Angela Simmons is coming out in defense of her fashion accessory for the 2024 BET Awards after fans criticized her for carrying a gun-shaped purse. She stepped out on the red carpet for the BET Awards on Sunday by herself and reunited with her boyfriend Yo Gotti inside.
She was wearing a sparkling emerald green dress with sparkly high heels. To top things off, she wore a green clutch resembling a handgun, that she had fun pointing people with on the red carpet. After fans were quick to come after Angela for her purse choice, she later explained why she chose the bag, saying in a video that she's "not like that."
"I see a lot of conversation around the bag, the purse I wore to the awards. Normally, I don't address rumors and stuff, but I'm not like that, never been like that. I'm super...Like, I'm not violent," Angela said. "I've obviously been through a lot in my personal life when it comes to gun violence and it's very personal to me."
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"But I just like the bag and I thought it was cool, and I thought it was a fashion moment. That was it," she continued. "I didn't have any intentions of ruffling anyone's feathers. It seems like everyone, or a couple of people, i'll say, are a little upset, but I don't mean no harm. I'm super, super peaceful. I'm sorry if it bothered anyone, but that's not me."
Angela said that she thought it would be a "fashion moment," but fans didn't see it that way and were confused by her choice, with some even bringing up her past. Her former fiancé Sutton Tennyson, who is her son's father, was murdered in 2019 after being shot 19 times in Atlanta.
"Angela Simmons does cringey s--- every time there’s a photographer around. She’s so awkward," one fan wrote.
"You know what’s really weird about Angela Simmons gun purse….is her baby daddy died by getting shot," another fan shared.
"I’d like to know the motive for Angela Simmons outfit because maybe there was something deeper to it," one fan said, giving her the benefit of the doubt.
"Can’t believe no one told Angela Simmons that was a bad idea. On damn near every level possible."
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