I have to give Elle UK some credit. They did two covers for Rebel Wilson, one of them “typical” for a plus-sized woman and one of them atypical. It seems that whenever a major fashion/beauty magazine deigns to put a plus-sized woman on their cover, they do “the Adele Special,” which is basically just a very closely cropped headshot, lest the general public be grossly offended at the mere sight of a woman larger than a size-2 on the cover of a major magazine. So, Elle UK did one cover which is just a headshot, but then they did a full-length shot of Rebel on a second cover. Good. Of course, on the second cover, you can barely see her face. So… baby steps, people.
Rebel is promoting Pitch Perfect 2: Rise of the Bellas (that’s totally what they should have called it) and her interview is… different than what I was expecting. She’s funny and interesting in real life, but I guess I’m always surprised that in real life, she’s much more sedate. Some highlights:
Why she decided to become an actress: “I was in Mozambique [on a] trip. I caught malaria and the medicines caused a hallucination. I dreamt I won an Oscar for acting. I know it sounds stupid, but it was so real and I just knew then it would happen. When I came back, everyone was like: “Rebel, you can’t be an actress because you’re so smart,” but I was sure.”
How she works within a rigged system: ‘How I see it is, I do two types of job: dream jobs like female-driven comedies and the other job, which is basically the boys’ club. I have done three big movies with men – these are talented, strong-minded males, but you have to find a way to work that system. You aren’t being paid much and you start at a disadvantage with the script. Usually, you don’t have any cool jokes and you’re there to support the male actor. Those male roles are 90% written and formed by the time the filming starts but the female roles are only 20% there. It’s unfair, but I love being funny so I improve the role, work with the limited parameters and opportunities and maximise them.’
Crush it: ‘If you are a woman in that situation you work harder, sharpen your skills more; you need to be two or three times as good as the guys. I just go in there and try and crush it.’
Fashion: ‘I am the type of girl with zero fashion sense but I am getting into it now. It’s becoming important for me. I saw a lot of girls were beginning to notice what I wear and I feel a kind of responsibility, because there aren’t any women in Hollywood my size and age.’
She’s healthy: ‘You need to be physically strong for this job. I like to have the stamina to work 16 hours a day. I may eat a lot, but I am very healthy.’
If you look at Rebel’s IMDB page, you see the diversity in film projects she’s taken on over the past five years. She’s gotten to be breakout star in some movies (Pitch Perfect) and she’s just come in as the quickie guest-star cameo-type in some movies. It’s smart, because she’s always working and always building her network. I like Rebel and I want good things for her and I want to believe that she’ll find a way to build a long-term career for herself.
Photos courtesy of Elle UK, WENN.
Her line, “you need to be two or three times as good as the guys,” reminds me of a quote by Charlotte Whitton, a former mayor of Ottawa (up here in Canada): “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”
Reminds me of the old saying on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. “She did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels.”
Mata
Thank You for that Fred and Ginger reference. Such talent!
Anonymous
That sounds like a quote that has been out there for a while. Still rings true though.
FLORC, it has been out for a while — Whitton was the mayor of Ottawa from 1951-56 (and again in the early 60s). She was the first female mayor of a major city in Canada, and a lesbian, to boot (although this did not become public knowledge until long after her death).
Its the same thing my dad told me about being black in the workplace. He always told me to work twice as hard so no one has anything to say to you. I get that twice over as a woman but its advice I carry all the time.
I love it when Aussie chicks break into Hollyweird but I love it even more when they’re not the typical beachy, laidback, skinny blonde.
Rebel used to be in an Aussie show called Fat Pizza and she is genuinely awesome. The fact that she is such a positive role model for larger women makes me happy. After all, women come in all shapes and sizes.
I love that she doesn’t go for the “I have a disease hence I’m fat” route. As long as you’re healthy, weight is only an aesthetic concern. It’s such a shame how most people feel the need to find an excuse for the shape of their body.
I’m all for women at every shape, size and weight but we really need to honest that at a certain weight it IS unhealthy.
You can work out, eat healthy but those extra pounds do hurt your body and it is unhealthy. Maybe not today but in the long run it will be. Let’s not sugar coat it and say everyone is beautiful. You don’t have to be model thin or athletic fit but no, being obese is not healthy and it has nothing to do with Hollywood.
It’s your health.
Thank you Hadleyb for being brave enough to say that on here! I agree with you, because I’ve known women much bigger than me (in dress size not height) who had much more strength and stamina than I do as a thin person, but there is such a difference between that situation and women who are truly overweight. I don’t know about you, but I get really tired of obese women I know always posting memes on Facebook that refer to their rolls of fat as “curves”. There is a big difference between rolls and curves. I know that these women are truly obese by medical definition and have unhealthy eating habits and live sedentary lives, but there is so much feel-good speech out there that “justifies” their problem.
Thank you. I’m so over this delusional idea that this is healthy. Love yourself! That’s great! Don’t try to convince people morbid obesity is healthy.
I partially agree with this. I mean, I’m smaller than she is, and she could totally be much healthier than I am, and have more stamina. But I won’t go as far to say “Let’s not sugar coat it and say everyone is beautiful” because I don’t think that’s all beauty is about. I will say someone who is vastly morbidly obese clearly is putting extra stress on their organs and joints and it will eventually catch up with them in some way or another – but there’s different levels.
There are however, studies showing that having extra weight can actually be a benefit:
“The study examined the relationship between body mass index and death among 11,326 adults in Canada over a 12-year period. (BMI uses height and weight to estimate body fat.) Researchers found that underweight people had the highest risk of dying, and the extremely obese had the second highest risk. Overweight people had a lower risk of dying than those of normal weight.”
I completely agree with the new nonsense about curves. However not every overweight person is dying of diabetes you know. It is very much possible for overweight individuals to live a healthy life.
Ugh, some folks DO find obese people *gasp* beautiful.
Lord at some of the comments below.
You can be overweight and healthy, conversely, you can be thin and unhealthy (yes I’m being Captain Obvious). To the poster who stated their sick of obese women posting memes about loving their curves, really? Does the pride a woman takes in her appearance affect you that much? Provided they’re not espousing the “real women have curves bs”, what’s the problem? Maybe those women like their “rolls of fat”, why do you care?
EVERY time a thread about a bigger person comes up, the CB physicians come out to state emphatically how unhealthy they will become, but don’t let someone critique certain thin women…
The double standard compounded with folks always mentioning all the grief they get for being too thin in a world where thinness is the standard, i just can’t (NOTE: in no way am I refuting your experiences nor is it my intent to minimize the impact of what ya’ll have gone through because NO ONE should be shamed ever).
If she says she’s healthy and you’re not her doctor, let her be.
Instead of coming up with a gazillion reasons why she can’t be healthy or how she’s doomed in the future, be happy that someone, somewhere, who defies conventional beauty standards can be okay with themselves.
@Erinn
She’s not overweight though, she’s obese.
@The Other Maria
“If she says she’s healthy and you’re not her doctor, let her be. ”
Where is the line though? If Honey Boo Boo’s mother says she’s healthy, do you believe her too? What about Jonah Hill? It’s one thing not to assume, but you don’t have to play stupid.
How about this: other people’s weight and body size is none of our business or concern. And concern trolling is obnoxious.
I agree that obese people are not at their “best possible health” but neither is the athlete who takes steroids or the actress who smokes. We all make health concessions depending on our personal priorities.
And it’s not sugar coating to say that everyone is beautiful, because beauty isn’t entirely dependent on a person’s health. There are beautiful chemo patients, radiant elderly people with failing health, and adorable children who also happen to have physical deformities. This isn’t just about “character” shining through – these people can be and are physically beautiful.
If you have a narrower standard of beauty, that’s your opinion, not fact.
My best friend works out harder than anyone I know (I’m talking half-iron man triathlons, crossfit, swimming a 5K in distance, absolutely every extreme exercise regimen you can think of) and she is SUPER careful with what she eats (literally uses a scale and measures macro nutrients)…. and she’s considered obese. She cannot be the weight designated as “healthy.” She’s been to doctor after doctor and tried all kinds of diets…. and she just cannot be the “proper” weight. But she is stronger and faster than anyone I know. Is she unhealthy? I don’t think so. But if you looked at her, you would probably judge her weight.
Research suggests that “healthy obese” has largely been debunked by research.
A recent Annals of Internal Medicine study (http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1784291) concluded that, “Compared with metabolically healthy normal-weight individuals, obese persons are at increased risk for adverse long-term outcomes even in the absence of metabolic abnormalities, suggesting that there is no healthy pattern of increased weight.”
Another study published in the American Journal of Cardiology (see http://www.medicaldaily.com/healthy-obesity-actually-slow-decline-poor-health-metabolism-gradually-fails-316318) found that “healthy obese” subjects transitioned to “unhealthy obese” over time.
Abundant research has shown that adipose (fat) tissue has complex endocrine (hormone) function and releases inflammatory chemicals called cytokines, which affect the body as a whole. Recent research also suggests that there is a link between obesity and heart failure, even in the absence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
Those with so-called thrifty genes are unlucky to live in our processed food-rich society, but can very often shift their metabolism and gut microbiota, lose weight, and maintain healthy weight by switching to a whole foods diet based largely or entirely on plant foods.
I don’t know if she can be healthy at the size, But at least she’s happy
Maybe at her age you could be healthy, but I think that her weight would cause problems as the years went by. I don’t say that to out her down, and I wish her the best, but I think the idea that you can be perfectly healthy when you’re overweight is maybe exaggerated a little?
She is not healthy. She has most of her weight in her stomach, and that pulls on your heart. Your waist size can not be above 35 inches.
I think Pierce Bronson’s wife might be healthy and she is big girl. However, she is very active.
I don’t think we should fat shame but Rebel is obese not overweight.
I should have said that perhaps the repercussions of her weight have not shown up yet, or something like that, rather than she is healthy. That is more in line with what I meant.
I agree! Example: Chris Farley
She is healthy for now. Depending on their frame, a person can be overweight and healthy. Perhaps 10 – 20 pounds? But she looks heavier than that.
well, she s probably “averagely healthy”, meaning she s as healthy as a next person. We all have different issues, most of them are not obvious from outside. For ex., i know I look “fit”, but im not actually fit, i often feel weak, have headackes, can’t run more than 100m etc.
I’m glad she isn’t fixated on it in a way that would breed an eating disorder. However this is certainly not healthy, we were never intended to carry around fat like this and she is increasing her risk of catching hundreds of health conditions
I lost a lot of weight over the past year, and before that I would have said the very same thing about myself. !I’m healthy, I just eat too much.” I was really convinced that apart from my chocolate addiction I was eating healthily and getting enough exercise.
But then I decided I needed to lose weight, and having done that, I now can see that I wasn’t healthy. I had a terrible diet, and I wasn’t exercising enough. I
I guess it is possible to be fit and strong while overweight, but I wouldn’t call it healthy. She works out and I’m sure she has a trainer, so she’s probably getting good advice. I think she’s getting away with a lot of things because she’s young, but when she’s older, it will take it’s toll.
I love Rebel, and when she talks on body positive issues, I really believe her as opposed to the likes of Meghan Trainor.
I agree. My problem with my extra kilos is not about people’s judgment or being unhealthy (because I am not), more like the fact that I can’t do all the physical activity I like and about the fact that when you’re young the body can take the pressure, but when you start getting older it’s more difficult.
I felt that way too. I had an active job that involved lifting things and being on my feet, and I “felt fine”. I would have said I was healthy, I just ate too much.
Then the number on the scale became unacceptable and I lost a bunch of weight. WOW. I had no idea how difficult life was being that heavy until I wasn’t anymore. Everything is much easier now.
This. Sometimes we think we are healthy and we think we feel strong because we’re used to how we feel and we’ve adjusted to it, but once we do actually get fit, we realize what healthy and strong really feels like and know we were not necessarily strong before, but functioning and used to getting by on the energy we had.
I really like Rebel and I’m glad she isn’t beating herself up about her weight. I’m glad people seem compassionate and gentle regarding her shape and her thoughts on it. Any change needs to come from her, so bashing wouldn’t do any good – if anything , it causes anxiety, lowered self-esteem, and shame and for those who eat for comfort and when upset, it would completely defeat the purpose. She might come around on her own and want to make changes. Her newly found interest in fashion might even make way for an inner push. None-the-less, she is an amazing person – so positive and enthusiastic. I love it.
I weight about 45 lbs less than I did at my highest weight, and I was also someone who thought I ate relatively well and was reasonably fit. Then I started changing my diet and exercising more and slowly, the weight came off. Like you, I look back now and realize that my lifestyle then was NOT all that healthy. Aesthetics aside, I just have so much more energy and stamina now than I used to, and that’s what is really important to me. For the vast majority of people, if you are eating a healthy diet and getting a reasonable amount of exercise, you are NOT going to be as overweight as Rebel. You may not be model-thin, and you may even be slightly overweight by BMI definitions, but you aren’t going to be 100+ lbs overweight.
Ninks, you go with your bad self!! I have done the same thing too – changed my lifestyle, and lost 45 lbs over the last 7 months. The thing is, on paper, I was healthy before. BP, sugar, etc., all great. But I feel a lot different now that the weight is coming off. I don’t tire as easily, my joints don’t hurt, and I don’t get winded as quickly.
It’s important to be able to love yourself no matter what you look like. I learned this important fact because until you do, you won’t be able to look at yourself honestly and change what you don’t like about yourself. If Rebel Wilson likes herself the way she is, then I think it’s great. I happen to also think she is beautiful. But I agree with other commenters here – let’s not pretend that being overweight doesn’t bring health consequences. It can and it does, as much as being underweight can.
People can definitely be healthy and overweight. Obesity is a big risk factor for many health problems, but it usually won’t cause those problems acutely. So she could easily be healthy (blood glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure etc) PRESENTLY, but she is at a much higher risk for developing problems in the future.
I don’t know. I have known people who exercise a lot and are still overweight so presumably she’s healthier than a thinner but sedentary person? I’d guess there’s a fine line, though, when your BMI gets into obese territory, though, because other health issues can come up that a fitness routine alone can’t mitigate.
I agree that you can be thin and more unhealthy than an overweight person who exercises a lot. But I do think the weight sets you up for problems.
Obese isn’t healthy at any age. I don’t think that fact is disputable.
Yes. I have a friend who drinks way too much caffeine (pop) and smokes like a fiend. She is quite skinny but there is a lack of muscle tone and she tires easily. She would do well to cut back on the caffeine, corn syrup, and nicotine. If she did, she would probably gain 5-10 lbs and feel better for it.
No she can’t, but there are scores of people who think you can be as fat as you want and still be fine. Nevermind the stress that obesity is currently putting on the American (and other countries) medical systems. Our desire to make sure nobody ever ever ever hears anything they don’t want to hear has caused us to become blind. I’m a former fattie, and I’m glad I changed before I ate myself into an early grave. Or worse lived for 80 years miserably.
Obesity is a huge risk factor for a number of diseases including cancer and diabetes. We musn’t fat shame, but at the same time we can’t pretend that being overweight or obese is normal and healthy.
Yeah, but it is increasingly the ‘norm’ these days, isn’t it, even though it might not be healthy? It might not be desirable, but I find it strange that Rebel is being discussed as some sort of freaky outlier, which she may be in Hollywood but certainly not in the rest of the western world.
On that note, I kind of hate the fact that raising awareness of the ‘obesity epidemic’ has somehow made the weight of complete strangers public property. A lot of it is concern-trolling, as if the health facts make it OK to publicly speculate on the intimate habits – and life expectancy! – of overweight individuals. That’s pretty invasive, when you think about it.
People often comment on Celebitchy how much they hate the speculation over thin celebrities (“she’s anorexic!”; “eat a sandwich!”), but it surely goes both ways?
Yeah, concern trolling is very annoying. Truth is, people can be as unhealthy or healthy as they want to be, fat or thin, and it is not anyone’s business. And yes, you can easily be very thing and be unhealthy, as well as you can be overweight (though not grossly obese) and be healthy. I really don’t care how others live as long as it isn’t hurting myself, honestly. IMO, concern trolling is just another form of moral superiority.
@WinterLady, I agree to an extent, but I think other people’s health becomes my business when they develop diseases directly related to preventable conditions that they can’t afford to treat. Obesity and type II diabetes cost the health care industry billions and are preventable in many cases. Everyone pays the price for that, and it needs to be discussed.
I really hope we can move past this stance where we cannot talk about weight issues without being called trolls. Yes, there’s a lot of projection and cruelty disguised as objective concern, and it’s simply disgraceful.
Obesity though has crossed the line from an issue of body autonomy to a massive social problem. OK, I can’t, and I don’t fricking want to, talk about what you do with your body, but can I talk about medical costs? Reduced defensive capabilities? Lowering work productivity due to sick days and worker turnover, if I’m, say, an employer? Do I have a right to call a social worker if I notice your obese children? These kind of questions are here to stay, and they are indeed very unpleasant, because they reduce your supreme rights over your body.
I also hope that we can stop talking about weight as a matter of beauty.
ETA: Rebel’s full length pictures: Bombshell!
As for “concern trolling,” she’s the one who said she was healthy, though overweight. I don’t believe that’s a true statement, so I commented on it. She made it my business by putting false information out there. I’m not pretending to be concerned or putting her down. I’m glad she accepts herself the way she is and I think she’s talented. But you can’t be obese, and let’s face it, she is, and healthy. Or not for very long.
Well she’s kind of a badass isn’t she?
Lol, agreed!
Rebel is awesome…and she usually steals any scene she is in! She can make me laugh the minute she walks on camera. She has a natural comedic ability. Danny McBride, does the same thing to me. No matter how dumb the movie might be, when he walks into a scene, I crack up!!! The sad, double standard is, I have never heard an interviewer ask Danny McBride how he feels about being overweight. How he feels about not being the typical looking Hollywood hunk. Unfortunately, if a woman doesn’t fit the perfect size 0 mold, that seems to be the focus of any and all interviews. GO REBEL!
Excellent point.
For me, she’s the star of what to expect when you’re expecting even though she isn’t a lead
Health is not synonymous with obesity or morbid obesity.
She may feel healthy now. How she’ll feel in 20 years with this weight is another matter.
I’ve heard her argument more often than not and from my own father.
He put on a lot of weight once he left his army Job. Not enough to be obese but more than his Joints would carry without complaint. And he was “healthy” and “fine” for 2 decades. Then from one day to another he couldn’t stay on his feet. His blood sugar went ga-ga and was dancing cha-cha for days.He’s on medication now-for life. AND has to avoid some favourite foods-for life.
Yes. There are so many people who develop Type2 Diabetes later in life due to being overweight. Better to learn moderation now so as not to have to give up favorite foods entirely later.
Micki- Rebel Wilson will not be alive in twenty years at this current weight. As a retired nurse, I have seen mobidly obese men and women at above a admittedly guessimated weight of 300 pounds. At above that, women don’t live very long “Healthy” lives. I doubt very highly she has a normal blood pressure. She is probably very short of breath with anything past walking a block. Probably pre-diabetic if not now, soon. There is no exercise that she has talked about in interviews.
This is not meant to be fat shaming., but It is certainly a challenge! I am stating medical facts. I hope she hears her doctors!
I have a very close friend, who is obese and has been obese for decades. I love her because she doesn’t sugarcoat-any subject. I know about her struggles with some mundane matters which due to her weight turn into major battles. She’s a “private” patient, which means she pays a lot more, but she also needs it. She takes a cocktail of 5 pils everyday and if they’re not finely matched they lead to a disaster.Every weather change affects her greatly and I can go on and on…
She scoffs at the “happy overweight” cliche herself.
As for “it’s her/his own business”-I don’t quite agree.
As soon as your weight turns into somebody else’s work-it’s not only your business.
My father refuses to eat healthily, although he can afford it. But when he was bound to bed it became my mother’s work to turn him every hour, to help him up for his WC trips (several times a day), to bath him and so on an she’s HALF his weight.
I wish he was more vocal then that’s HIS business alone to do it.
I wish people would stop asking her about her weight.
It’s her body, her health, and nobody’s business really.
It sucks that someone can be as talented as Rebel is in Hollywood, and the focus still comes back to her appearance. Sigh.
Agreed. Reminds me of some article I read about Jayne Mansfield – IQ of 163 and spoke 5 languages, yet all anyone ever talks about in reference to her is T&A. No male celeb is ever reduced to his large waistline, his receding hairline, or his short stature, but those types of “flaws” are fair game when it comes to women.
Jayne Mansfield isn’t the best example their. She wanted to be famous and was quite happy to use her body to make it happen. That famous photo of the Sophia Loren side-eye? Because Mansfield kept showing her nipples.
this is not a popular opinion but i think it needs to be emphasized that this is not healthy. i think it’s youth and the older she gets and the more weight she gains will only cause health complications.
the emphasis can be on her success or her talent and achievements in Hollywood. I think many just blanche at the assertion that Rebel’s weight is healthy. Not only does it tell others at a similar weight that it’s healthy but it’s dangerous and misinformation.
Did you read through the thread? Your opinion is actually VERY popular.
My point wasn’t about whether she is healthy or not, my point was that it’s nobody’s business, period.
I’m tired of women being subjected to a running commentary about our bodies. The arrogance of a society consistently reinforcing the idea that women’s bodies exist solely to be commented on frustrates me to no end.
I have my own feelings about whether I think being overweight is healthy or not, but I feel no need to use a talented woman as evidence of how I feel. In fact I feel no need to use ANY woman as an example of what I perceive to be a healthy/unhealthy body.
I’m very sorry for my harsh tone and understand that it’s not directed at you, rather an expression of my frustration with people as a whole thinking other women’s health is their business. And please don’t come at me with the “rising healthcare costs” sh*t, because this public ownership of women’s bodies is bigger than that.
I have a friend who is a size 0. 70% of her calories come from Miller Lite and she says its gross when people sweat when they work out so she never works out hard enough to sweat. She’s teaching her kids that the worst thing anyone can be is a fat person, and I can already see her 7 year old girl shying away from food.
But hey, according to you guys, she’s super healthy because the she isn’t fat.
Agreed. Like I get it you’re worrying about our healthcare system etc, but it feels disingenuous. Why not be a part of innovative solutions instead of just criticizing someone and making a moral judgement about them? There are so many factors that go into obesity and people refuse to try and combat those because it is much easier to criticize someone and feel like you contributed. As someone who has been overweight for the last 13 years or so, any time someone made a comment about my weight it didn’t help at all. Ever. It just added to the number of problems I was already facing as a kid. It didn’t fix them.
I just got into fitness (after years of dreaming and wanting to I finally found a way to do it for myself). After being in the fitness community I’m realizing while some people might be physically healthy. It’s not a guarantee that they will be healthy in every respect.
One of my favorite fitness sites that is meant specifically as a safe space for women (I thought they were fairly feminist) posted an article about obesity. There was a huge number of people that came in and went on and on about obesity and the detriment it has on society and fat people made that choice blah blah blah. I was shocked to discover how many of the users were frequenters of another site that routinely posted pictures of obese people to mock. WTF?! These same people will hate how the patriarchy wants to control women’s bodies and how they should look, but they’ll turn around and mock obese people who are just trying to live their lives. They say it motivates everyone, that it encourages health, that it does this this this. It was scary. I especially hate the “if I can do it then you can do it”, “no more excuses”, and all the stupid one liners that people use as their life’s mantra to justify being jerks. Here’s the reality. No one changes unless they truly want to. And being judgmental jerks about it is unhelpful.
Yeah I’m really tired of constantly talking about someone’s weight. It’s exhausting and discouraging to hear that that is all people will see. And yes I’m coming from an extreme. I witnessed people who supposedly were feminist treat obese people as subhuman. So I’m just tired of it.
I agree with everything you said so, so much.
I agree with so much of what you both say, both about it being nobody’s business and about the moral and other kinds of judgments heaped on heavy people. I would agree 100% if Rebel had not said “I eat a lot, but I am very healthy.” I don’t think it’s hard to understand why that comment would get a negative response. However, the point is that she was asked about it at all – that we are all asked to justify our existence by a “good” number on the scale no matter what other talents we may have. And that a man who was overweight and talented wouldn’t be asked to justify his body.
She is healthy because she is in her 20’s. Lets see what she says in 10 more years or when she is trying to get pregnant. She is Obese. There is nothing healthy about it.
She’s SO cool. In pretty much every aspect.
Well, ok. She admits she eating a lot, and to maintain that weight, she’d have to. I am not sure I would consider eating as much as she would need to, to maintain that weight, IS healthy.
We simply do not need all that food, daily.
This hit home when I lost the final 20 I needed to, and I too thought I was already “healthy”. I was amazed at how little food I actually “need” each day. Need VS want.
she’s not healthy. too much weight on the body will stress the joints and make it harder to do everyday things. and she’ll get bigger as she gets older and her metabolism slows
did she lose weight or did they photoshop out her double chin?
I love her!!! I’ve lost 160 pounds pounds in less than 2 years, through diet and working out. I still shy away from cameras.. Think I still look awful… And have horrible self esteem. She gives me something that skinny women do not. If she is happy, having the time of her life, and doing what she’s always dreamed of then go her!!! I’m envious. I think she is beautiful. Her health is her problem.
^^^THIS!! You can jaw all you want about her weight and it eventually causing her health issues…but look at how she’s helping people. Let’s talk about that 🙂
when will magazines learn most women are not a size 2. I think rebel is beautiful regardless Her size which is in reality irrelevant but not in Hollywood.
I find her to be extremely attractive – whether or not she’s “overweight” doesn’t seem to have any influence on my reaction to her. I just really like how she looks. (And I’m definitely not a “chubby chaser.”)
Do what you will and say what you say, this girl isn’t just 20 lbs overweight she is way overweight and should know that jsust because you are healthy s a young women doesn’t mean you will be halthy in15-20 years if you continue to be that weight. I love her as a n actress but its down the road that catches up.
When it’s a fuller figured woman, they always just do the head shot. And it’s always a side pic with lots of hair to cover up a fuller face. WHY ???