Vena Excell, popularly known as Linda Veeshared a big update with her fans and is asking them to now refer to her as “Dr.”
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Pretty Vee receives her first honorary degree
Over the weekend, Vee took to Instagram to share a carousel of photos with your followers. The photos showed her wearing a red, black and gold graduation gown with a black cap adorned with a gold tassel.
In the caption of her post, Vee shared more context for her followers.
“From now on, address me as Dr.Excell 🎓🤩 I am so honored and blessed to receive my first honorary doctorate in humanitarianism! ✨,” she wrote. “Thank you Jesus, mother, family, friends for always supporting me in everything! This moment here is ALL GOD….”
As her caption continued, Vee shared a prayer with her fans before thanking them for “always rooting” for her.
In a second carousel shared on the platform, Vee shared photos of herself posing next to her honorary doctorate. Furthermore, the comedian also shared images of the moment she accepted the honor.
“Great GOD, don’t play with me! 🎓🤩 May God continue to add to my resume”, she wrote in the caption of her second post. “…This moment is a BIG DEAL for me and I will not take it lightly! I deserve everything JESUS has for me.✨… This is just you getting started…..God is just getting started🙏🏽 I love you all🫶🏼 Dr.
Social media shares mixed reactions
Social media users reacted to Vee’s achievement in Shade Room Comments Section. Many shared mixed reactions.
Instagram user @dez_koren wrote, “Honorary degrees, in my opinion, disrespect people who have YEARS of hard work and dedication to get the same degrees these famous people just handed them. They are not rights”
While Instagram user @soo.slimmm added, “A photo shoot for something you didn’t work on is INSANE 😂😂😂😂”
Simone wrote: “My sister and my friend, I am so proud of you! keep an eye on the vision God gave you ❤️ @simprettyvee just the beginning”
While Instagram user @theferow added, “Proud of you Vee❤️”
Instagram user @russhana.love wrote, “I’m sorry, I would never agree with that or consider it something to congratulate. It’s a big slap in the face for someone who spends YEARS working to get their PhD. This is so silly.
While Instagram user @jefe_wizmb added, “They hand out honorary titles like fried fish in the dirty south.”
Meanwhile, Pretty Vee took to the comments section herself to add:
“Thanks @theshaderoom ily ❤️🫶🏼🎓…I am truly grateful and blessed.”
Another set of celebrities recently received their honorary degrees
In March, fellow celebrity Bobby Brown and his wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, also received honorary degrees. As The Shade Room previously reported, the couple received the honor from Leaders esteem Christian Bible University. The institution is supposed to be an “accredited Christian Bible University.”
The honor was reportedly given to the Browns for their “outstanding philanthropic contributions” generated by the Bobbi Kristina Serenity House. To note, Bobbi Kristina is Brown’s late daughter, who he shares with late singer Whitney Houston.
According to Houston Style Magazinethe Bobbi Kristina Serenity House was supposedly created to “raise awareness about the epidemic of domestic violence against women.”
At the time, reactions from social media users were in stark contrast to those shared regarding Pretty Vee.
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