{"id":730318,"date":"2026-05-29T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/olivia-rodrigo-hits-back-at-weird-criticism-over-her-babydoll-dresses-we-really-normalize-pphilia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:35:14","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-hits-back-at-weird-criticism-over-her-babydoll-dresses-we-really-normalize-pphilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/olivia-rodrigo-hits-back-at-weird-criticism-over-her-babydoll-dresses-we-really-normalize-pphilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo Hits Back At &#8216;Weird&#8217; Criticism Over Her Babydoll Dresses: &#8216;We Really Normalize P***philia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<p><strong>Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong> is hitting back at criticism over her new attire!<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Drop Dead<\/em> singer has taken on a new look for her latest era, donning babydoll dresses in several recent performances and music videos. And while she\u2019s into the look, many others have called her out for dressing like a \u201csexy baby.\u201d The <strong>Disney Channel<\/strong> alum has seen the controversy, and she has thoughts!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c2103960e-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: See How Jennifer Lopez Covered Up Her Ben Affleck Tattoo!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Wednesday\u2019s episode of <em>The New York Times<\/em>\u2019 <em>Popcast<\/em>, the 23-year-old strongly slammed her haters, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s been making me so upset. \u2026 What\u2019s really disturbing is, I feel like I actually wear \u2014 I have worn outfits that are revealing on stage. I\u2019ve been on stage in a sparkly bra and little shorts, which is my right. That\u2019s fun [and] I felt cool and comfortable in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039612-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But now that she\u2019s more covered up, she finds it strange that she\u2019s getting blasted for it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd that wasn\u2019t in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate, but me fully covered up in a dress that people deem to be childlike was inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The<em> High School Musical: The Musical: The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a><\/em> star continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039615-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just think it shows how we really normalize pedophilia in our culture. Also, it\u2019s just this rhetoric that we\u2019re fed as girls since we were so little, which is, \u2018Don\u2019t wear that because then a man is gonna sexualize your body, and it\u2019s your fault.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Olivia thought the reaction to her outfit was \u201cso weird,\u201d especially because she didn\u2019t think she looked \u201csexy,\u201d she explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was like, This is so cool. I feel like I look like <strong>Kathleen Hanna<\/strong> or<strong> Courtney Love <\/strong>\u2014 all these people who are my heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039617-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She furthered:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI just think if we start dressing in a way that\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t want some freak to think that I like am sexy like a baby or some crazy thing like that,\u2019 it\u2019s losing the plot a little.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also stressed how she feels \u201cprotective\u201d of her young female fans and doesn\u2019t want them to be \u201cfed that rhetoric,\u201d she urged:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039619-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be responsible for some guy sexualizing you in a way that was never your intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ch-ch-check out everything she had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DY25os4jOHb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c2103961b-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DY25os4jOHb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Popcast (@popcast)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c2103961e-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans have largely cheered on her response, writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJust an excellent, well-thought-out answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201choly s**t I didn\u2019t expect her to call it out for what it really is but f**k yeah\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039621-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis was an incredible response to the silly online discord <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"customEmoji lazyload\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F44F.png\" height=\"16\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"customEmoji lazyload\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F44F.png\" height=\"16\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"customEmoji lazyload\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F44F.png\" height=\"16\">she\u2019s so eloquent and is 100 percent correct, people being upset with the baby doll dress are so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she\u2019s 10000 percent right because how do you even look at those outfits and get anything remotely pedophilic from them? They\u2019re just old style clothing, which made perfect sense because the MV was filmed in f**king Versailles. People just want engagement and a villain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cpeople are so hypocritical because when <strong>Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong> did it it was okay and a non issue?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039623-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But not everybody sees it the same way:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cwhy is she defending these diapers with her life? so f**king weird\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Don\u2019t sexualize me\u2019 while crawling on the floor flashing panties in a babydoll dress. Make it make sense\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039625-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGirl, YOU WERE THE ONE SEXUALIZING THE BABY DOLL DRESS. That\u2019s what people found disturbing, not the dress itself. The video that circulated literally showed you touching yourself on stage while wearing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t think I look sexy\u2019 yet she was pulling up her dress on stage\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Always two sides to every situation!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039627-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch more of her interview (below):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo Interview! New Album Details, Babydoll Dresses &amp; Speaking Out Politically\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0I_tljaH9Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do YOU think of this controversy? Let us know (below).<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\" class=\"lazy-ad-parent\">\n<div id=\"section-6a19c21039629-paragraph-slot\" class=\"incontent-ad lazy-ad-slot\" data-base-div-id=\"pb-slot-incontent-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78wrful9cVU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\/<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E_d9dKP134E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\/YouTube<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Drop Dead singer has taken on a new look for her latest era, donning babydoll dresses in several recent performances and music videos. 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