Bebe Rexha wears butt-bearing dress on the 2023 VMAs red carpet.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Bebe Rexha’s VMAs look was business in the front, party in the back!
For the show, Rexha donned a black leather dress complete with spaghetti straps and a bullet-bra bustier. Already striking from the front, the form-fitting, floor-length dress was even more jaw-dropping from the back.
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When the “Meant to Be” singer, a presenter at the ceremony, turned around on the pink carpet, she revealed two circular cutouts — one on each butt cheek — and, in between them, a silky black horse tail.
The mastermind behind the equestrian gown isThe Uncommonist, an anonymous designer who has created similar looks forJulia FoxandRita Ora.
Rexha paired the bold gown with Piferi platform pumps and some bright bling — silver and green tassel earrings, chunky crystal bracelets on each wrist and silver rings on her fingers, which were painted with a light pink shade.
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The “Break My Heart Myself” singer’s VMA appearance comes one day after she said she was considering skipping the show.
Ina TikTokthe musician shared on Monday, she said she was not sure if she would appear because she was feeling “anxious AF.”
“I don’t know if I am going tomorrow,” she said in the video. “I do have an outfit. It is cute. And I do want to wear my dress and I do really want to go to celebrate my nomination and my friends’ nominations, but I do feel like anxiety gets the best of me.”
She continued, “I wanted just to talk about this because I meet a lot of people and a lot of times they’ll be like, ‘Oh, my God. I love how you’re all about body positivity and confidence.’ Let me tell you: Right now, I’m not feeling so confident.”
Rexha — who was recentlydiagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS), of which weight gain is one of the main side effects — said that she was worried about appearing on the VMAs red carpet, and the chatter that follows.
“I am so anxious and stressed about going on the red carpet and, I guess, people talking about my weight, because I’m not really loving myself right now,” she continued, adding that she is “not really feeling like the bad bitch that I usually am.”
Rexha said that she wanted to share this honest message because “everybody has these days and nobody feels perfect,” and even asked her fans for “motivational tips or tricks.”
“Maybe you’ll see me on the red carpet tomorrow,” Rexha concluded the TikTok.
source: people.com
