Gabrielle Union Fires Back At Troll Who Criticized Her Bikini Pictures

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 15: Gabrielle Union (L) and Dwyane Wade attend Magnify and Fox Sports Films' "Shot In The Dark" premiere documentary screening and panel discussion at Pacific Design Center on February 15, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Gabrielle Union has responded to critics of her swimwear pictures on Instagram.

Gabrielle Union called out a troll online who complained about her continuing to post bikini pictures into her 50s. She addressed the incident during an appearance on the Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr podcast, last week. Union remarked that she'll never get too old to show off her body and she'll one day have her “ass up in the casket.”

“Somebody said, ‘You’re old enough to be somebody’s grandma, why are you still in — like wearing swimsuits?’” Union said. “I’m like, ‘First of all, they’re not just swimsuits. They are thongs. And you’re gonna see these cheeks until my ass literally falls off, and I might just wear a bikini in the casket."

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Gabrielle Union With Her Husband, Dwyane Wade

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 20: Dwyane Wade (L) wears sunglasses, a pink velvet shirt, a pink velvet jacket, a matched belt ; Gabrielle Union (R) wears a pearl headband, a white fluffy jacket with rhinestone embroideries, a mandarin collar and bell sleeves, outside Ralph & Russo, during Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020, on January 20, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images )

“I don’t know. That just might be for you, for that one commenter … This is for you bitch …It’s just gonna be like, me in a thong, like, ass-up in the casket," she further joked. From there, Union discussed aging as a celebrity more broadly. She says that people make women feel “invisible” once they hit a certain age.

"At 35, they start treating you like you’ve got osteoporosis. You start becoming invisible and it’s a weird, empty feeling to feel like you’re disappearing in front of your own eyes,” Gabrielle shared. “You start taking on the same attitude as [a] society that believes that you lack value.”

Gabrielle Union Poses With Her Family

She concluded: “We need to boldly take up space and boldly claim and acknowledge our own beauty in all that we do, instead of waiting. Claim you, whether it’s you fall in love with a younger dude… you love you more than anybody else loves you.” Union is currently married to former NBA star, Dwyane Wade.

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