Donnalyn Bartolome gets flak over baby-themed photos
Not everyone is happy about celebrity vlogger Donnayn Bartolome's birthday as she received criticisms for allegedly sexualizing innocence.
This is after the Internet personality posed like an infant in her recent photoshoot dedicated to her 28th birthday, as seen on her social media accounts.
Many expressed their dismay as they found Donnalyn sensually posing in baby garments disturbing.
In her post on Saturday, July 9, she donned a onesie while sucking a baby bottle.
Beside her is a board with words "336 months old. Still single but not looking."
In her subsequent post, Donna wore only a bib as her top, showing off her underboobs. She also wore a cloth pinned side to side as her pants to imitate a baby clad in a diaper.
Source: Donnalyn on Facebook
While most of the comments are about birthday well-wishes to Donna, some netizens are uncomfortable to see her dress inappropriately as many believes this could feed sexual fantasies among minors and enable child predators.
According to one of the comments, some concerned members of mommy groups have already reported Donna's page for alleged paraphilic infantilism, a fetishistic behaviour that involves role-playing a regression to an infant-like state.
Meanwhile, one believes that Donna, with 9.2 million YouTube subscribers and 15 million Facebook likes, is only after online engagement and unbothered about the issue. Donna uploaded her vlog about her latest photoshoot on Saturday and has now gained more than 676,000 views as of writing.
Donnalyn started vlogging at the age of 14, and became a recording artist at the age of 16. Donnalyn eventually forayed into acting.
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