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Karol G has called out GQ Mexico after the publication of its latest issue, which features the Colombian reggaeton star on its cover. In a Thursday Instagram post that compared a seemingly unfiltered self-portrait to the cover short, she expressed gratitude for the coverage of her work, but claimed the “number of edits” the magazine made to the image before its publication felt “disrespectful.” In the post, she claims that even after she made her reservations regarding the photo clear, “they didn’t do anything about it.” The FADER has reached out to GQ for comment.
“My face does not look like this, my body does not look like this, and I feel very happy and comfortable with how I look naturally,” Karol G wrote in Spanish. “Beyond feeling [the edits are] disrespectful to me, [they are disrespectful] to the women who wake up every day desperately looking to feel comfortable with ourselves despite society’s stereotypes.”
See Karol G’s original post above and read it in English below, translated by Instagram and lightly edited for accuracy by The FADER.
I don’t even know where to start this message… Today my GQ magazine cover was made public, a front page with an image that DOES NOT represent me. My face does not look like this, my body does not look like this, and I feel very happy and comfortable with how I look naturally. I thank the magazine [for the] opportunity because I was very happy when they confirmed I would be there, but despite making clear my discontent with the number of edits they made to the photo, they didn’t do anything about it, as if to look good I needed all those changes. I understand the repercussions this can have, but beyond feeling it’s disrespectful to me, it’s to the women [who] wake up every day looking to feel comfortable with ourselves despite society’s stereotypes.
