Rap star Latto is considering taking a mental health break from social media because trolls make her feel self-conscious about her looks.
The “Big Energy” rapper opened up about her insecurities in the premiere episode of her Apple Music show “777 Radio.”
The 24-year-old Ohio native told guest Chloe Bailey that Internet trolls say she looks like an “old white woman.”
“It’s all because of social media,” Latto told Chloe. “It just, like you said, heightens your insecurities. I never thought I looked old until I read it on the internet. Now I just think I look like an old white woman.”
“You don’t look old,” Chloe told Latto. “That’s crazy!”
Latto, real name Alyssa Michelle Stephens, was born to a white mother and Black father.
She said trolls made fun of the way she sat in her chair at last year’s VMAs. Latto explained she was trying to avoid comments about her attire because she was wearing a corset. But when she went online, she saw people making lewd comments about her body.
“Next thing you know, I see things going around, ‘She looked like she about to have sex with the chair,'” she quoted one troll.
“I’m like, ‘Now, hold on. Wait a minute. I can’t just sit down?’ I’m like, ‘Now, I’m not even gyrating on the chair. I am sitting like this.’ I’m sitting like this looking forward.”
Latto didn’t address rumors that she’s dating Atlanta rapper 21 Savage. However, she teased Chloe about gossip that she and Migos rapper Quavo are an item.
“The tea was that you was talking to Quavo,” Latto told Chloe.
“Uh oh, well, we doin’ a movie together,” Chloe responded, adding that Quavo is “a really nice guy” and that she likes “his locs.”
“I don’t know where that came from,” she said.
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