Ciara typically gets positive feedback from her fans and is oftentimes viewed as R&B’s ‘princess,’ but she recently got a tough reality check from her fans, that she is not exempt from being called out on social media. On Saturday, January 20th, fans made that message loud in clear when they told her “You gon’ learn today!” Now she’s speaking out to defend herself.
What Caused The Backlash
It all started when Ciara sent Instagram and Twitter into a tizzy with her marriage advice to single women, in a simple message that read, “#Level Up. Don’t Settle.”
At first glance, Ciara’s message seemed innocent and drama free, until fans proceeded to click on the video clip she included with her caption. In her post she added a clip of Pastor John Gray, who was preaching about his “single sistas” needing to find a husband and criticizing the ones who were simply “acting like girlfriends.” Here’s what he stated:
“Too many women want to be married but you’re walking in the spirit of ‘girlfriend,” said Paster Gray. He went on to school them on a Bible quote. “‘He that finds a wife finds a good thing.’ It didn’t say, ‘He that finds a girl that he’s attracted to, who he then begins to date, who he then calls his girlfriend, who he then buys a ring, proposes to and makes her his fiancée, who he then marries later who becomes his wife.’…You’re not a wife when I marry you, you’re a wife when I find you,” Gray added, “But a wife is not the presence of a ring, it’s the presence of your character.”
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Fans Call Out Ciara Over Her Dating History
Needless to say, it only took a matter of minutes before fans turned on Ciara and dragged her back to the land of reality. They pretty much accused her of having amnesia about her own dating history and sex life, prior to finding her NFL quarterback husband, Russell Wilson.
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https://twitter.com/KimberlyNFoster/status/955087150541926400
“level up”? these types of messages are so toxic to women. your value does not depend on a man wanting you and marriage is not the be all and end all. ciara is basic af for spreading this https://t.co/EQqTBDAIwa
— s. 🐥 (@sabrinaahmed) January 21, 2018
You see, they’re giving Ciara backlash because she’s been linked to several male celebrities, before beginning her relationship with Wilson in early 2015 and marrying him in July 2016. She was engaged to rapper, Future, in 2013, had a son with him in May 2014, and called off their engagement by August 2014. Prior to those relationships, Ciara’s been linked to 50 Cent, NBA player, Amar’e Stoudemire, and rapper, Bow Wow.
Ciara Explains Herself After Backlash
Those reminders and subsequent backlash is what caused Ciara to moonwalk her prior statement back, and offer a lengthy explaining what she was trying to say the first time:
— Ciara (@ciara) January 21, 2018
Her explanation this go ’round, her message seemed far less offensive to her fans, but some of them still weren’t willing to forgive and forget.
