Ariana Grande to address bodyshaming in a new interview releasing today

[Ivan_brit]

I assume that it must be a difficult toppic to her... but at the same time both Ari & Cynthia cries basically on half of her Wicked interviews

[stars]

These two are a hot ass mess  as for Ari…yeah girl, the streets are noticing. 

[dumbsparce]

It's deeply concerning that there's this narrative that we should look away from the obvious. Would you let your friend or your sister "alone" if they were already thin but lost so much weight to the point where their chest bones are now visible? The comments are indeed invasive and I don't think she owes anyone any answers  but to say that her image itself isn't concerning at all is nuts

[kimberly]

2 hours ago, Rotunda said:

I get what you're saying, but I will say having one of the biggest and richest pop stars on the planet into your husband isn't the same thing as competing with Shonda from Accounting  

2 hours ago, Rotunda said:

Nobody thinks Ariana forced Ethan to wreck his family. I just got a personal laugh out of mentally comparing someone trying to compete with a popstar for their man's attention with someone trying to compete with a random classmate/coworker.

that's a fair point, I just don't fully see the relevance. popstars do have an unfair advantage in the dating pool, I guess? no matter how desirable, someone who truly loved their partner (in Ethan Slater's case, the mother of his newborn child) would not have been tempted to explore a relationship like that.

 

either way, it's more so people having too many (strong, rigid) opinions on this that bothers me. we don't know the full story and why do we even care? why can't a thread about an entirely different subject go on without bringing up this relationship drama?

[SharGaga]

I wish people would just leave her alone. She doesn't seem interested in gaining weight so why force it on her? This is how she wants to look and she's made it clear she's fine and not going through stuff. That was over a year ago when she addressed this and people are still on her ass. If her diet works for her and she's happy with how she looks I don't see why she should be gaining weight just to please the critics. 

Edited 19 hours ago by SharGaga

[Rotunda]

11 minutes ago, kimberly said:

that's a fair point, I just don't fully see the relevance. popstars do have an unfair advantage in the dating pool, I guess? no matter how desirable, someone who truly loved their partner (in Ethan Slater's case, the mother of his newborn child) would not have been tempted to explore a relationship like that.

 

either way, it's more so people having too many (strong, rigid) opinions on this that bothers me. we don't know the full story and why do we even care? why can't a thread about an entirely different subject go on without bringing up this relationship drama?

I mean I'm fully of the mind that the marriage probably was doomed to fail regardless. 
 

I just personally found humor in categorizing a marriage that fell apart because a man became enamored with one of the few women on the planet who is known across the globe as something that was broken easily. 
 

It's just a very unique and insane kind of circumstance that almost nobody on the globe will ever experience. 
 

This wasn't meant to be anything more than me pointing out that your comment sparked an interesting thought in my head.

[Thuggin]

Ah here we go, all the usuals who think because she's a public figure they know every detail about her health, her personal life, etc. You can't say someone is anorexic just by looking at them.

 

The one thing I wish people would stop doing is acting like they're coming from a place of concern when the reality is they take pleasure in being as cruel as possible to a woman who's trendy/permissible to hate. At least own being an ***hole instead of hiding behind this faux righteousness crap.

[kimberly]

12 minutes ago, Rotunda said:

I mean I'm fully of the mind that the marriage probably was doomed to fail regardless. 
 

I just personally found humor in categorizing a marriage that fell apart because a man became enamored with one of the few women on the planet who is known across the globe as something that was broken easily. 
 

It's just a very unique and insane kind of circumstance that almost nobody on the globe will ever experience. 
 

This wasn't meant to be anything more than me pointing out that your comment sparked an interesting thought in my head.

no worries, I'm not taking any offense in what you said, just explaining my train of thought also.

 

at the end of the day, I'm not Ariana, Ethan, or one of their exes, so I just don't really care and primarily don't understand why anyone does care so much. it almost harkens back to the sort of pearl-clutching, "family values" ideals of a more conservative generation.

[Bethenny Frankel]

I'm very concerned for Ariana and hope she is healthy, the way she looks now does not indicate that and I only want the best for her.

[R.E.M.]

1 hour ago, dumbsparce said:

It's deeply concerning that there's this narrative that we should look away from the obvious. Would you let your friend or your sister "alone" if they were already thin but lost so much weight to the point where their chest bones are now visible? The comments are indeed invasive and I don't think she owes anyone any answers  but to say that her image itself isn't concerning at all is nuts

We're talking about a celebrity who does not know who we are, not your friend or sister. It's not appropriate to comment on someone's body when you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Could it be an ED? It's possible. Could it be some other illness/disease she's battling with? Also possible. How quickly we forget how cruel the internet was to Chadwick Boseman only to find out he was dealing with cancer privately.

 

Inundating her comments with digs at her appearance/body are not only unhelpful and in bad faith, but could be insanely triggering.

[Relampago.]

6 hours ago, nostalgic said:

Whether it's obese or anorexic, the media has set a horrible example with the way they try to gaslight us that looking like that is healthy. Shaming and degradation is wrong, genuine concern is a natural reaction.

But the tea is, none of us are her doctor? Skinny people CAN be relatively healthy, even if not everyone can be that way. Overweight people CAN be relatively healthy, even if not everyone can be that way.

 

When I started to lose weight because I was cutting after a bulk, people literally started to ask if I had HIV or was suffering from some kind of STD. They were genuinely concerned but those comments quite literally made me want to hide away until my weight sat a bit better on my body. I cannot imagine what that would be like on a platform as big as Ariana's.

 

Genuine concern is valid, but it should never be targeted at a singular person, ever. That's in no way helpful. No one should be made an example of in that way.

[ShouldersSideways]

I'm going to go so far as to say there isn't one woman in the public eye without body image issues.  That doesn't mean they have an ED, and if they do, I don't think badgering them about their weight - even if it's out of concern - is very helpful.  We are strangers to these people, and their health is not our business.  We can only hope they have people in their lives with their best interests at heart.

 

Pressuring these celebrities through social media comments or through interviews is going to make it worse.  Imagine if Ariana does have an ED: she already has to struggle every single time she sees a pic of herself or looks in the mirror.  Now imagine dealing with thousands of comments telling you you're too skinny on top of that torture.

[CosmicLover]

At the end of the day what is a bunch of strangers saying she's unhealthy going to do? Would it make her suddenly get treatment if she did have an ED? Would it make her family stage an intervention? I mean really this is NO ONES business but Ariana's and those around her that actually know her. Also people are so uneducated about EDs. If you're constantly picked apart for your body that can make the ED worse. People need to stop commenting on others bodies period. 

[dumbsparce]

1 hour ago, R.E.M. said:

We're talking about a celebrity who does not know who we are, not your friend or sister. It's not appropriate to comment on someone's body when you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Could it be an ED? It's possible. Could it be some other illness/disease she's battling with? Also possible. How quickly we forget how cruel the internet was to Chadwick Boseman only to find out he was dealing with cancer privately.

 

Inundating her comments with digs at her appearance/body are not only unhelpful and in bad faith, but could be insanely triggering.

...? Did you not read the sentence that follows the part you bolded? 

[FOCK]

Only commenting to note that Veganism is not a "diet" as some here have mistakenly suggested, nor does it have anything to do with one's weight. It's a philosophical & ethical stance.
 

Not for me or anyone to comment on someone else's weight. 

[loveisdead9582]

As long as she's healthy and happy with her body, idgaf. It's a shame that some people still think body shaming is okay. 

Edited 13 hours ago by loveisdead9582

[R.E.M.]

7 hours ago, dumbsparce said:

...? Did you not read the sentence that follows the part you bolded? 

I was on board until you signed off with "but to say that her image itself isn't concerning at all is nuts" because, again, you don't know if there is a cause for concern. You do not know the woman. What's not clicking?

[babycomeround]

These two are insincere (I say this as an Ari fan) and do not act like normal human beings. They try to act like empaths but it comes across as disingenuous and slightly patronising at times.