Maureen Solomon, the Nollywood actress, has spoken out against female celebrities publicly showcasing their Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgeries and recovery processes on social media.
In a recent video posted to her Instagram page, Solomon clarified that while she has no issue with body enhancement procedures, publicising them could send the wrong message to impressionable young followers.
The 41-year-old actress noted that many young girls look up to celebrities and emulate their actions. She urged public figures to promote self-confidence instead of fueling the pressure to alter one’s body.
While acknowledging that some celebrities share their experiences to preempt gossip, Solomon urged them to consider the broader impact of their content.
“First of all, let me issue this disclaimer: I do not have anything against BBL. I do not have and I have never had, anything against surgical enhancements except when it is harmful to the person or persons. I never have, never will because I believe it is your body, do whatever you wish with your body,” she said.
“But where I have a problem is televising it, putting it out there, putting it on social media, your recovery. Making certain comments that I feel as an adult, but because we have younger generations coming up that are looking up to us, there are things we should be mindful of, especially things we say.”
The film star’s comments appeared to reference videos recently shared by actresses Uche Ogbodo and Etinosa Idemudia, who documented their recovery journeys after undergoing the same procedure.
“So I saw this video, I am not shading anybody, not trying to. I saw this video of two lovely, beautiful people that I love; they know I love them. I do not have a problem, their body is banging, I am all for it, but I have a problem when you bring it out to social media,” she continued.
“Why? Because we all have girls who are growing up, we all have daughters, cousins, nieces who are looking up to us. For crying out loud, for those of us who are influencers, you have a lot of… thousands of younger ones looking up to you, copying what you do because what you say is not what they do, it is actually what you do that they copy and do…
“I get the reason why some of us would do the video and post it on social media because you do not want people gossiping and wagging their tongues, so you want to put it out there so that people would not come for you. I get that part, but there are other ways you could do that. You have girls who are following you.
“You are a big star before them, and you are there telling them that BBL is okay, if you do not have y***h, go and pay. Do you know how many young girls would be saving up money to go and do that? Like I said, I do not have a problem with it, but when you are indirectly, whether it was intentional or not, the message you are passing to these children is that if you do not have it, you can go and buy it.”
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