ALBAWABA - Amid her recent photoshoot with Adidas, American-Palestinian model Bella Hadid reportedly hired a legal team to sue the sportswear brand over making her wear something referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, as reported by TMZ.
Bella Hadid's team will take legal action against Adidas for making her part of a campaign linked to the 1972 Munich massacre which witnessed the death of 11 Israeli contestants, also known as the "Black September" incident.
Bella Hadid sues Adidas amid recent photoshoot
The Palestinian model showed her frustration with Adidas by saying that the sportswear brand associated her with a violent event such as the Munich Massacre that could potentially affect her pro-Palestine stance.
According to TMZ, Bella Hadid is still signed with Adidas despite growing tensions and rumors that the brand has dropped her.
Later, Adidas apologized for accidentally linking Bella Hadid to the incident in question and stated that it was never their intention to link both things together. Moreover, Adidas later announced working on revising the campaign.
X users react to the recent controversy
Additionally, Bella has been telling her circle that she didn't know what she signed on and that she's holding Adidas accountable for this. X users (formerly known as Twitter) took to several comment sections to discuss the matter in question, here's what they had to say:
"Get them, Bella."
Someone quoted Bella Hadid, "I'M NOT AFRAID TO LOSE MODELLING JOBS & I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP ON PALESTINE."
"Remind me never to buy Adidas. Again."
"not a Palestinian being pro-Palestinian! how could she?!"
"No legal team will save Bella Hadid from the fallout of her own choices."
