Overview

• On Sept. 25, Williams shared Instagram Stories showing a cotton plant in a hotel hallway and said, “Personally, for me, it doesn’t feel great.”
• She plucked a cotton ball, rubbed it on her thumbnail, recoiled, and described it as “nail polish remover cotton” and “unnatural.”
• Williams did not identify the hotel and was in New York for a SKIMS × Nike event tied to the brand’s Bodies at Work film.
• The clips circulated widely online and drew a mix of supportive, dismissive, and critical reactions from social media users.
• Reports note no official responses or consequences, and coverage situates the reaction within recent scrutiny of her GLP‑1 partnership and a 2024 hotel access dispute.