Gabrielle Union isn't worried about what the haters have to say. And she's clear on making that known, too. The 50-year-old actress recently made an appearance on the Who What Wear with Hilary Kerr podcast, where she discussed what it's like aging in Hollywood.
Apparently, an internet troll told her she was "too old" to wear a bathing suit. "You’re old enough to be somebody’s grandma, why are you still in — like wearing swimsuits?" she recalled the commenter saying.
But of course she had a clapback, and a hilarious one at that. “I’m like, ‘First of all, they’re not just swimsuits. They are thongs. And you’re gonna see these cheeks until my [expletive] literally falls off, and I might just wear a bikini in the casket,'" Gabrielle shared.
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The actress, who was on the cover of the July issue of Who What Wear, did not allow that comment to bother her. “I don’t know. That just might be for you, for that one commenter … This is for you [expletive] … It’s just gonna be like, me in a thong, like, [expletive]-up in the casket.”
Gabrielle also recently showed more cheeks in a revealing dress she wore to the Miami screening of The Perfect Find. "Just enough to get a glimpse ," she wrote in her Instagram caption.
"My 50s sis showing out," actress Laverne Cox commented. "50 is the new 30 with some Melanin."
Someone else commented: "I wanna look half this amazing at 50!!! My gawd ."
Gabrielle has multiple photos throughout her Instagram feed of her posing in swimsuits. Earlier this year, on April 13, she posted a cheeky backside photo of her at the beach. "I like my days like I like the beach – peaceful," she captioned the post.
In December 2022, she posted a video of her in a green swimsuit under a tiny waterfall. SZA's "SOS" is playing over the clips, and she captioned the post, "If I stuck to the rivers and lakes that I’m used to, I wouldn’t have made it this far ✨."
Gabrielle obviously isn't letting the haters get to her as she embraces who she is boldly and unapologetically. “I don’t want anyone else to feel that invisibility and that sense of worthlessness, because the only people that we need to validate us is us. And sometimes, the more that you validate your [expletive] self, the more people are like, ‘Yeah, mhmm. Yep!’"
