Gabourey Sidibe is speaking out after receiving online comments about her twins.
Over the weekend, the actress addressed the criticism directly on Instagram Threads, where she responded to remarks about the appearance of her 23 month old twins’ hair.
In her message, Sidibe made it clear that unsolicited opinions about her children are not welcome.
“If you comment, telling me to do my toddlers[sic] hair, I’m blocking you,” she wrote.
Sidibe explained that her children’s hair is cared for, but said their day to day activity plays a role in how it looks.
“Their hair is always brushed, but they are active toddlers who play hard and aggressively launch into Head Shoulders Knees and Toes during lunch, so they get ketchup and eggs in it, so we sometimes do their hair several times a day.”
She also shared that she styles her daughter’s hair, but it comes undone.
“My daughter’s hair is braided every week and when it gets fuzzy in an hour I don’t immediately rebraid it because I didn’t have kids for the esthetic[sic],” she wrote.
Sidibe closed her message by pushing back on the pressure to present perfectly groomed children at all times.
“So in closing, let’s keep it cute cuz[sic] I’m fighting for my life as it is and trying to impress the timeline with constantly manicured children isn’t on my list of chores,” she said.
She ended on a lighter note, joking that her cat would be “debuting” fresh box braids after a birthday trip.
Sidibe shares her twins, Cooper and Maya, with her husband Brandon Frankel.
The actress has often shared candid moments from life at home. In February, she posted photos of her twins wearing her wigs and joked, “My head looks like this so that their heads can look this.”
Frankel reacted in the comments at the time, writing, “You know you love them cuz you let them wear ya good wigs.”