On Sunday, Austin returned to Instagram — with the braids still installed — to defend herself. She acknowledged that braids have been around for thousands of years, but then continued, "This is so stupid. I can’t believe I’m talking about it, and I believe this shouldn’t be turned out to be a race thing," she wrote. "I name all my styles that I do to myself. These are called the Coco Swoop. The braids before were called the Bo Derek braids. And it’s a Coco-ism. I've always done it. Why can’t we all rename hairstyles or braids? Why is everybody claiming something they shouldn’t?"