Shailene Woodley’s stylist Karla Welch fires back at criticism of the actress’ 2026 Emmys red carpet look

Shailene Woodley at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals - Source: Getty
Shailene Woodley at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals - Source: Getty

Shailene Woodley has become the talk of the town lately since her red carpet appearance at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. The Divergent star faced massive online criticism for her red carpet look, which was styled by Karla Welch. Following this, Woodley’s stylist fired back at ‘rude’ and ‘mean’ comments via her post on Threads. In her post, Karla Welch wrote:

“Love or hate something, fine, but it’s an opinion, and it can even be a conversation, but being super rude and mean and taking glee from it, well, that says a lot more about the mouth it’s coming from.”

Karla also shared Woodley's look on her IG with 'Trigger Warning' seemingly taking a dig at negative comments.

Woodley pulled off a Balenciaga FW26 Haute Couture look for awards night featuring a periwinkle blue, plunging neckline top combined with sequined gold loose pants. Shailene Woodley complemented her look with HOWL’s multicolored diamond necklace and maroon gloves. The actress did a slicked-back low ponytail to finish off her look for the Emmys.


George Santos, Megyn Kelly, and more reacted to Shailene Woodley’s look

The Adrift actress received a lot of criticism online for her outfit. Besides netizens, George Santos dubbed Woodley’s red carpet look ‘ridiculous.’ He even wrote that ‘blind’ people dress better than Shailene. The ex-US Rep. said:

“Not bullied by Joan, but I’ll bully her. She looks ridiculous and I must say Aaron Rodgers dogged [dodged] a bullet! Balenciaga continues to fumble one look after another! I’ve seen blind people dress better!”

Zack Peter also criticized Woodley’s Emmys attire and called it awful. The pop-culture commentator wrote:

“Well, no wonder Aaron [Rodgers] dumped her. This Emmys look on Shailene Woodley [is] just plain awful.”

The American journalist, Megyn Kelly, reacted to different elements of Shailene Woodley’s look. She compared her top to a ‘wrestling singlet’ and her loose pants to a ‘tan burlap sack.’ Megyn Kelly even called Shailene’s overall outfit ‘unflattering.’ She went on to blame Woodley’s stylist in her recent video and called her ‘terrible.’

“Not sure what's going on there, but the whole thing is unflattering. And then to top it all off, some terrible stylist said, "Why don't we add elbow-length brown leather gloves?" Which also doesn't work. I'm sorry. I like you, Shailene. It's a thumbs down. I blame your stylist, not you.”

Shailene bagged the Outstanding Guest Actress trophy at the Emmys for her performance in Hulu’s Paradise.

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Edited by Shatakshi Gupta