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Sixty years after Mattel debuted its first Barbie doll to the world in 1959, the iconic brand is taking their design a step further into the future with
Does Barbie really have a girlfriend now? Sophie Gallagher
Barbie and Ken were the original
it couple. Sorry Gigi and Zayn, Barbie and Ken, who should have been given a Brangleina-style-moniker – we’re thinking Karbie? – had the McMansion dream house, the full wardrobe and the pink jeep, long before anyone else.
But, as with all Hollywood romances, they’re never as rock solid as they appear on the box, and it seems like Barbie might have a new love in her life. In true modern-relationship-style, they made it Instagram official before setting Twitter on fire with rumours and speculation – asking, does Barbie really have a girlfriend now?
Barbie promoted the love wins T-shirts, designed to raise money for the Trevor Project and help LGBT+ youth in crisis. (Instagram/ BarbieStyle)
Despite a viral tweet making the rounds, unfortunately Barbie does not have a girlfriend and is not (as far as we know) a member of the LGBT+ community.
On Monday (11 January), a queer Twitter user posted that she had “JUST LEARNED BARBIE HAS A GIRLFRIEND”.
The tweet, which has been retweeted almost 15,000 times already, shows a photo of Barbie with another female doll, both wearing t-shirts that read “love wins”, alongside a Google result for a 2017 story claiming Mattel had given “Barbie her first girlfriend”.