Olivia Rodrigo Slams “Disturbing” Babydoll Dress Controversy

Indeed, following Olivia’s May 8 Spotify Billions Club performance in Barcelona, online critics disparaged her latest era, with one X user accusing her of using “aesthetics that appeal to pedophiles."

However, Olivia clapped back, “It just shows how we really normalize pedophila in our culture. It’s this rhetoric we’re fed as girls since we’re so little, which is, ‘Don’t wear that because then a man is going to sexualize your body and it’s your fault.’ Like, it’s so weird.”

As for the dress that sparked the debate? “The Cure” singer explained she was going for a riot grrl aesthetic. 

“I didn’t think I looked sexy in that at all,” she admitted. “I was like, this is so cool. I feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love. All these people who are my heroes. And I felt cool and comfortable in it.”

Trust, Olivia is not going to be taking fashion advice from the peanut gallery. 

“I think if we start dressing in a way that’s like, ‘Oh I don’t want some f--king freak to think that I am like sexy like a baby,’ or some crazy thing like that,” she noted, “I just think it’s losing the plot a little bit.”

And the Disney alum confirmed she’ll continue to dress how she wants not only for herself—but her young fans. 

“I’m just very protective of younger women and girls and I don’t ever want them to fed that rhetoric,” she shared. “You shouldn’t be responsible for some guy sexualizing you in a way that was never your intention.”

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