'So Heavy': Jasmine Tookes Fires Back After Her Viral Victoria's Secret Wings Clip — 'You Caught Me Almost Off the Stage'

What happened?

Jasmine Tookes mouthed "so heavy" about her giant pink Angel wings at the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show — and after the clip went viral with claims she was "fighting for her life" on the runway, the supermodel fired back herself: the video caught her on the way back, almost off the stage, not during her main walk.

The 35-year-old model was walking in the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles when a short clip, shared by Page Six, began circulating online. In it, Tookes turns toward a nearby camera, gestures at the enormous bright pink tinsel wings on her back, and mouths two words everyone could read: "So heavy."

Within hours, the moment had been clipped, captioned and shared far beyond the show itself — and the captions were not kind. Posts framing the clip suggested Tookes had been struggling through her walk. She decided to answer that version of the story directly.

What did Jasmine Tookes say about the viral clip?

Tookes replied in the comments of the Instagram video on October 18. "Oh my god lol," she wrote. "This is awful.. you caught me on the way back when I was almost off the stage… Gave it my all going to the camera if you watch the real show."

It is a precise rebuttal, and it reframes everything about the clip. Her point is not that the wings were light — she quite literally said the opposite on camera. Her point is about timing: the viral seconds come from the end of her walk, when she was heading back and nearly off the stage, after she had already delivered her main moment to the cameras. Judge the full walk, she argues, not the exhausted final steps of it.

The brand backed her up. The official Victoria's Secret Instagram account commented: "This just goes to show how STRONG our angels are! Still looking flawless, @jastookes."

What was she wearing?

Tookes' first look was one of the most colorful of the night: a bright, multicolored outfit with a sequined magenta cover-up, topped with the oversized pink wings covered in tinsel that caused all the trouble. She later made a second appearance in an all-white look beneath a beaded cover-up.

She walked alongside fellow longtime Angels and models including Gigi Hadid, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Candice Swanepoel — a veteran lineup that made the show feel like a reunion as much as a runway.

Why is the clip blowing up?

Three reasons. First, the moment is genuinely funny and human: in the middle of one of the most polished, choreographed productions in fashion, a supermodel broke the fourth wall to tell the camera the truth about those famous wings — they are heavy.

Second, the clip was easy to misread. Cut down to a few seconds, with no sense of where she was in her walk, it looked like a struggle. Some captions ran with "fighting for her life," and that framing — not the moment itself — is what Tookes pushed back on.

Third, fans rallied fast. Defenders pointed out that Angel wings are famously cumbersome — one fan claimed they weigh "like 50 pounds PLUS," worn in heels — and called Tookes a VS legend whose full walk, as she noted, is there for anyone to watch. Coco Gauff was among those admiring her runway appearance, sharing her look with the caption "Women are beautiful."

Was she upset about the show?

No — quite the opposite. On her Instagram Stories on October 18, Tookes wrote "You guys I'm so happy!!!" and promised to share more moments from the night. "Time for some champagne. LOVE YOU ALL," she added, summing the evening up with a simple: "What a show."

That is what makes her comment on the viral clip land the way it does. She was not complaining about the show, the wings or the night — she was correcting the record about a few seconds of footage, with a laugh ("lol" is right there in the reply), and then moving on to celebrate.

What's the takeaway?

The full story is smaller — and better — than the viral one. A veteran Angel carried a giant pair of pink tinsel wings down a runway, gave the cameras her best on the main walk, admitted on the way back that they were heavy, and then laughed off the internet's exaggeration of that admission. The wings were heavy. The walk, by her account and the brand's, was flawless anyway.

Sources

• Tyla — Jasmine Tookes' response to the viral wings clip
• Reality Tea — Jasmine Tookes fires back after runway moment goes viral
• E! News — Jasmine Tookes slams claim about Victoria's Secret Fashion Show wings
• Page Six — the original "so heavy" wings clip

FAQ

What did Jasmine Tookes mouth on the runway?

She mouthed "So heavy," gesturing at her oversized pink tinsel Angel wings as she passed a camera near the end of her walk.

What did Jasmine Tookes say about the viral clip?

She commented that the clip was "awful" because it caught her on the way back, almost off the stage, and that she "gave it my all going to the camera" during her main walk.

Did Victoria's Secret respond?

Yes. The brand's official Instagram replied that the moment shows "how STRONG our angels are" and that Tookes was "still looking flawless."

How heavy are the Victoria's Secret Angel wings?

No official weight for Tookes' wings has been given; a fan defending her claimed such wings weigh "like 50 pounds PLUS," but that figure is a social media comment, not a confirmed measurement.