Thanks to the rise of social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, we live in a world where just about everything anyone does in public can be placed under a microscope. It’s more more common for film and television stars than for the rest of us, obviously, but if you’re out there, there’s always the chance you could do something that goes viral, for better or worse.
And let’s be honest: too often, it’s for the worst. For example, former Game of Thrones star and current Aquaman headliner Jason Momoa was the subject of some ridiculous body-shaming recently. Us Weekly uploaded a photo of Momoa — topless at a swimming pool while on vacation with his wife and daughter in Venice — to Instagram, and the comments started rolling in.
It got ridiculous pretty quick:
The shaming even extended to Twitter. Twitter, people, normally a haven of civility:
If Jason Momoa in that photo is considered fat, then I’ll be swimming in a t-shirt from now on.
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Some folks compiled negative comments to shame the people body-shaming Momoa. Septa Unella would be proud. And it wasn’t all negative. Momoa’s fans — and also decent human beings with working eyes — jumped to his defense.
Waking up to Jason Momoa trending due to him being body shamed....hold my purse while I jump on my dragon.... pic.twitter.com/0fuG2wtwiw
— Raven Lilum (@naddyjj) July 11, 2019
Can't sleep so I open twitter to see Jason Momoa of any and dudes being body shamed? Bitches, please!
— Stephanie (@Steph_squared) July 11, 2019
Jason Momoa is fine AF with short hair, long hair, beard, no beard, 5% body fat, 18% body fat. I repeat, Bitches, please! pic.twitter.com/SPqL1p37pi
To all the #JasonMomoa haters out there pic.twitter.com/r0CSrMieU5
— JB (He/Him) (@Joshbryan321) July 11, 2019
How in the holy hell is this man out of shape or have a dad bod?! Jason Momoa will outswim everyone! #JasonMomoa pic.twitter.com/zZruOtziGQ
— HowTooGuy (@howtooguy) July 11, 2019
Dad bod? You’re right. Looking at pictures of Jason Momoa def makes me want to call him “daddy” pic.twitter.com/umTNzlPXQe
— Elizabeth Di Filippo (@mselizabethr) July 11, 2019
We live in a weird, strange and stupid world, folks.
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