Kesha clapped back at people expressing their opinions on her body — with bikini pics.
The singer posted two photos of herself in a black bikini on July 7 and addressed those giving unsolicited comments on her body.
"i didn’t think in 2024 people still body shamed but. i am so proud of my body," she said in the caption of her Instagram post. "she’s been through a lot. she’s torn her acl on stage and finished the show. she’s held my f------ broken heart together."
"to those who think you’re shaming me, you’re actually making me feel very powerful," she continued. "so, to you, i hope you one day feel whole enough to not tear other women down. in the mean time, hate me harder b----:)"
Kesha's fans defended her in the comments:
- "Anyone who hates on your body needs glasses"
- "Wtf are they on? You are ALWAYS slayinggg 👏🏻🙌🏻"
- "Sadly, some people are never gonna learn to mind their own business. It’s sad, really. Keep slaying! 🔥"
- "Your body is both beautiful & strong. Haters gonna hate, Queen! ❤️"
- "F--- YES YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS!!!!!" wrote Betty Who.
The 37-year-old singer has been open about her struggle with an eating disorder, telling Rolling Stone in 2017 she felt pressured to "be a certain size."
“I really just thought I wasn’t supposed to eat food,” she said. “And then if I ever did, I felt very ashamed, and I would make myself throw up because I’d think, ‘Oh, my God, I can’t believe I actually did that horrible thing. I’m so ashamed of myself because I don’t deserve to eat food.”
It was at a dinner party that she asked for help, she said.
"I just had all this mounting anxiety. And then finally I was like, ‘F---. This. S---. F--- this s---. I’m hungry!’ And I am so anxious that I feel like I’m going to explode from all the secrets," she said. "All the secret times I’m pretending to eat or other times I’m purging, and I’m trying to not let anybody know. And I’m just fucking sick of this shit. And I remember just shaking because I was so fed up, so anxious, and I was just mad that I had let myself get to that point."
Kesha told Self last year that after she checked into an inpatient program to treat her bulimia in 2014, she began to work with therapists and create new routines to help manage her anxiety surrounding eating.
“No one could have told me this 10 years ago, but … freedom from that obsession is there,” she said. “It takes work to get there. But sitting here knowing that I don’t count any calories, I don’t know what my pant size is and I don’t weigh myself is so beautiful.”
The singer released her new single, "Joyride," on July 4, after months of teasing new music on her Instagram. The release comes after she settled a nearly decade-long legal battle against her former producer, Dr. Luke, in June 2023.
