Some fans of the K-pop superstar are asking this after she was spotted looking chubbier. And as her recent first solo gig in Singapore showed, CL’s weight gain has done nothing to diminish her sassy diva-tude.
Yes, CL put on weight. A lot of weight. While en route to Singapore to perform at MTV’s Hyperplay music festival on Aug 3, the K-pop idol was snapped at Incheon International Airport looking like she had put on almost 10kg — a blasphemy by K-pop standards where toothpick-thin idols are the norm. Unsurprisingly, the photos quickly went viral.
“CL, is that you?”, “CL has ballooned to size XXL!” screamed headlines around the world. All the buzz surrounding CL’s shocking (not to mention, sudden) weight gain is understandable: After all, we’re talking about a singer once famed and envied for her sexy, desirable curves and “perfect bod”. And so the body-shaming began. Netizens claimed that the Queen of K-pop is now “unrecognisable” with her “chubby middleaged-woman-like body”. Others went as far as to say that the singer is pregnant.
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