In a move almost as smooth as one’s leg after a wax, body-positive activist, model and entrepreneur Lesego Legobane (better known as @ThickLeeYonce) just delivered what people are calling the "best clapback of 2017."
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Recently, local Twitter personality Leyton Mokgerepi (@imleyton) posted a meme comparing swimwear model Joëlle Kayembe (@j4joelle) to South African beauty @ThickLeeYonce. The meme read as follows:
Girls that I like vs Girls that like me pic.twitter.com/3TDfKVs7bo
— Leyton Mokgerepi (@imleyton) September 19, 2017
Um. Okay, dude.
According to Buzzfeed, @ThickLeeYonce was later tagged in the tweet by a friend, which is how she found out about it. And she was having none of it.
Her response, classy AF.
I don't like you https://t.co/91TJ5xypV8
— lee (@ThickLeeyonce) September 19, 2017
Her rebuttal subsequently went viral. Channel24's The Juice reports that even the likes of Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande retweeted and hearted her tweet. Teen Vogue has also contacted her for an interview and this story made it onto Buzzfeed and Mashable.
The other woman featured in the meme, Joëlle Kayembe (@j4joelle), also came back with a response in support of @ThickLeeYonce and women everywhere.
As if the world needed another example of an obnoxious ass' ?? https://t.co/77WA0OFGfs
— Joëlle Kayembe (@j4joelle) September 20, 2017
In an attempt to save face, Leyton Mokgerepi (@imleyton) actually deigned to tweet the following:
Girlfriend Goals ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/NsT0v9Lkme
— Leyton Mokgerepi (@imleyton) September 19, 2017
Too little, too late my man.
The backlash was real.
Now she’s girlfriend goals #BoyBye pic.twitter.com/dOBBXJiCCm
— Fantasia (@DxPEsince1988) September 19, 2017
She doesn’t want you, thank goodness. ?????????? pic.twitter.com/Z0zJb4lWUp
— Roberta Trevisan (@rtms1988) September 20, 2017
lol neither does anyone else pic.twitter.com/5JpVE7J0Lv
— so ?? (@yallsomenasties) September 20, 2017
Haaaaaaaaaaa, you're being dragged to filth and I'm here for all of it. pic.twitter.com/VrnSm05rQK
— Le Gateau Chocolat (@LeGateauChoc) September 19, 2017
Never, do you EVER underestimate a woman's desirability based on her size. Never, do you ever tell a woman who she can and cannot like. And never do you ever think a curvy girl has no options. Options aplenty, thank you very much.