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A few days ago, Complex posted a video of Bella Hadid sneaker shopping with Joe La Puma at Kith in New York City. This video is part of their channel’s series depicting celebrities going sneaker shopping and talking about their favorite shoes and styles.
Bella has a partnership with Nike and shot their anniversary campaign for their Cortez’s, so it’s not shocking that her team set this interview up. But in retrospect, they shouldn’t have because the video is cringe-worthy.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BU3dtCBBLVW/?taken-by=bellahadid
Throughout the entire video, Bella is physically and verbally uncomfortable. Her body language is odd. She doesn’t stand still and keeps fidgeting. There are multiple times when Bella lifts her leg up to show the camera her off-white Nike sneaker. It’s uh, uncomfortable. But most importantly, the way Bella talks sounds really unnatural.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEs0BP0i1Ro
She says the words dope, cool and homeboy multiple times in the span of one minute. Also, there is one point when she insinuates she would sleep with a guy if he wore a dope pair of sneakers. Frankly, it’s strange.
Lmao I've never actually heard Bella Hadid talk before and I'm screaming does she actually talk like this??? pic.twitter.com/ew30ugP6cJ
— Southern Homo, MD (@SouthernHomo) October 4, 2017
Her uncomfortable body language and dialect didn’t go unnoticed. Twitter was shocked and thought the way Bella talked was hilariously bizarre.
https://twitter.com/uglynewyork/status/916062311584092160
Bella Hadid shopping sneakers with Complex is definitely in top 10 worst things to happen in 2017 & this year has been tragic af.
— GemsMuseum (@GemsMuseum) October 5, 2017
I never want to hear Bella Hadid talk ever again or I'm suing for emotional distress pic.twitter.com/MPX6n29aXv
— over it. (@tori_kayyye) October 6, 2017
i wish bella hadid never spoke i can't even look @ her the same anymore
— ^•^ (@dickfettuccine) October 6, 2017
bella hadid said ‘dope’ ‘fresh’ and ‘homeboy’ within a 5 second span there has to be a law against that
— 𝕮ruz (@elchapocruzman) October 5, 2017
"If homeboy pulls up in these… it's quiet" @bellahadid 😭😩😩 why she talk like that
— falafel sandwich (@basedana) October 5, 2017
Bella Hadid talks like a narc lmao
— just say they (@indiosyncratic) October 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/zekNcashe/status/916027985219768321
Bella Hadid talks like a hip hop instructor that's not part of the culture
— Kill Billmonger (@JvckvL) October 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/jvttxt/status/915315743968956417
Bella Hadid talks like the teacher who gets along with all the delinquents
— danny (@deeewop) October 6, 2017
Bella hadid talks like she learned the English language from https://t.co/6uoP5M5G4m https://t.co/FYLuugzw0W
— OTYLEN (@OscartyLen) October 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/I8dis/status/916047750524952576
https://twitter.com/galactic_god/status/915776259765997568
Lmao bella hadid talks like she learned all her slang from reading tweets and not talking https://t.co/TVTX3pZJ72
— Kho Exotic (@C_Yacinho) October 5, 2017
But here’s the tea: we have never heard Bella talk like this because she usually does interviews with high-end magazines. Her body language and choice of words prove that she was trying to sound “cool” for Complex and fit into their urban aesthetic. Clearly, Bella doesn’t personally categorize herself as “urban” because she is so uncomfortable and unnatural in the video.
funniest thing is Bella Hadid would never talk like this if she was being interviewed by Vogue or Harper's Bazaar 💀 pic.twitter.com/nxyBFilwk3
— . (@hvrrystime) October 6, 2017
I get that she was on the show to promote her Nike deal. But come on, her PR person should have prepped her better for this. Bella grew up in Malibu and Beverly Hills mansions, so there is nothing urban about Bella and that should have been taken into account.