Winston Duke Reacts to Being Labeled as 'Plus-Sized' After Making Model Debut

Winston Duke is looking back at making his model debut in Rihanna‘s latest Savage X Fenty fashion show.

During an appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan on Wednesday (January 4), the 36-year-old Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor opened up about the surprising feedback he received after walking in the show where he was labeled as “plus-sized.”

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“No, but I’ve now been crowned the face of the plus-sized modeling movement,” Winston said with a laugh when asked if he plans on doing more modeling work in the future.

“I had no idea, apparently I’m plus-sized,” Winston added. “So I’ve been running around telling people to watch how they talk to me because I’m the ambassador for plus-size modelling now — unofficial ambassador.”

Winston admitted that he received similar feedback after posed for the cover of Esquire‘s winter 2022 issue.

“There were all the tweets saying, ‘We’re so glad’ — I was like, the cover for Esquire magazine recently,” Winston recalled. “And they’re like, ‘It’s so good to see a plus-sized man be dressed really well.’”

“And I’m like, ‘I’m plus-sized?’” Winston joked. “So I’ve just been going with it. I’m a plus-sized guy. I’ll take it!”

In another recent interview, Winston recalled what happened when he first met Rihanna!