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An Italian designer and digital entrepreneur has gone viral for sharing a bizarre video of herself connected to a “handbag drip.”
“I want a recent wish,” Giulia Nati, 32, posted on Instagram this week as a caption to a video showing her lying in bed with an oxygen mask over her mouth and nose.
A tube connects her arm to a reddish-pink Hermès handbag as if it were an IV drip. A beeping sound might be heard within the background — mimicking a significant signs monitor.
Seven more pricey Hermès purses might be seen on her bedside table within the clip, which has drawn over 17,600 likes on Instagram.
But others thought Nati got carried away.
“As a former oncology patient, this image doesn’t make me laugh,” commented Venezuelan-born actress and reality star Carolina Marconi, 45, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Quite the opposite, I find it very sad.”
“I might take you for a walk in these [hospital] wards to make you actually understand the conditions these poor individuals are in,” she continued. “Then let’s see how you are feeling about publishing something like this.”
“Hi, Carolina, you recognize that we are able to talk privately,” Nati responded. “And you recognize how much I respect you as a lady to your strength.”
She added: “My mother-in-law’s experiencing the identical illness daily, I’m experiencing it first-hand. But that’s irrelevant. It was only a light-hearted video. That’s all! Sending you a hug.”
“I’ve spent 8 months within the hospital recovering from severe burns. Despite that, I actually enjoyed this video and adore the concept!” wrote YouTuber Týnuš Třešničková, who was badly burned when a flame stunt at celebrity chef Salt Bae’s Istanbul restaurant went horribly flawed in 2018. “People just lack humorousness and take [the] web too seriously.”
One other person exclaimed: “Because the daughter of two cancer parents you might be more terrible than funny!!”
And a fourth stated: “I might take you on a tour of the oncology departments after which like hell you’d do the sort of irony! That chair is a nightmare and I don’t wish it on anyone, don’t be ironic, be human!”
Jam Press reports that Nati — who has two kids, including one named Hermes — defended the controversial post in an Instagram Story.
“The video has received likes from 17,000 people,” she argued. “Below the video, there are 2,700 comments, including 2,000 insults.”
She reasoned: “So, 17,000 plus 700 equals 17,700 individuals who approve of the video, versus 2,000 who don’t.”
