In our humble opinion, people are getting really carried away with this!

An overly bronzed Gigi Hadid graces the cover of the newest Vogue Italia, and fans are taking to social media to slam the images, claiming that the supermodel looks unrecognizable and appears to be doing "blackface."

"THAT's Gigi Hadid? I could have sworn it was Beyonce. Guess it's the blackface they gave her," one user wrote. "Photoshop fail! How about instead of altering her face, they just hire a black model instead?" another posted.

The cat walker heard the criticism loud and clear, and took to Instagram to defend herself.

"This is a photo of me returning home from shooting my Italian Vogue cover on April 3rd…you can see the level I had been bronzed to on set that day. Please understand that my control of a shoot 1. is non existent in terms of creative direction. 2. ends completely when I leave set, and anything done to a photo in post if out of my control fully. The bronzing and photoshop is a style that S. Klein has done for many years and I believe was what was expected from the shoot (to show me in a different way creatively), BUT, although I understand what Vogue Italia's intentions were, it was not executed correctly, and the concerns that have been brought up are valid," she wrote.

"I want to address this for those who were offended by the editing/retouching/coloring of the cover. Please know that things would have been different if my control of the situation was different. Regardless, I want to apologize because my intention is never to diminish those concerns or take opportunities away from anyone else, and I hope this can be an example to other magazines and teams in the future," she continued.

"There are real issues regarding representation in fashion—it's our responsibility to acknowledge those issues and communicate through them to work towards a more diverse industry," she concluded.

Since when is art supposed to be taken so seriously?! This all doesn't seem to be upsetting Gigi too much, though, because we caught her out in Paris this afternoon with sister Bella just going about her day and living her life, as she should.