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His biggest scandals

- —M.R.

Wendell Rodricks never shied away from speaking his mind. From taking a swipe at Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s choice of wardrobe to Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ revealing gown at the recent Grammy’s, Rodricks made sure that he made his opinions known to the world. Here we look at some of this scandals:

JANUARY 2020:

In a post that could easily be deduced at sarcastic, the designer took to his Instagram page to critique Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ revealing Ralph & Russo gown that had a plunging neckline until her navel. He felt that the gown was age-inappropri­ate.

“@priyankach­opra nailed it at the Grammys 2020. Truly the bold and beautiful in this @ralphandru­sso couture fringed gown where the neckline goes all the way from LA to Cuba. Love it.”

Seeing the negative press the post courted, Rodricks was prompted to issue a clarificat­ion with: “For all those that said some really nasty things about me body shaming, here is my retort. Did I say anything about her body? No. Many women did. I just said the dress was wrong for her despite it being couture.”

OCTOBER 2019:

Rodricks lashed out at Rai Bachchan’s stylists for dressing her in a sack at last year’s Paris Fashion Week. He posted a collage of her looks on Instagram and wrote: “@loreal you’ve got one of many prettiest ladies on this planet and that is the way you do her make up and gown her? Sack the stylist for this sack gown with a notice that Halloween is subsequent month.”

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