Olympic Rugby Player Ilona Maher Is 'Rockin Her Cellulite' in Game Photo: 'It Is Completely Normal'

Rugby player Ilona Maher is letting her followers know that having cellulite is normal.

The 27-year-old, who played on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team, recently posted a video on TikTok showing a close-up of her cellulite during a game, commenting how many people think it’s “embarrassing” or “so gross."

“This is my leg from a past rugby tournament,” she said while pointing at the cellulite on her thighs in the photo. “I’m a literal Olympian. I’m a professional athlete. I run all day long. I lift weights all day long, constantly. And that is what my legs still look like.”

“I have cellulite everywhere,” Maher continued. “It is completely normal, completely natural. It doesn’t not take away from your athletic ability or how fast or how fit you are. It’s just something that’s part of your body. We all have it.” 

“Rockin my cellulite,” she captioned the post.

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Maher has often been vocal about body positivity on social media. Back in 2022, the star posted another video on TikTok showing off her body and letting her followers know that “every body is beautiful.”

“Hey everyone, just your monthly reminder that this is the body of a professional athlete,” she said in the clip. “This is the body of an Olympian. It’s not perfect. It’s not completely lean, it’s not completely toned, but this body is amazing, and it does amazing things for me.”

“There isn’t one body type for female athletes or for women so today I want you all to look in the mirror and appreciate what you got, realize what it does for you and remember you’re beautiful,” she added.

Maher has had a large social media following since the Tokyo Games when she shared a behind-the-scenes look at the Olympic village that went viral. She has since used her platform to share her experiences with body shaming as a female athlete and encourage other girls and women to have more confidence.

Last summer, the athlete told NBC Sports that her videos are geared towards younger girls so they can have someone to look up to, noting that she never had that as a kid.

“I think like many muscular, broad women, we’re told all our lives that being a woman means being tiny, petite, and pretty, but for me, that’s just not who I am,” Maher said at the time. “That’s never who I am. I’ll never be that tiny, petite woman, I’ll be this big, muscular woman. It’s something that I’m really passionate about, because I don’t feel like I’m doing this body positivity really for myself but for the other young girls.”

“Even my high school self would have really loved to see somebody like this, praising their body, showing them what they can do,” she added. “It’s for other young girls who are constantly being called masculine because they’re strong, because they like being strong. By helping others, it’s helping me in a way to really accept it, because this is who I am and it’s not going to change.”