People sure say the darnedest things on social media. Hiding behind a screen with status bars waiting for your opinion to be written, positing on social media can be extremely dangerous and downright harmful to others. Some people are just not afraid to say what’s on their minds, bur often, their open opinions or comments backfire.
This situation happened to a fashion model, but she didn’t get in trouble once, she got in trouble a few times and it backfired on her hard.
Carissa Pinkston is a model, most notable for her work for Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty brand, as well as for Marc Jacobs.
She got into some hot water this past May on social media.
Under the name Rissa Danielle on Facebook, she spoke out negatively about trans individuals.
People were not down with her insensitive and ignorant comment.
She posted her thoughts again, trying to save herself.
But the backlash only worsened.
She ended up being fired by her agency Elite Models.
In an attempt to ease the backlash, she ended up recently coming out as trans herself.
She said she was scared to come out, and that what she said had to do with grappling with her own insecurities.
But over the last couple months, people haven’t been buying it.
Recently, several people have come forward on Twitter, denouncing her identity.
Trans model Aaron Philip, who recently starred in Miley Cyrus’ ‘Mother’s Daughter’ music video, also outed Carissa.
She was clearly upset, confused, and appalled by the whole situation.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Carissa ended up admitting to lying about being trans.
In an attempt to escape the ridicule from her remarks, she felt it made sense to completely take on a new identity, and the identity of the group she was insulting.
The situation is not good for Carissa, but she seems to be trying to move past it all, as she is continuing to post as normal on Instagram.
Regardless, the conversation continues in comment threads on Twitter and on her Instagram posts, and by the looks of the comments, it looks like it won’t be an easy comeback.
