Make-up artist who created the controversial BBC ‘glitter boob’ tutorial claims critics are jealous of her fake breasts
THE MAKE-UP artist behind the controversial BBC “glitter boobs” tutorial has hit back at critics who claimed the clip was just “soft porn”.
Charlene O’Malley, 30, has defended the video claiming that critics are just jealous of her fake breasts.
The short video showed Charlene applying silver and pink body spray to her chest before applying gems and glitter with glue.
She opens the clip by dancing in front of the camera and showing off her handiwork.
The beeb came under fire for showing the festival-themed clip with some claiming it was a waste of licence-payers’ money.
But Charlene has blasted her – predominantly female critics – claiming they are envious of her fake boobs.
BBC Scotland uploaded the minute long vlog to their YouTube channel with the accompanying caption “Shake your t**s it’s Friday”.
Labour MP Chi Onwurah claimed the video was a “desperate attempt to demonstrate relevance” while Helen Lewington, a Mediawatch UK campaigner, described the content as “soft porn”.
Charlene told that she believed people were just envious of her.
She added: “Most of the criticism has been from females. People were saying: ‘she’s a stripper,’ and all sorts of things about my breasts.
“I think because I’ve got fake breasts, people have a lot to say.”
The mum also blasted her critics who described the video as pornographic.
She said: “I’m a make-up artist and this is art. I don’t see it as anything sexual at all.
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“For me, it’s a trend, it’s happening at festivals right now and I just covered it because I thought it was relevant. Young people pay the licence fee too.
“I think someone criticising this said their children could be watching this on the internet and I was thinking, ‘Children shouldn’t be on the internet unsupervised.’
“My daughter’s 11 and she doesn’t get on the internet because she’s just not old enough to see some of the things on there.”
A BBC spokesman said: “The Social has a specific remit to create content aimed at 18 to 34-year-olds and the topics covered are led by our audience.
“In this case, the content was all produced by young women and aimed at their peers.
“The overwhelming response from the 160,000 who viewed it was very positive.”
This year’s Glastonbury was full of the brazen trend, with plenty of women – and some men – sporting the nearly naked look.
At The Sun, we decided to put the look to the test and our model hit the streets to test the glitter boob trend in busy London hotspots.