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Published 12:22 27 Sep 2020 GMT
Adele has once again taken to Instagram to showcase her stunning figure in a series of videos of snaps with good friend Nicole Richie.
The heartwarming post was shared by the 'Rolling In The Deep' singer as a birthday tribute to Richie, who turned 39 on September 21.
The 15-time Grammy Award-winner captioned the post to her 39 million followers: "Happy belated birthday to my daily dose of grace @nicolerichie I admire you and love you so much.
"You are the epitome of self preservation, self love and absolute savagery! You are so so cherished by so many angel girl! Keep making us laugh babes, we adore you to the moon and back."
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In one video, Richie can be seen hiding at the side of a doorway, as she jumps out and surprises Adele, causing the singer to grumble: "For f*** sake!"
In a series of candid snaps, Adele and Richie can also be seen posing together, and with a giraffe in one hilarious pics.
In less than 12 hours, the post has already amassed 1.2 million likes and over 4,000 comments (as of this writing).
Known for posting on social media sporadically, this is the first post that Adele, 32, has shared since being accused of cultural appropriation last month.
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While celebrating London's Nottinghill Carnival, Adele posed in a Jamaican flag print bikini and with her hair in Bantu knots - a traditional African hairstyle.
The 'Hello' singer captioned the picture: "Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London."
However, it wasn't long before she was accused of appropriating black culture on social media.
One Twitter user wrote: "Adele dropped that weight and said it's time for her cultural appropriation era."
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"Dear white people, please just be yourselves and stop it for good with cultural appropriation. Adele the bantu knots were unnecessary. The Jamaican flag bikini top was unnecessary... Please just stop it," another wrote.
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A third added: "If 2020 couldn't get any more bizarre, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that nobody asked for. This officially marks all of the top white women in pop as problematic. Hate to see it."
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Many people did defend the singer, saying that her post was "cultural appreciation".
And despite never directly addressing the criticism, the singer did share a comment on an Instagram live video featuring duo Brandy and Monica, in which she Adele typed in Patois - the main language used on the Caribbean island.
She wrote: "Wah Gwaan! Yow gyal, yuh look good enuh" (which translates to: "What's up? You look good girl").
Commenting on Adele's recent weight loss, the singer's former personal trainer - London-based fitness expert Pete Geracimo - also took to Instagram earlier this year to share the truth about her transformation.
Sharing a photograph of himself alongside Adele in a pool and addressed the less-than-flattering responses to Adele's weight loss in the post's caption.
He wrote: "As Adele’s former London-based personal trainer, it’s disheartening to read negative commentary and fat-phobic accusations questioning the genuineness of her amazing weight loss."
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Geracimo added: "In my personal experience of working with her through many highs and lows, she always marched to the beat of her own drum on her own terms.
"She never undermined her God-given talent in any way. She let her incredible voice do the talking, or should I say singing! She never once pretended to be something that she wasn’t.
"What you saw was what you got. And we all LOVED it!"
Geracimo then said that the singer's weight-loss journey was never about being "super skinny", but was instead about getting her "healthy".
He concluded by saying that he hopes people "appreciate the hard work" Adele has put in, and stressed that she did not lose the weight to make people "feel bad about themselves".
