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Imagine you're walking to your car with your sis, minding your own business. Then, all of a sudden, a man approaches you from behind, grabs you and picks you up. Well, that's exactly what happened to model Gigi Hadid on Thursday as she was leaving a Milan Fashion Week show.

According to Us Weekly, the man who attacked her is a well-known celebrity prankster, Vitalii Sediuk, who has hit at other celebs such as Brad Pitt and America Ferrera in the past. As you can see from the photo above (and the video right here), Sediuk came at Gigi from behind and completely caught her off guard. She was immediately confused and told the man to get off of her, and then elbowed him in the face, finally causing him to let go. Her sis, Bella, made attempts to free Gigi from his grasp, too. 

So why did he do this? Sediuk released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, saying, "While I consider Gigi Hadid beautiful, she and her friend Kendall Jenner have nothing to do with high fashion. By doing this, I encourage the fashion industry to put true talents on the runway and Vogue covers instead of well-connected cute girls from Instagram."

If you ask us, Gigi and Kendall are *much* more than "cute girls from Instagram." Celebrities on social media have been speaking up and standing by Gigi's actions.

Gigi defended her actions (as if she even needed to) on Twitter, too.

What do you think of this dude's actions? Gigi's reaction? Sound off in the comments.

Photo credit: Gigi Hadid

by Sydney Adamson | 9/24/2016