Singer/reality television personality Aubrey O'Day on Sunday responded to accusations that she Photoshopped herself into what are allegedly faked vacation photos with an Instagram post containing two racy pics.
Both pictures depict the Danity Kane member wearing a thong bikini while visiting heaven. In one image, she is seen hugging Jesus. In the other, she is posing by the Pearly Gates.
O'Day's post came after a TikTok user recently uploaded a since-deleted video that alleged vacation photos on O'Day's Instagram account were not real. The TikTok user showed pics from the singer's account of her in exotic locales like Bali juxtaposed with what the accuser said were the original photos that don't feature O'Day. The user, who frequently posts about body image issues, further claimed O'Day took the photos from other content creators or from promotional materials.
In her Sunday Instagram post, O'Day tagged several media outlets that carried stories on the Photoshopping allegations, including Newsweek, TMZ and Page Six.
O'Day also posted a lengthy message to accompany her post. She wrote that she "took the PJ [private jet] to Heaven in the last 24.. wanted to share with y'all how beautiful it was.. also ran into Jesus and we hugged it out."
After a disparaging comment about the TikTok user who made the accusations about her, O'Day continued to address the situation.
"[N]ot that I need to explain myself, but I've been in this industry for over 20 years and have been traveling the world since I was 7. If I want my Instagram to be curated like a museum of ART then that's what the f**k is going to happen. I'm an artist, a REAL creator," she said in part. "I don't need to be flown places. Let alone the fact that a lot of the shots I give y'all are in places you have to spend hours scaling mountains to get to."
She continued, "Respect my aesthetic, I work hard to give y'all beautiful content that feels the way the places I travel vibrate.. because I want y'all to vibrate high with me."
O'Day, who has appeared on reality shows such as Celebrity Apprentice and Celebrity Big Brother, currently has more than 952,000 Instagram followers. Since the TikTok user made the allegations about O'Day manipulating photos, many of the posts on O'Day's account of her in gorgeous settings in places such as Bora Bora, the Maldives and Greece now contain messages in the comment threads of people questioning if she actually visited the places.
O'Day had her defenders, too. Some people indicated in photo comments on her account that they didn't even care if the photos weren't real.
"Lmao y'all same haters in these comments, sis just using this as a vision board, we love a manifesting queen. Purr," wrote one person.
Newsweek reached out to O'Day for comment.
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