It’s difficult to imagine what it’s like to be a celebrity, despite the fact that I do it all the time. I, like most people, grew up imagining what it would be like to be amongst the rich and famous.
Now, however, I have different goals and dreams, and most of them include living as under the radar as humanely possible. Adulthood, amirite?
I can’t imagine every second of my life being analyzed and criticized by the public, especially when it comes to sensitive subject matter like my weight.
There is no shortage of celebrities who have undergone dramatic weight loss transformations.
Just like in “real” life, many people make decisions that result in their body’s changing. For whatever reason, it still seems like some people cannot grasp the concept that it’s not really our business. People lose and gain weight for a host of different reasons and it’s not really any of our business.
If you wouldn’t approach a stranger and comment on their weight loss, it’s best not to do it to a celebrity on social media.
Sure, Rebel Wilson might not see the comments you leave on her Instagram, but your friends who follow her will. Despite what magazine covers in the ’90s tried to tell us, a woman’s worth is not dictated by her jeans size. However, we will never progress as a society if we continue to obsess and comment over women’s weight.
Regardless of whether you think Adele looked “better” before or after her weight loss, she’s still a person with feelings and emotions.
She’s still a talented artist. Still a vocal powerhouse. She is everything she was before she lost weight, and isn’t that kind of the whole point?
“I understand why some women especially were hurt. Visually I represented a lot of women. But I’m still the same person,” Adele told Vogue last month. “And the worst part of the whole thing was that the most brutal conversations were being had by other women about my body,” she added.
Jessica Simpson is a product of this toxic culture. Since the ’90s, Jessica’s body has been analyzed by literally everyone.
In her memoir “Open Book” Jessica opened up about her struggle with her weight. The songstress revealed that in 1997, when she was only 17, she had been flown to New York to meet with Tommy Mottola, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.
Tony had told her that he wanted to sign her, but she’d “have to lose 15 pounds.”
The incident caused Jessica to begin a strict diet and also to start taking diet pills, which she would remain on for the next 20 years.
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This type of damaging rhetoric is in our hands to stop.
Now don’t get me wrong, celebrities are allowed to talk about their own stories and if they want to share what’s going on in their lives and with their health, that’s their decision!
However, it’s not our job to be in their comments sections telling them how we feel about their weight.
