“Morally Sickening”: Woman Who Wore “Painted Pants” To The Gym Issues Public Apology
Following a stint gone wrong, a social media influencer has taken the accountability road and issued a public apology.
Upon receiving backlash from a “social experiment”, Natalie Reynolds took to her X page (formerly known as Twitter) on the last weekend of 2023 (December 30) to say sorry.
Resharing the initial clip which had stirred up some controversies, the influencer wrote: “I’ve made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I don’t expect to be forgiven.
“I am simply here to apologize.”
Following her flopped social experiment where she wore painted-on pants at the gym, Natalie Reynolds issued a public apology
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Unfortunately for the content creator, many people weren’t in mental space yet to receive the apology, as an X user commented back: “You’re not apologizing because you’re sorry. I doubt you are. you are apologizing because of the backlash you’re getting. you deserve every single part of it but you’ll be fine.”
“Apologies have to come with changed behavior,” another person wrote.
“I don’t expect to be forgiven,” Natalie wrote on X
Image credits: onlynatreynolds
I’ve made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I don’t expect to be forgive. I am simply here to apologize. https://t.co/cbj8Ujy1Ur
— natalie reynolds (@onlynatreynolds) December 30, 2023
Nevertheless, a separate individual seemed to appreciate Natalie’s sentiment, as they penned: “There ya go. If this isn’t sarcasm, was that that difficult? Everyone makes mistakes in their life. Learn from it and move on.”
Natalie had initially faced criticism after donning painted-on pants for a social experiment at the gym, leading to an unexpected clash with a man, ultimately sparking a viral debate on appropriate workout attire.
In a livestream on December 27, the 25-year-old Kick streamer decided she would partake in what she said was a “social experiment” by wearing body paint to the gym.
The social media star went on to share details about her questionable outfit, explaining: “So, I started getting this painted on me at 11:30 am and I got done at 4:15 pm.
“So, I’m sitting up for, like, five to six hours. It’s painted-on pants – so this is all paint. This is swimsuit bottoms.”
Natalie was previously confronted by a fellow gym-goer, who told her she had to leave the building due to her “inappropriate” attire
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Confidently going to the gym for a workout, she was suddenly filmed being politely confronted by a man who called her attire “inappropriate”.
The fellow gymgoer approached Natalie and her filming team before saying: “If you don’t have clothes on, you need to be out of here, ma’am.”
However, Natalie firmly exclaimed: “I do have clothes on.” The man continued: “Not fine, I work in the industry enough to know. I work in the entertainment field.”
While the disappointed man walked away from the content creator, he also appeared to say that you’re not supposed to “videotape” in the gym.
Natalie took to her X page to post a short clip of the interaction, which has since gone viral with 35.8 million views. The content creator captioned: “Guy in the gym presses me for wearing painted pants.”
The influencer tried to shame the man, accusing him of “pressing” her for her fashion choices
Image credits: onlynatreynolds
Guy in the gym presses me for wearing painted paints… 🤬 pic.twitter.com/3w85pCEEfv
— natalie reynolds (@onlynatreynolds) December 27, 2023
While it may have first appeared to be a fun and lighthearted joke, many viewers went on to share their grievances.
The influencer was also slammed by X’s community notes, which enable users to add context to content shared on the social media platform.
Accompanied by a link to a Healthline article on proper gym etiquette, the note read: “The man in the video is protecting the overall gym etiquette according to which you should wear clothes suitable for exercise.
“Wearing unsuitable clothes or none at all is considered to be disrespectful towards the other. It is also a hygiene risk to others.”
“Apologies have to come with changed behavior,” a person commented on X
Influencers seriously need to stop with these "social experiments". Social experiments are done by actual academics/scientists studying a specific behaviour or phenomenon. The media also needs to stop calling it that, because it only gives more power to these influencers. An influencer filming a dumb *ss video is not a social experiment. It's nothing more than "hey look at me!! Look how much I can annoy/disrespect random strangers. Now give me likes and money!"
Yep, unfluencers single value is contributing to the global warming. That's just sad and pathetic.
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OMG! I just got it! This whole time I was like "What's the problem? She's still wearing pants right?" WRONG! "Painted pants" is literal. She's wearing a blue bikini bottom and body paint. I didn't know that was a thing. Honest to god, I thought she was wearing exceptionally tight leggings or something. It's New Year's Day here and I'm not braining well...
There is an expression among comedians "Know the room." There are places where the people may have enjoyed her stunt or found it amusing and daring. There are also places where she would have been putting herself in dire physical danger. The ideal place for her or any influencer to go to is, of course, the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
She seemed to have at least two men with her to film and direct, so if you were in the room it must have been blindingly obvious she wasn't there to work out. I'm surprised the person on the desk let her in. It was brave of the guy to speak up, knowing that they were filming him and would post the footage online without his consent.
"I'm surprised the person on the desk let her in" Is there vid of her walking in (genuine question, not being facetious)? Because, at a glance, it's pretty easy to conclude that she's just wearing workout pants. And they may not have been filming as they walked in, or at least overtly, until they were already inside. Combine the two and there's really no reason for anyone checking people in to stop them.
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I do not want some skank that leaves a trail like a slug using public equipment.
Ok, hear me out. I am not a fan of influencers by any means, but i feel people are focusing and calling her out on the wrong thing. Nobody should care what she "wore" to the gym. We are all giving her the attention she wanted. First, she wasn't naked. She had bathing suit bottoms on under the body paint. I get that bathing suit bottoms are pushing it a bit at the gym, but I want to.point out that athletes wear bathing suit type bottoms all the time (well, women athletes do, and that rant is for another post) beach volleyball wear bikinis, regular volleyball has bootie shorts, track and field ladies wear tiny spandex bikini cut bottoms, and sports bras, gymnasts wear body suites, so on and so forth. I honestly don't see the modesty part as being that big of a deal, like I said, we see athletes in these types of bottoms all the time. The real issues are the body paint, and it getting on everything and staining equipment. An even bigger issue is that she thinks it is ok to do a "social experiment " also known as "everyone pay attention to me because I need validation from strangers in the form of views and likes to feel good about myself' and walk around interrupting people's workouts just trying to get attention. That is what we should be focusing on, and she should be apologizing about. We should be making it clearly known that it is this influencer b******t that is noy acceptable, and needs to change, if not just go the fúck away. But we lose that message in the mess of freaking out over her wearing bikini bottoms and blue paint.
She chose to wear body paint and underwear to the gym. Never appropriate. She shot video in the gym of other people without their permission for commercial gain. Then she tried to throw the guy who said something to her completely under the bus by putting him on the internet. He didn't ask for that. The public reaction influencer thing is ruining lives, reputations, and has led to physical harm. If she wants an apology tour, post her reaction to working 90 days in a real job that contributes rather than being an annoying billboard/sponsor for a VPN or online discount company.
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TBH some of the girls at my gym might as well come in naked. No idea how they get the vacuum seal but some of the yoga pants are are under a lot of pressure. I just don't see the need for it. I can do exactly the same with sport shorts and I've got my ding dong bells to tackle with.
Imagine being so starved for attention that you are willing to do the mental gymnastics to see nothing wrong in creating a situation and blaming others when it isn't to your liking. "Guy 'presses' me for wearing painted pants' should read: "I attempt a ludicrous stunt for attention and I got told off for being stupid".
A woman does this and the world loses their mind. Steve-o does this and he gets a worldwide tour 🙄 double standards much?
Having seen what some people wear to the gym, how is this any different?
You seriously can't tell the difference between wearing gym appropriate clothes, regardless of how you personally feel about the style, and wearing a thong with paint all over your legs and a*s?
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That people are sitting at home angry about this, get a life. Most of you have never even been inside a gym, and my gym allows you to be topless. Who cares what someone else is wearing. Grow up. There’s real things in the world to be angry about.
Hang on... what? Your gym allows topless WOMEN? Huh, Europeans...
Load More Replies... How are people so chill about this? Would it be the same reaction if it was a dude with his stick out? Did she get charged for public indecency? Or something along those lines. So crazy!!
She didnt have her genitals out. She had shorts or swim bottoms on. How do you handle the beach?
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Wow refreshing that someone actually apologizes for a mistake they made.. kudos to her.. she learned a lesson and can now move on.
Influencers seriously need to stop with these "social experiments". Social experiments are done by actual academics/scientists studying a specific behaviour or phenomenon. The media also needs to stop calling it that, because it only gives more power to these influencers. An influencer filming a dumb *ss video is not a social experiment. It's nothing more than "hey look at me!! Look how much I can annoy/disrespect random strangers. Now give me likes and money!"
Yep, unfluencers single value is contributing to the global warming. That's just sad and pathetic.
Load More Replies... OMG! I just got it! This whole time I was like "What's the problem? She's still wearing pants right?" WRONG! "Painted pants" is literal. She's wearing a blue bikini bottom and body paint. I didn't know that was a thing. Honest to god, I thought she was wearing exceptionally tight leggings or something. It's New Year's Day here and I'm not braining well...
There is an expression among comedians "Know the room." There are places where the people may have enjoyed her stunt or found it amusing and daring. There are also places where she would have been putting herself in dire physical danger. The ideal place for her or any influencer to go to is, of course, the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
She seemed to have at least two men with her to film and direct, so if you were in the room it must have been blindingly obvious she wasn't there to work out. I'm surprised the person on the desk let her in. It was brave of the guy to speak up, knowing that they were filming him and would post the footage online without his consent.
"I'm surprised the person on the desk let her in" Is there vid of her walking in (genuine question, not being facetious)? Because, at a glance, it's pretty easy to conclude that she's just wearing workout pants. And they may not have been filming as they walked in, or at least overtly, until they were already inside. Combine the two and there's really no reason for anyone checking people in to stop them.
Load More Replies... I do not want some skank that leaves a trail like a slug using public equipment.
Ok, hear me out. I am not a fan of influencers by any means, but i feel people are focusing and calling her out on the wrong thing. Nobody should care what she "wore" to the gym. We are all giving her the attention she wanted. First, she wasn't naked. She had bathing suit bottoms on under the body paint. I get that bathing suit bottoms are pushing it a bit at the gym, but I want to.point out that athletes wear bathing suit type bottoms all the time (well, women athletes do, and that rant is for another post) beach volleyball wear bikinis, regular volleyball has bootie shorts, track and field ladies wear tiny spandex bikini cut bottoms, and sports bras, gymnasts wear body suites, so on and so forth. I honestly don't see the modesty part as being that big of a deal, like I said, we see athletes in these types of bottoms all the time. The real issues are the body paint, and it getting on everything and staining equipment. An even bigger issue is that she thinks it is ok to do a "social experiment " also known as "everyone pay attention to me because I need validation from strangers in the form of views and likes to feel good about myself' and walk around interrupting people's workouts just trying to get attention. That is what we should be focusing on, and she should be apologizing about. We should be making it clearly known that it is this influencer b******t that is noy acceptable, and needs to change, if not just go the fúck away. But we lose that message in the mess of freaking out over her wearing bikini bottoms and blue paint.
She chose to wear body paint and underwear to the gym. Never appropriate. She shot video in the gym of other people without their permission for commercial gain. Then she tried to throw the guy who said something to her completely under the bus by putting him on the internet. He didn't ask for that. The public reaction influencer thing is ruining lives, reputations, and has led to physical harm. If she wants an apology tour, post her reaction to working 90 days in a real job that contributes rather than being an annoying billboard/sponsor for a VPN or online discount company.
Load More Replies... TBH some of the girls at my gym might as well come in naked. No idea how they get the vacuum seal but some of the yoga pants are are under a lot of pressure. I just don't see the need for it. I can do exactly the same with sport shorts and I've got my ding dong bells to tackle with.
Imagine being so starved for attention that you are willing to do the mental gymnastics to see nothing wrong in creating a situation and blaming others when it isn't to your liking. "Guy 'presses' me for wearing painted pants' should read: "I attempt a ludicrous stunt for attention and I got told off for being stupid".
A woman does this and the world loses their mind. Steve-o does this and he gets a worldwide tour 🙄 double standards much?
Having seen what some people wear to the gym, how is this any different?
You seriously can't tell the difference between wearing gym appropriate clothes, regardless of how you personally feel about the style, and wearing a thong with paint all over your legs and a*s?
Load More Replies... That people are sitting at home angry about this, get a life. Most of you have never even been inside a gym, and my gym allows you to be topless. Who cares what someone else is wearing. Grow up. There’s real things in the world to be angry about.
Hang on... what? Your gym allows topless WOMEN? Huh, Europeans...
Load More Replies... How are people so chill about this? Would it be the same reaction if it was a dude with his stick out? Did she get charged for public indecency? Or something along those lines. So crazy!!
She didnt have her genitals out. She had shorts or swim bottoms on. How do you handle the beach?
Load More Replies... Wow refreshing that someone actually apologizes for a mistake they made.. kudos to her.. she learned a lesson and can now move on.
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