For the holiday, Reese wore a brown spaghetti-strapped dress with a large cut-out design on the front and a slit on the side.
She paired her look with a black purse, white and gold bracelets, and gold earrings.When a video of her in the outfit was re-shared on X, formerly Twitter, some critics suggested her look was too revealing.
However, multiple people went on to defend the 22-year-old athlete from the criticism and praised her New Year’s Eve look.
Who Is Angel Reese?
Angel Reese (born May 6, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed “Bayou-Barbie” and “Chi-Barbie”, she played college basketball at LSU and Maryland.
Why Angel Reese deleted her Instagram amid the ongoing social media controversy
It all started after Reese posted a video of herself in a revealing outfit on New Year’s Eve, even though she looked radiant in that cutout animal print dress. Some social media users started calling her out for her outfit that had a deep neckline and high leg slit, claiming the dress to be a bit too bold. Some of them expressed their disappointment in her and stated that she was setting a bad example for her fans, especially considering the fact that she is a youth icon.
Although Reese also garnered praises from her fans, by most of them, the basketball star was thrown under the bus for wearing such an outfit for attention and oversexualizing herself on the public platform. On Thursday, Reese deleted her Instagram account, and her handle, @angelreese5, was no more reachable. However, she is still available on other platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok.