I didn’t think I’d be writing about Iggy Azalea so soon after her clueless rant about stereotypes. Yet here we are again. Iggy’s upset over her Steve Madden ads. Iggy doesn’t mind the ones I’ve included here, but she went on a Twitter rant about the “disgusting” nature of the ad campaign. DListed has a comprehensive post about the mess.
To quickly summarize, Iggy tweeted and deleted her hatred of the ad. She claims to have been “bamboozled” by “gross gross gross” ads. She was upset about sandals with socks and saucy poses with pool toys. You can see those American Apparel-ish ads here. Madden Skyped with TMZ to call Iggy’s rant “terrible,” but “she makes mistakes, and she’s under pressure … and I still love her.” Iggy clarified on Instagram to say “sorry for the drama … I just don’t support neoprene Jesus sandals WITH socks.”
My take is that Iggy needs to take her squabbles with sponsors private. If she has a problem with the people who are paying her millions, then go to them with concerns. Don’t act like a brat on Twitter. T.I. agrees and voiced his opinion to TMZ when asked if he approves Iggy’s latest stunt:
“Absolutely not. I think she should focus on what got her here, and that’s her music, her performing and continue to just present her talents to the world. It’s just like asking Tom Brady if he should be commenting on Deflategate. He should worry about the big game on Sunday, correct? Same with Iggy.”
[From TMZ]
I’d feel bad for Iggy being publicly reprimanded by her mentor, but she’s the one who took the Madden issue public. T.I. is probably tired of defending Iggy all the time because that’s all he does now. I can’t remember hearing anything T.I.-related lately that wasn’t about Iggy. Is T.I. a saint? No way. This is his way of telling Iggy to act more professional. We’ll see if it works.
I’m including photos of Iggy filming her new video with Jennifer Hudson. Yep, another duet.
Photos courtesy of Steve Madden, Fame/Flynet & WENN
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