Her legs were “toned” in a different way.
A California influencer who was ripped at the gym for wearing body paint on her legs claimed that she is a victim of societal double standards. A video of the confrontation with fellow gym-goers currently boasts 32 million views on Twitter.
“Guy in the gym presses me for wearing painted paints…,” griped Natalie Reynolds, 25, who is a fixture on the videogame streaming platform Kick, in the caption to the clip taken on December 27.
The clip showed the Los Angeles native, who also boasts 2.4 million TikTok followers, walking through an undisclosed weight room while decked out in painted-on tights — which reportedly took her five to six hours to apply.
Reynolds’ fashion statement attracted the attention of a fellow gym-goer, who labeled her choice of workout wear “inappropriate.”
“If you don’t have clothes on, you need to be out of here m’am,” he declared.
“I do have clothes on,” replied the social media star, who approached him so he can inspect her leggings.
After giving her a look-see, the gym shark concluded that her attire is “not fine,” explaining: “I work in the industry long enough to know. I work in the entertainment field.”
At that point, Reynolds’ entourage backed her up, claiming that “she’s covered.”
The clip concluded with the fashion policeman telling her she’s not supposed to “videotape” inside the gym before walking away.
Reynolds’ clip didn’t seem to elicit the sympathy she desired as the majority of the commentariat seemed to agree that her gym wear was inappropriate.
“That dude was 100% right,” declared one critic of her leg-work. “He called out your degenerate behavior and you played victim.”
“This is indecent exposure,” said another. “You should be on the Sex Offender registry.”
“Did you really think we would take your side,” exclaimed another along with a barfing emoji.
Reynolds’ argument also rang hollow with the Community Notes, which took her male chastiser’s side.
“The man in the video is protecting the overall gym etiquette according to which you should wear clothes suitable for exercise,” it read, citing a Healthline article. “Wearing unsuitable clothes or none at all is considered to be disrespectful towards the other. It is a also a hygiene risk to others.”
Despite the criticism, the gamer doubled down her position.
“I was wearing a sports gym workout bra and a bathing suit bottom… why everyone acting like I was naked lmao,” she insisted in a follow-up post on X. “The amount of women who wear pants up the a-s at the gym… This is nothing bad at all.”
In follow-up posts, Reynolds suggested that society has a double standard when it comes to couture, referencing scantily-clad male bodybuilders and male YouTubers working out in similar attire to her with seemingly no issue.
She argued that if it was a real issue the gym would’ve kicked her out rather instead of allowing her inside to film.
