Donnalyn Bartolome turns into a baby girl for 28th birthday
Donnalyn Bartolome is a baby girl for her 28th birthday!
In a YouTube vlog, the social media personality said she wanted to try something new. She also said this is her first "daring" shoot.
Donnalyn posed while wearing a pink "Baby Donna" onesie with a milk bottle in one set and just a "Birthday Girl" bib and towel with presents and a cake in another.
"Me as your baby," she wrote on Instagram. "Thank you for all the birthday greetings! Made me feel so loved today."
Donnalyn later apologized and took down the photos after receiving backlash from netizens, who said that the concept is sexualizing toddlers.
"It was an honest mistake, it was never my intention to enable one of the most horrifying acts here on Earth," she said.
"Almost a million people across [social media] platforms thought of it light and funny because they know my personality and didn't look at it that way hence our initial reaction to the idea was the same," she continued. "But upon reading other people’s perspective, I completely agree. I feel terrible, sick to my stomach and had disturbing flashbacks I'd rather not say."
Donnalyn also said she had the photos copyrighted before taking them down to prevent their spread.
"Thank you to everyone who let me know, especially those who did it so kindly," she said. "You're the type of people who help me become a better person everyday as I hold the responsibility of influencing millions. It's not easy... but I'll do my best."
—Franchesca Viernes/MGP, GMA News