- Country singer Jessie James Decker posted a photo showing her three kids on vacation last week.
- Some commenters suggested that Decker used an "app" to edit abs onto the image.
A country singer and online personality has responded to accusations that she photoshopped abs onto a photo showing her three children on vacation.
On November 26, Jessie James Decker, who has 4.2 million Instagram followers and who is married to NFL star Eric Decker, posted a photo of her three children Vivianne, Eric Jr, and Forrest — who are eight, seven, and four, respectively — wearing swimwear while the family was on a trip to Mexico.
The post received 181,000 likes, and while many online comments were positive and complimentary towards Decker's children, some said the image set unrealistic body expectations because of how muscular they looked. Others suggested Decker used an "app" to alter the image and make her children look more muscular than they do in other pictures on her timeline.
On November 28, Decker posted a video montage of her three children from the vacation, with a caption denying the accusations. Decker said her children had accumulated muscle from doing sports and exercise like gymnastics and dancing, and that they were "flexing" those muscles in the image.
"When I posted the pix of our vacation and included the kids being silly flexing on the beach on our Thanksgiving trip I had NO clue it would get the reaction it did. But Being accused of photoshopping abs on my kids (I can't help but laugh) or … the polar opposite over 'overtraining' our kids makes me realize how bizarre our world has gotten regarding the body and what's normal and what's not," she said.
Decker went on to criticize people who made negative remarks on her children's appearance, saying, "We preach about body positivity and acceptance but my kids having a mass amount of genetic and built muscle from athletics is 'weird?' I want to raise my kids to feel proud of their bodies and hard work."
Comments under Decker's follow-up post were overwhelmingly supportive. "You're a great mom! Just keep loving on your babies & ignore the trolls," said one top comment with 57 likes.
Decker rose to fame in the early 2000s following the release of her debut country-pop album in 2009. From 2013 to 2017, Decker and her husband starred in their own E! reality TV series, "Eric & Jessie: Game On."
The 34-year-old mother became a contestant on season 31 of "Dancing with the Stars" in September 2022, finishing in tenth place.
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