{"id":3823,"date":"2026-05-28T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-slams-backlash-over-her-babydoll-dresses\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:28:14","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-slams-backlash-over-her-babydoll-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-slams-backlash-over-her-babydoll-dresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo slams backlash over her babydoll dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128963024.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Olivia Rodrigo addressed the backlash over her babydoll dresses in a clip from the New York Times\u2019 \u201cPopcast.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo won\u2019t let critics dress her down.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cgood 4 u\u201d singer, 23, called the online discourse over her babydoll dresses \u201creally disturbing\u201d in a clip from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/bmB24m0wYy8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times\u2019 \u201cPopcast,\u201d<\/a> pointing out that the people sexualizing a fully covered dress are the ones with the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think that I looked sexy in that at all. 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,\u201d Rodrigo said, citing the \u201990s riot grrrl musicians whose babydoll-and-combat-boot uniform she\u2019s channeled throughout her new era.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Detractors accused the singer of infantilizing herself with her look at a Barcelona concert on May 8, calling the performance \u201cpedo bait.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rodrigo called the criticism \u201creally disturbing.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt shows how we really normalize pedophilia in our culture,\u201d she continued. <span class=\"credit\">Billboard via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just think it shows how we really normalize pedophilia in our culture,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy ignited after Rodrigo wore a powder-blue Chlo\u00e9 ensemble with bloomers in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78wrful9cVU&amp;list=RD78wrful9cVU&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDrop Dead\u201d music video<\/a> and performed in a floral G\u00e9n\u00e9ration78 top repurposed as a babydoll minidress at Spotify\u2019s Billions Club Live concert in Barcelona earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aidan7501\/status\/2053167790471716870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clips circulated online<\/a> of the pop star crawling across the stage and revealing her ruffled bloomers while performing her hit \u201cBrutal,\u201d a song that reckons, in part, with our culture\u2019s exploitation of teenage girls. <\/p>\n<p>X users were quick to call it \u201cpedo bait\u201d and say the outfit \u201clooks like she\u2019s cosplaying as a kid.\u201d Others invoked the Epstein files and \u201cLolita,\u201d the controversial 1955 novel about a middle-aged man\u2019s obsession with a pre-teen girl.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The controversy kicked off after the singer wore a Chlo\u00e9 ensemble with bloomers in her \u201cDrop Dead\u201d music video, filmed at the Palace of Versailles. <span class=\"credit\">olivia rodrigo\/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love,\u201d she said, citing her \u201990s riot grrrl heroes. <span class=\"credit\">olivia rodrigo\/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Grammy winner noted she\u2019s performed in a sparkly bra without similar backlash. <span class=\"credit\">ALEXJR \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grammy winner pointed out the double standard between the dress and far more revealing on-stage outfits. \u201cI\u2019ve been on stage in a sparkly bra and little shorts, which is my right, that\u2019s fun, I felt cool and comfortable in that,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that wasn\u2019t inappropriate, but me fully covered up in a dress that people deemed to be childlike was inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think if we start dressing in a way that\u2019s like, \u2018I don\u2019t want some f\u2014king freak to think that I\u2019m sexy like a baby\u2019 or some crazy thing like that, I think it\u2019s losing the plot a little bit,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Some defenders have questioned whether the outrage is even genuine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/olivia-rodrigo-baby-doll-dress-controversy-1235560600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a> noted the backlash echoes recent bot-driven smear campaigns against Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan, though no coordinated attack on Rodrigo has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Her third album, \u201cYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,\u201d drops June 12, with her 65-date Unraveled Tour kicking off Sept. 25.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/style\/olivia-rodrigo-slams-backlash-over-her-babydoll-dresses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Rodrigo addressed the backlash over her babydoll dresses in a clip from the 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