NEWS'Adults' Star Amita Rao Fires Back at Critics Who Complain About Her Armpit Hair in Bold Instagram Post
Amita Rao clapped back at critics who complained about her armpit hair.
Sept. 1 2026, Published 1:28 p.m. ET
Amita Rao clapped back at critics complaining about her armpit hair.
Reposting an article from The Hollywood Reporter to her Instagram Story, she thanked the outlet for the feature before adding, "& to all the people in the comments who think this is a lot of hair, dm me & I'll send you a pic of my bush (goes down to around my knee in the winter)."
Amita Rao slammed critics who criticized her for not shaving her armpit hair.
This joke came after THR's post, where Rao posed with one arm raised and her underarm hair visible.
One person wrote, per TMZ, "One word: shave."
Another said, "Shave them pits jesus."
Meanwhile, a third dropped a row of scissors emojis.
Amita Rao Opened Up About Her 'Adults' Role
Amita Rao got candid about playing Issa in FX's 'Adults.'
Rao got candid about playing Issa, the delightfully confident and outrageously funny member of her FX comedy series Adults, which returned for its second season on August 27.
Sharing how she knew the show was special from her first moment, Rao said, “I hadn’t seen a show that really encapsulated a Gen Z ethos [like Adults did].”
She also addressed the “energy shift” that she felt working on the series as a comedian, saying, “When you’re doing a live show, you feel like an instant energy exchange.”
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Rao Said She Loves Playing Issa
Amita Rao said that while she put a lot of herself into playing Issa, she is not the character she embodies on screen.
In the interview, Rao explained that while she put a lot of herself into her Adults character, she is not like that in real life.
“People totally do believe that I am Issa,” she said, explaining she can instantly tell by the way someone says hello to her.
“I don’t really feel hurt about it. If people saw the art that I made for myself and were only able to read it through the lens of Issa, I would understand, but that’d obviously be just a little more uncomfortable,” Rao continued.
“Public figures and actors do become canvases for projection, and that’s what you sign up for in a way,” she added.
Rao Shared Why She Took On 'Adults'
Amita Rao said the premise of 'Adults' was what made her join the show.
When asked what it was about the show that made her want to be a part of it, Rao candidly said, "The writing was really tight and really funny. The premise was really good. I remember when I first read it, I felt like I could add to it."
"That’s always the feeling I like when I read something because sometimes I’ll read something that I think is so funny, but something about my style or my rhythm will lead me to feel like I can’t add to it," she continued.
Rao concluded, "As someone who creates my own work and produces my own comedy, it’s important to me that I can add to the cumulative process."
