Before a fashion show in Milan on Wednesday, supermodel Gigi Hadid was grabbed from behind by an unruly fan while she was posing for pictures. But this unruly fan was in for a rude awakening when instead of playing along with whatever it was he was trying to do, the 5’10” foot-tall beauty elbowed the creep in the face and then chased after him to deliver a further beating before being held back by her entourage.
Check it out:
saw the vid of Gigi being completely wrapped up from behind by that dude and felt how scary that would be and wish she had injured him more
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) September 23, 2016
this is not 'lashing out at a prankster', this is a woman defending herself in the street after some dick grabs her https://t.co/QCtLNR0J5w
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) September 23, 2016
KAPOW! How awesome was that?
Unbelievably, however, some headlines are going after Gigi for simply defending herself:
Alternative headline – GOOD FOR HER: Gigi Hadid Reacts In Totally Appropriate Way When Random Man Tries To Lift Her In The Street pic.twitter.com/WTsbHcNt43
— Rachel McGrath (@RachelMcGrath) September 22, 2016
And the Daily Mail decided to go with topless pics for extra clicks (we’ve cleaned it up):
Um, no.
Gigi took to Twitter to offer advice for all women, saying “GIRLS, prepare yourselves so that, if you ever feel in danger, MUSCLE MEMORY can fight back for you.”
THANK YOU Rachel.
To unknown article writer: fan?!!! The ACTUAL fans that were there can tell you what happened. I'm a HUMAN BEING — https://t.co/G7Pbp0G8yP— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 22, 2016
and had EVERY RIGHT to defend myself. How dare that idiot thinks he has the right to man-handle a complete stranger. He ran quick tho ????
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 22, 2016
Thanked my boxing coach today.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 22, 2016
GIRLS, prepare yourselves so that, if you ever feel in danger, MUSCLE MEMORY can fight back for you. Thank you all so much for ur support.❤️
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 22, 2016
Exactly right!
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