Popstars Dua Lipa and Tate McRae targeted by trolls in disturbing ‘heroin chic’ trend

Wholesome pop stars like Dua Lipa and Tate McRae have been abused by online trolls who are at the center of the disturbing online “SkinnyTok” trend.

The two singers became targets of online harassment on social media due to their healthy, strong and athletic figures.

It all started when an X user accused Lipa of gaining weight after their honeymoon in Italy.

“Singer Dua Lipa, who has been on her honeymoon for a while now, was seen appearing to have gained some weight after returning from her honeymoon in New York after marrying husband Callum Turner,” the post read.

A writer from Evie Magazine found the post and took to Instagram to share her outrage at the comments.

“Extremely thin and malnourished Ozempic bodies are so normalized and flaunted that they call Dua Lipa fat,” he said.

“Are we real? He looks healthy, he looks beautiful and alive. He looks like he has energy… He has something that most malnourished bodies don’t have, which is vitality.”

Fans responded to the video with overwhelming support.

“It must be crazy for you to finally see a normal, healthy body in the age of celebrities obsessed with thinness and ozempic. I hope you get better soon,” she said in a comment on the original tweet.

This isn’t the first time a healthy woman in the spotlight has been attacked for her weight.

Pop star and professional dancer Tate McRae, 23, began to be called “fat” after videos of her dancing on stage were published on the internet.

Mobility and strength coach Rebecca Stewart called the claims “categorically false” as she scrolled through images of the multi-hyphenate’s abs.

“Her abs are clearly visible and you call her fat?” Ms. Stewart said.

“If you think this is fat, you need to touch the grass, literally get off your phone, turn off the screen and look at a normal person in society.”

Ms. Stewart compared the shaming to Britney Spears being called fat during her 2007 VMA performance.

“We’re back to this ‘weakness is in the elegance of the heroine’ thing,” he said.

Eating Disorders Families Australia chief executive Jane Rowan said such social media trends could lead to “terrible consequences”.

“Weight stigma online not only hurts people’s feelings, it also has profound consequences for mental health and eating disorder risk,” she said.

“If they start to see themselves in a different way, that can have absolutely terrible consequences, and that can definitely lead to an eating disorder, and it doesn’t take long for that to turn into an eating disorder.”

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He explained that this online narrative has “changed the way people are valued,” with creators being viewed for their appearance rather than their musicality.

“This is a really damaging message for young people because they start to question what they are valued for,” Ms Rowan said.

He called on social media users, and especially parents of children and young people online, to be careful about what we consume.

“I think our biggest problem is the way the algorithm works and the way social media works, young people are being given the same messages over and over again,” Ms Rowan said.

“Young people are at a very vulnerable stage… that’s why social media restrictions are so important.”