The fake girl accessorized with a big, bedazzled gold belt with the phrases “Whoa Nelly” on the heart-shaped buckle, teamed with a number of necklaces. 

As for Furtado, she completed the look with sparkly fishnet stockings, scorching pink fingerless moto gloves, and a pair of colourful boots that got here slightly below her knees. 

The “Maneater” singer has seemingly been tuning out the naysayers for some time, selecting as a substitute to give attention to self-love. 

Initially of the 12 months, she shared a body-positive submit on social media with a set of snaps of herself taking selfies whereas rocking a shiny orange bikini. 

“HAVE A BODY NEUTRAL 2025, 😉, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOVE WITH EVERY INCH OF YOUR HEART ♥️,” Furtado wrote in a prolonged Instagram caption on Jan. 5.

After noting that she needed to “pursue some authorized motion” towards false claims made on-line about her, the “I’m Like a Fowl” hitmaker set the file straight “for whoever cares.”

“I’ve by no means had any face or physique surgical procedures or augmentation,  apart from for veneers on the highest row of my tooth , fairly not too long ago,” she wrote, additionally denying having any sort of “face or lip injections or fillers.”

Her secret to her youthful look is ingesting a lot of water and sleeping on her again, Furtado stated.

The Grammy winner additionally shared her photogenic secrets and techniques, which included face tape to offer her eyes “extra carry,” and “physique tape to offer a sure look to completely different silhouettes.”

“My New Yr’s message for 2025, is specific your self freely , rejoice your individuality and know that it’s completely OK to be OK with what you see within the mirror , and it’s additionally OK to need one thing completely different . We’re all cute little people simply bouncing across the earth on the lookout for hugs,” she continued in her Jan. 5 submit.

In September 2024, Furtado spoke solely to PEOPLE about how photographers would edit not solely her physique form, however the shade of her pores and skin within the early 2000s.

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“I’ve olive pores and skin, and so they’d type of lighten my pores and skin loads in images,” she instructed PEOPLE, “and type of take my hips down on a regular basis — they might all the time minimize off in editorials.”

Nonetheless, Furtado nonetheless thought of herself “one of many fortunate ones,” who had a very good group round her that confirmed her tips on how to be assertive.

“It’s important to type of have that sense of self. I believe it is essential, to navigate the trade. It’s important to type of hearken to the tiny voice inside. That is actually essential,” she stated.