Stupid comment of the day: Gisele calls sunscreen “poisonâ€
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen is no stranger to the sun. We've seen her countless beach-side photo shoots for Victoria's Secret and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue over the years. Her sunkissed highlights and evenly bronzed skin are the envy of many women. But at the launch of her new all-natural organic skincare line, Sejaa,Bündchen made a rather surprising statement: She doesn't wear sunscreen.
"I cannot put this poison on my skin," the model said."I do not use anything synthetic." Hmm. We can definitely understand a woman, especially a big model who is constantly photographed, not wanting to put too many chemicals on their skin. But we're pretty sure many of the cosmetics used onBündchen in photo shoots are not all-natural. She has also appeared in ad campaigns for Nivea Sun products in the past. Why would she endorse a product she is so strongly against?
But worst of all, perhaps, is the thought of a woman going out in the sun unprotected all the time. Bündchen claims she has no need to worry about sun damage though, because she only goes out in the sun before 8 a.m. when the UV rays are weaker.
Can we call BS now? How can this bronzed beauty claim she's never gone out in the sun after 8 a.m.? What about all her photo shoots? All her tropical vacations? Her entire childhood growing up in Brazil? You mean to tell us she stayed indoors all the time while her friends frolicked on the beach and swam in pools? No way.
Naturally, dermatologists are also up in arms about a role model like Gisele making such a statement. "Sunscreen prevents damage to the skin and is of fundamental importance for the prevention of cancer. This is not any poison, when a public person makes a statement like this, it creates confusion," Dolival Loao, head of dermatology at the National Cancer Institute of Brazil told the Daily Mail.
This isn't the first time Bündchen has angered people with her comments on her "healthy lifestyle." In 2009 she gave birth to her son Benjamin the natural way in her home bathtub and claimed it "didn't hurt in the least." At the time she said, "I wanted to be very aware and present during the birth. I didn't want to be drugged up." She then told Harper's Bazaar that breastfeeding should be mandatory. "Some people here (in the USA) think they don't have to breastfeed, and I think, 'Are you going to give chemical food to your child when they are so little? I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.'"
Every woman should have the right to choose how to treat her own body or feed her child, but perhaps Bündchen should think before speaking out about health-related issues.
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