Bella Poarch expresses desire to join basketball team Lakers, Internet asks 'what are you gonna do?'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Singer Bella Poarch, who stands at 5 ft 1 in (155 cm), recently showed her desire to join the basketball team, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Poarch is shorter than the average American woman and taller than the average Filipino woman, with the CDC stating she stands at 5 ft 4 in (162.5 cm).
Therefore, the internet mocked her for not being able to play due to her height.
Bella Poarch wants to play basketball
In her recent Tweet, Poarch was seen holding a Lakers' jersey with her name on it. The yellow color jersey had the number "23." Through the caption, Poarch requested the coach to allow her to play.
The caption read, "Put me in the game coach," with a laughter and basketball emoji. In the photo, the 26-year-old TikTok star wore a black hoodie and a sleek high ponytail.
put me in the game coach😅🏀 pic.twitter.com/Tqs5q8gkzX
— Bella Poarch (@bellapoarch) December 3, 2023
As soon as the video went viral, netizens started trolling her height. One wrote, "You’re like 5 feet tall what are you gonna do."
Another one added, "If you can play, I'm playing too."
A third commentator wrote supporting Poarch, "Short ppl got the fire of a thousand men, she gon find a way to do somethin."
short ppl got the fire of a thousand men, she gon find a way to do somethin
— Flamboyant Trickster (@SuperAwsom64408) December 3, 2023
"It's simply beautiful," a fourth fan concluded.
Bella Poarch teaches how to make 'posing face'
"Have you given mewing a shot?" Porch asked her friend jokingly in her most recent TikTok post. Porch used her time behind the wheel of a car to instruct her TikTok fans on how to create the ideal "posing face."
"Why do you consistently make that expression whenever you see something," asked Porch's friend. She said, "It's my posing face. It's like, I'm always ready."
She excitedly continued her tutorial, saying, "Want to know how it's done? Just do this..." Rolling her tongue to illustrate and give a visual cue, she said, "Suck in a bit of your cheek fat." With a confident stance, she said, "There you go, now we're all set."
In the viral video, the TikTok sensation showed off her tattoos while wearing a chic pink denim romper and her trademark twin ponytails. Impressively, the post received 126.2K likes on the platform.
