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Nicole Murphy stunned her Instagram followers by dropping a thirst trap photo of herself in a swimming pool. The steamy photo was in response to viral paparazzi photos that don’t show Nicole looking her best.

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It started when photo wire service Backgrid.com published photos of Nicole shopping for orange juice and granola bars in Beverly Hills recently. The 55-year-old mom-of-5 was was makeup-free and dressed casually in a white tank top and black leggings.

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Social media trolls made Nicole’s paparazzi photos go viral, but she clapped back by showing them what they’re missing.

Nicole captioned the photo: “ONLY YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT FEELING.” She used the hashtags “onlyforhim,” “myman,” “myheart,” and “myking.”

An IG follower wrote: “Goodt Lawd have mercy! Yea, I’m making sure I keep up the Self Care cause I want to look like this when I get to her age!!”

Journalist Roland Martin wrote, “Lawd have mercy!!!”

Another fan wrote: “This is five kids and one divorce later. Everyone ain’t able. Respect!”