00:00Jennifer Lopez faces diva backlash after her bodyguard dries her seat at rain-soaked Paris
00:05show. A 13-second phone video from Paris Fashion Week has divided viewers online.
00:12It shows a bodyguard drying Jennifer Lopez's front row seat during a downpour,
00:17then holding a large umbrella over her as she checks her phone. A caption posted Thursday
00:22accused her of diva behavior, though the video has no narration and no audible demand.
00:27The scene took place on Wednesday at Stella McCartney's open-air show at the British
00:33Embassy in Paris, staged in heavy rain. Lopez arrived to find her seat soaked. The caption
00:39leaves out that Lopez leaned forward and placed her own hand on the bench while the guard was
00:44bent over it. No tissue is clearly visible in the footage despite the caption's claim.
00:50Before the first model appeared, staff asked guests to lower large umbrellas so those behind
00:55could see. The request applied to everyone. Lopez initially kept hers up.
01:00Staff asked again, and this time she complied, handing back the umbrella and sitting through
01:04the show in the rain. Those minutes are absent from the viral video which stops before the dispute begins.
01:11Fashion influencer Sebastian Amundsen, seated nearby, said Lopez went into diva mode early on
01:17and was annoyed holding her umbrella by herself, yet the most popular replies rejected the label.
01:24Bodyguard didn't complain so why would you? One user wrote, drawing nearly 1,000 likes.
01:29Another wrote simply,
01:31It's a job!
01:32Neither Lopez nor Stella McCartney has commented publicly.
01:36Two facts in the footage complicate the charge of entitlement.
01:39Lopez touched the wet bench herself,
01:42and other guests sat under umbrellas in the same rain. Close protection staff routinely handle such
01:48tasks at outdoor events. The caption reversed a sequence of ordinary tasks in bad weather into
01:54a story about a demand.
