Kathryn Dennis.Photo: The Influencer Whisperer/Kathryn Dennis Instagram
On Thursday, theSouthern Charmstar shared a photo of herself in a strappy gold string bikini, imploring her followers in her caption to “Beproud of your stretch marks!”
“I hope I get more one day,” concluded Dennis, 29, hashtagging her post, “#ProudMommy” and “#iamnotashamed.”
Dennis has had experience with body shamers in the past. OnThanksgivingin 2018, she posted a photo of herself on Instagram alongside herSouthern CharmcostarAusten Kroll, to which a user responded, “Someone looks prego.”
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TheBravostar shut down the body shamer with one simple line: “No, I have just gained weight.”
“Some of these people are absurd,” he wrote. “Thankful for you! Oh, and my stomach is still recovering!”
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Dennis — who is mom to sonSaint Julien Rembert, 5, and daughterKensington “Kensie” Calhoun, 7 — just told PEOPLE earlier this year that she’s been planning for her future in her “low drama” relationship with boyfriendChleb Ravenell, including babies.
The reality star added that Chleb is “really great” with her kids, whom she shares with exThomas Ravenel(no relation to Chleb).
“I really do want more kids, and my family isn’t done being built,” Dennis said. “That experience definitely made me realize that one day I do want that with him. I really mean it when I say that, too.”
“It’s very much an adult relationship, he and I — and we’ve definitely become much more of adults over the last year,” she continued. “I’m just so excited that Ireally do feel like I have a partner.”
source: people.com
