The Bring It On star, 50, recently addressed critics who said she was “too old” to wear them at her age after she posted a bikini pic on Instagram.
“Somebody said, ‘You’re old enough to be somebody’s grandma, why are you still in — like wearing swimsuits?'” Gabrielle recalled on a recent episode of the Who What Wear podcast with Hillary Kerr. “I’m like, ‘First of all, they’re not just swimsuits. They are thongs.'”
Gabrielle said that, despite the criticism, she very much plans to continue wearing her thonged swimwear.
“You’re gonna see these cheeks until my ass literally falls off,” the actor continued. “And I might just wear a bikini in the casket.”
She added, “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.”
Gabrielle mentioned that society puts unfair expectations on women of a certain age and said that this needs to change.
“[When you’re] 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,” she said.
She suggested that this has impacted how she presents herself to the world.
“We need to boldly take up space,” Gabrielle continued, “and boldly claim and acknowledge our own beauty in all that we do instead of waiting.”
You can listen to all she had to say here.