Kelly Clarkson: “I don’t believe in dieting” afternoon links

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Kelly Clarkson: “I don’t believe in dieting” [I Don’t Like You In That Way]
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– Super-Rich Producer Brian Grazer Back On The Market, Ladies [PopEater]
Kate Gosselin Admits: “Everything’s Falling Apart” [MSN Wonderwall]
Natalie Cole Loses Sister Hours After Kidney Transplant [Fox]
Jay-Z Officially Off Def Jam [Bossip]
– “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” review [Pajiba]
Denise Richards Dishes On Moving Past Divorce. She’s just such a bigger person than the rest of us [I’m Not Obsessed]
Paris Hilton’s Silver & Black Discombobulated Gown [Fafarazzi]
Jessica Alba looks amazing at the BVLGARI gala in Rome [Celebslam]
Trent Reznor comes through for dying man [In Case You Didn’t Know]
Jessica Simpson And Ken Paves Break Up [Crazy Days and Nights]
– And… more shockingly hideous outfits from Rihanna… [PopSugar]
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom frolicking in their swimsuits in Cannes [Egotastic]
– Proof today is the same as any other day: brand new photos of Kim Kardashian in a bikini [The Superficial]
– Did Haylie Duff get a nose job? She’s looking much better in these photos [Hollywood Tuna]

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  1. HS says:

    so we see, Kelly, so we see.

  2. ChristinaT says:

    i agree with kelly… dieting just sends you on an endless spiral of weight loss and gain and loss and gain… however, it is perfectly plausable to maintain a healthy weight without dieting… which is not something i see kelly doing… but it’s her body so she can do what she wants to with it…

  3. Anna says:

    I love that she is sending out this kind of positive message. So her weight has gone up recently, big deal (no pun intended)! She is still pretty, healthy and her voice is still the same. Why would anyone give her a hard time if nothing is actually wrong? Hate tabloids sometimes.
    And no, I don’t think that outfit is flattering either. But an ugly outfit doesn’t change the fact there’s a good singer with her head screwed on right (about diets at least) in it.

  4. Scorpiogal says:

    Now I’m not criticizing Kelly for having a few extra pounds (which she does, there’s no question), but can I just say that it really pisses me off how “curvy” is now synonymous with chubby? They are not the same thing. I’m curvy- I have an hourglass figure. I’m not chubby. But if I call myself curvy a person would immidiately visualize overweight. Why is everyone so sensitive that we can’t tell it like it is wihout being considered verbally abusive? Yeah, the girl is chubby.

    OK, rant over.

  5. boomchakaboom says:

    Arrghh! The PANTS. Get some pants that don’t appear to be melting all over your feet, Kelly. Is that too much to ask? No? Then maybe save the flip-flops for the beach while you’re at it. The weight thing is fine and dandy, but surely you DO believe in clothing that fits.

  6. boomchakaboom says:

    Scoripogal: I hear your rant and am on board. I don’t equate curvy with chubby. Chubby is chubby, curvy is Jessica Rabbit-ish.

  7. hatsumomogirly says:

    I see nothing wrong with her outfit..
    so what if she is wearing chanclas and she isnt at the beach? a lot of ppl are wearing chanclas to everywhere, i do it when i’m not at work or at the dr.’s or church. I’m wearing my fave green floral ones right now with comfy jeans. And did you see the MSNBC artical about the nerve pinching that some ‘skinny jeans’ are causing?

  8. ChristinaT says:

    i think the reason people prefer descriptions such as “curvy” or “thick” or “voluptuous” is because blatantly calling someone fat is kind of mean… don’t ya think? i mean, if i had a friend who was “curvy” (which i’m sure many of us do) i wouldln’t call her fat… i’d try to be a little more considerate than that.

  9. flourpot says:

    Rubenesque is the preferred term, I believe. And as long as she’s comfortable with herself and not putting her health in danger, who cares? I think she looks great.

  10. Annie says:

    She’s chubby, NOT curvy.

    And well, obviously she doesn’t believe in portion control either. Or stopping when you’re full…

  11. boomchakaboom says:

    I think Kelly is cute as a bug and love her to pieces. I do hate her pants. She’s photographed a lot wearing pants that appear to be eating her feet. She always looks happy and positive, however, footless or not.

  12. nony says:

    In the article she goes on about how she doesn’t want to go on a crash diet and disappoint all of her fans that tell her to stay chub. Okay, that’s cool, but by the end it says– but Kelly is really worried about her health, so she’s looking in to doing something about it.

    All of these chicks that say they’re happy “fat”, and curves should be glorified, men’s stereotypes by damned- blah blah blah…
    we all know the second they get a chance to go on a coke binge resulting in the loss of 35 pounds, they will.

    This isn’t our first rodeo, after all.

    That being said– I’m a fan, she has a lot of talent, and a fantastic voice.

  13. voodoobetty says:

    Maybe its time she stopped believing in the Colonel too then.

  14. ferdis says:

    These shoes have to go.

  15. Annie says:

    we all know the second they get a chance to go on a coke binge resulting in the loss of 35 pounds, they will.

    ROFL. It’s so true.

    Fat/chubby/chunky girls are all “Oh, I love my body” but let’s face it, if a genie showed up and said “Hey, I’ll give you a size 2 figure”

    They’d be all over it (like they are on a dingdong). Suddenly their “body love” isn’t there anymore.

  16. Amy says:

    So, I guess everyone commenting on this blog is a perfect size 4? I seriously doubt she’s putting her “health at risk,” for God’s sake! Even if she’s packing an extra 10-15 pounds, she’s not morbidly obese by any means. Looks perfectly health to me.

  17. morgs says:

    you might not my dear, but your heart does.

  18. viper says:

    She only says that because she can’t keep herself from chomping. Therefore she slams it but I used to be 67 kilos and DIETED aswell as worked out everyday and now im 57 kilos healthy and thin. My body is just right for my height and it took me 5 months to achieve it. So screw her loser self for having no will power of her own and bothering.

    She is no role model to me. She’s a quitter.

  19. Codzilla says:

    I feel kind of bad for her. Even though I realize that she’s making her weight a topic of discussion by talking about it, the thought of having my every weight fluctuation (or any other physical flaw) analyzed and, ultimately, criticized is horrifying.

  20. Terrian says:

    Uhm, where is the chubby, because I don’t see it? Kelly looks like every other girl I see on a daily basis. There is no way she is fat or overweight.

  21. boomchakaboom says:

    Codzilla, I hear you! I’d been chubbing up for the past year and I’m just now coming out of it. Sh** happens, you know? Like they say: it’s not how often you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.

  22. Jag says:

    You couldn’t pay me enough money to be a size 2. Now, a size 10 on bottom, and 12-14 on top, like I used to be? Absolutely – bring me that genie. I want those normal, fit curves back again. lol

    As for Kelly, I love her voice and usually her attitude. The pants dragging the floor have to go, though.

  23. HEB says:

    Haylie Duff definitley did get a nose job and it looks like crap!! Unless she still has bandages on her noise…I hope thats it

  24. Ophelia says:

    @scorpiogirl
    THANK YOU! I too have an hourglass figure and I hate that curvy means fat to people. They’ve forgotten that’s meant to be about girls like us! No offense to chubby girls at all, but that’s the truth.

  25. MeowMeow says:

    I heart kelly Clarkson, regardless of her weight. I think she looks awesome. Fuck all the haters.

  26. Jaclyn says:

    Of course she doesn’t believe in dieting…LOOK AT HER! She’s big. I mean, look at the size of her thighs for crying out loud! >_<

  27. Christina X says:

    Oh, FFS, people, where have you been since 2002?

    She’ll lose the weight and she’ll gain it again. Then she’ll lose it again.

    Believe it or not, some people have the propensity to fluctuate in weight throughout their lives. Some of us really have to work our asses off to stay thin. To those of you who don’t have to? Great for you. Quit frowning upon those of us who get fat every once in a while just because you can’t.

    And I’m sick of everyone pointing out the difference between fat and curvy. You have an ideal body type? Yay for you. We get it. Seriously.

    I’m not calling her curvy; I acknowledge the fact that she’s heavy right now, but the fact that this is such an upset reflects what I hate about society.

    Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, Kelly Clarkson…they all can put on a bit of chunk every now and then to lose it again.

    It’s amazing how any time anyone says anything remotely uplifting or positive about a chunky female celebrity, it culls out all the “perfect” people who need to criticize them for getting kind of fat or point out the difference between fat girls and curvy girls.

  28. SixxKitty says:

    ” I would definitely dance with Kate on top of a Trans-Am in the parking lot of a monster truck rally to Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again.””
    Ditto!

  29. Christina X says:

    ETA: Way to ride in on your high horses.

    “OMG SHE GOT FAT SO ALL SHE MUST DO IS EAT LOL”

    Yeah, she might just like fattening food. God forbid allow something like that to happen in our society to admit to something like that if you’re legitimately beefy.

    Amazingly enough, if a Victoria’s Secret model boasts about how she lies around and eats bon bons everyday, I notice hardly anyone criticizing their diet or lifestyle as being unhealthy or how they’ll drop dead by age 30 of a heart attack lonely and unloved.

    The double standard between how people react regarding diet and exercise between fat people and thin people is quite saddening, and reflects how shallow society has become.

    The fact that some people have to explain their weight gain to the public I find unsettling. I find it rather disturbing that in general people would rather ridicule a person for being fat, and believe that they’re doing the “right” thing? Last time I checked, enforcing shame and self-hatred to lose weight set a lousy example, but here I guess I was wrong.

    With the weight gain outrage over Kelly Clarkson as well as Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and Jennifer Love Hewitt recently, I have a hard time believing that the obesity hype is relevant to health rather than image.

    Just like everything else nowadays, you’re innoculated against making mistakes or screwing up unless you get caught, and in Kelly Clarkson’s case, that’s what happened: She ate a few candy bars too many, and everyone turns their back on her all because she porked up.

    Kudos to the person who called Kelly Clarkson a negative role model because she got kind of fat…I wasn’t aware that being visibly overweight made you worse than some reckless drunk.

    Uh-oh! Hide your children! Here comes a fat person!

    But you know, you can pull the health card as much as you want to justify the petty name calling, but at this point, the anti-fat elitism and hardcore bullying is so transparent. I bet you all feel great about yourselves because you think that you’re doing the right thing encouraging people to hate themselves. Congrats!

    Sad sad sad.

    You’ll never realize the damage you make.

  30. Sakota says:

    “the thought of having my every weight fluctuation (or any other physical flaw) analyzed and, ultimately, criticized is horrifying.”

    Well, it’s the field they choose to go into. These days only a totat idiot would think they would be exempt from the general rule.

  31. viper says:

    I am all for people wanting to be healthy. There is no reason to let yourself go. Medically you open yourself up to alot by being over weight, which is what she is. She’s 5’1 it’s safe to say her weight is anything but healthy. It’s okay to have fat on you, god knows it’s esspeically good if you plan on ever being a mom but what Kelly is doing is anything but healthy.

  32. Izzy says:

    In psychological circles we call that denial and acceptable.

    Is she overweight, yes. Is she fat, no. Is she healthy, only Kelly and her doctor knows, none of us do.

  33. viper says:

    When I decided to lose weight it wasn’t because I hated myself or my image. In my society curvy and even fat women are considered beautiful. Mainly because it means they eat and have money to feed themselves. I decided to lose weight because I’m in martial arts. I’ve been in martial arts since I was ten so not only was I at a disadvantage by being overweight, which I was, but I wasn’t getting anywhere and tiring out faster.

    It all depends on the person but never is it okay to be overweight. Images or not even if the woman had the body of a supermodel but had a diet of a pig I’d still tell them to shapen up.

  34. Sakota says:

    As someone who has heart disease and diabetes in her family, I view it as to be in my interest to be as at a healthy weight as possible, prferably in the 120’s to the 140’s at maximum. I did lose a lot of weight after my breakup with my jerk boyfriend.

    I at one point weighed 165 and I went on a diet and my eating habits have changed. I also exercise and enjoy being a size 6.

    I disagree with the ‘fat pride’ movement and frankly dislike the idea that dieting and keeping in shape is a bad thing. You don’t have to be on an eternal diet, you just have to practice moderation. Eat a thick steak with sauce and ice cream. Just have half a full size steak and a medium/small cup of ice cream from Dairy Queen.

    If you are happy, great, but just be aware there are consequences, just as there are when you diet too much.

  35. Green Is Good says:

    “I don’t believe in dieting”.

    Helen Keller could have figured that out about Kelly.

  36. boomchakaboom says:

    Overweight people can shed the pounds if they decide to with diet and exercise, but the condescending, smug attitude of a pompous ass isn’t so easily lost. I’ll take a Kelly (pants & all) with her upbeat attitude and positive self image over the nasty, overbearing, supercilious, “fit” person anyday.

    What good is a healthy body if the mind within it is garbage?

  37. Cynthia says:

    Diet or not ..we need to get you a stylist baby!

  38. jess says:

    it drives me crazy when people say “so and so looks like everyone else i see daily so she must be normal.” most americans are overweight…UNHEALTHY.

  39. orion70 says:

    Christina X, you hit the nail right on the head, well said. Its why a skinny girl can chow down on just about anything with nary a glance, while an overweight person eating an ice-cream would be noticed and tut-tutted. I once witnessed an old lady do this to an overweight woman that she obviously didn’t know in a restaurant “do you REALLY think you need that?’ she said to her. Evidently you’re also public property if you’re overweight. I felt horrible for her.

    Besides, when i look at that photo, I don’t see fat, maybe someone with a couple of extra pounds on in a bad outfit. No rolls, no stuff sticking out. I hardly think what little extra she might have is such a massive strain on her heart. Give me a break. Off camera, she probably looks totally “normal”. But hey, I guess it’s healthier to stick your fingers down your throat or turn yourself into a crack head so you can fit into that dress.

    Besides, I’d rather hear her talking about this than peeing in the shower 😉

  40. Gerome Berold says:

    Kelly Clarkson looks Beautifully Bootiful; this is why she is being scrutinized and condemned, I suspect, by other women for her weight. Women destroy eachother in this way. Face it, people look good the way God made them. Beauty comes in all packages and that is the present from God. It is ridiculous to buy “product” and getting surgery be a Barbie clone so as to look “beautiful” ugly. Kelly Clarkson should be applauded for her talent, beauty, and most of all, honesty.

  41. Ana says:

    “it drives me crazy when people say “so and so looks like everyone else i see daily so she must be normal.” most americans are overweight…UNHEALTHY.”

    Exactly! Americans are fat. We now have more fat people than skinny people.
    It’s because of our food. Delicious, but fattening. Every exchange student I have never known has put on about 20 pounds. Stress may have a little to do with it, but it’s mainly our food.

    If she doesn’t believe in dieting, she may want to think about exercising.
    And getting a stylist. She could lose about 5-10 pounds just from dressing better.
    If I get anywhere near 15 my face starts blowing up.

  42. the original kate says:

    kelly is a bit chubby but i don;t think she is FAT. i think part of the problem is that she dresses terribly. if she wore, say, a wrap dress, some cute shoes and a chunky necklace she would look 10 pounds thinner. of course she could just do what 90% of celebs do: get lipo and stick her finger down her throat after every meal.

  43. Jag says:

    Even skinny people can be unhealthy. Sheesh… The people saying that fat is unhealthy need to read the latest literature and realize that skinny people can be just as unhealthy – or moreso – than chunky or even some fat people. Trying to blast people under the guise of caring about their health, y’all need to include skinny people in what you’re saying, too. Having too much internal fat and not being cardiovascularly fit isn’t reserved just for fat people.

  44. Christina X says:

    Jag, because it doesn’t matter.

    Apparently if you’re thin and unhealthy it’s OK, because it looks good on the outside. Unless your body looks like Amy Winehouse’s or something…but that’s because she’s deteriorating on the outside, and the outside’s apparently all that matters anyway.

    Who knows who’s been doing blow off a toilet seat or has an STD? Who cares? As long as they still have that healthy *tan* glow and perfect body, they’re “healthy” as far as society’s concerned.

    FTR, I got overweight because I gained weight due to depression. There are more factors to overeating than to climb on your pedestal and condemn a person for binge-eating and, consequentially, becoming overweight. Who knows? She might like food a great deal and lives by nature a sedentary lifestyle when she’s not on tour.

    You all say that there’s no reason to be overweight, when there are tons of contributors to overeating than being a glutton.

    If all the health elitists want to be constructive toward fat people and help them lose weight, criticizing them for a position they’ve never been in doesn’t help. Dismissing the factors which contribute to overeating is a load of presumptuous and ignorant bile.

    As someone who’s overweight and finally making progress, I find many of these comments kind of repulsive, to be honest. When you become an apologist for saying hurtful things, it crosses that thin line between being constructive and just criticizing for the mere sake of it…and it appears as though to me, some of you really think you’re so hilarious putting people down for facing a problem you’ve never had to.

    Maybe if you spent less time judging overweight people and less time laughing at one, you can help someone committ to a healthier or more moderate lifestyle, but if I may make a rash judgment of my own, I believe that you don’t really want Kelly Clarkson to lose the weight in reality.

    You want Kelly Clarkson to stay fat and continuously defend herself to stroke your ego while you make more smug, trivial, ignorant, and mean-spirited comments for you to justify by uttering the “there’s no reason to be fat” bile.

    I think that secretly, you enjoy the division between the “healthy” types and the “pro-fat” types because you don’t want to help anyone…all you want to do is insult and offend people but escape any moral liability whatsoever, perceiving the weight issue in terms of only black and white.

    Maybe if you some of you weren’t so close minded and decided to view the world without taking an extreme position, maybe the “pro-fat movement” everyone’s whining about becoming such a huge problem wouldn’t exist…but until you stop blindly attacking everyone who gains weight, expect the backlash from other people, and frankly, I can’t blame them for defending themselves when they’ve been incriminated and made a laughingstock by the “perfect” people for CENTURIES.

    Because I’m sure you ALL understand why EVERY person gains weight in the first place, right? Give me a break.

  45. Wresa says:

    “Exactly! Americans are fat. We now have more fat people than skinny people.
    It’s because of our food. Delicious, but fattening.”

    I went to a rib cook-off yesterday (I’m in Ohio), and it really hit me for the first time that we REALLY, TRULY have a problem with eating habits in this country. There were so many OBESE people noshing on full racks of ribs, and so many of them were young. But they won’t feel young for long when they have to deal with arthritis and heart disease by the time they are 25.

    Clarkson is no where near that point, but i really think we need to stop denying that we have a serious problem on our hands. It isn’t about looking hot, and no, we shouldn’t harass a fat person for eating ice cream. But we shouldn’t make excuses and act like its just a body image issue and not a serious health issue.

  46. hannah says:

    Being overweight is unhealthy. Being too thin can be unhealthy, and yes, there are some healthy weight people who have health issues and aren’t exercising, but we can’t see that. Is it weird to assume that if somebody looks like they are healthy they are? the majority of people in the healthy weight range are NOT sticking their fingers down their throats or going on coke binges. There aren’t as many people who suffer from those two afflictions. regardless…

    We know that being overweight increases chances for life-threatening conditions considerably. We also know that most of the US is overweight…so the “pro-fat” movement is not a good thing. It is good to feel good about who you are on the inside, and as many people who are defending her are noting, its what is inside that matters…But that doesn’t mean that the outside should be ignored. You shouldn’t feel good about being unhealthy in ways that can be changed.

    I’m not claiming to be perfect, I have flaws and always will, as will everyone else. I simply think we should strive to be as physically capable and healthy as we can.

  47. ! says:

    Seriously. How many of these arguments are we gonna HAVE on Celebitchy? Isn’t this the commentary following every article? Long drawn out fights about fat acceptance? So tired of it.

  48. Jaclyn says:

    I don’t see why everyone is arguing about her weight. It’s really very simple. She is FAT.

    End of story.

  49. viper says:

    LOL

  50. Harley says:

    What is making people gain weight like crazy? The pharmaceutical industry. Drugs like Sertraline and Amitryptyline can cause people to gain weight. Also our food is loaded with growth hormones. Anybody ever eaten a big mac and still felt hungry? There is some kind of chemical in fast food that makes it extremely addicting.

  51. Codzilla says:

    Jaclyn: No, she’s not FAT. She’s chubby. FAT is when someone is pouring over the sides of her clothes, and at least in the header pic, Kelly isn’t doing that.

  52. hannah says:

    codzilla, if thats what it takes to be fat, pouring over their clothes, then almost anybody can be only “chubby” if they wear the right size and style clothes, even if they are actually way overweight. And I think wearing the right style and size can make you look thinner for sure, but it doesn’t help with the health issues that arise from being overweight.

  53. Codzilla says:

    hannah: I was referring to Kelly’s case, not making a general assumption about every overweight person on earth. Apparently, the definition of “fat” varies from person to person, because, to me, Kelly doesn’t appear grossly overweight like some of the posters on this thread have implied.

    Christina X: I forgot to mention in my last post that I agree with everything you said. I’d also like to point out that some of the commenters making nasty comments about Kelly’s weight are the same people preaching tolerance on the political threads. Sad.

  54. viper says:

    Cod that’s just stupid. Anybody wearing a size smaller than their actual sizes would be considered FAT by that definition.

  55. boomchakaboom says:

    Codzilla: Good observation. Thank you.

  56. Christina X says:

    Thanks Orion and Codzilla for agreeing with my points, and like boom, I’ve got to agree with the attitudes surfacing in any thread like this or about body image.

  57. what says:

    okay seriously. when is celebitchy going to be updated? this kelly clarkson debate is dead.

  58. FF says:

    Don’t worry, secretly people love when celebs make comments like this – it gives them the opportunity to then bang on about how much weight they lost or how ‘truly curvy’ (as opposed to chubby) they are. Or how they’re not a quitter and get on the treadmill every day.

    It’s quite amusing how little provokation it takes to have people comparing putting themselves ahead. It’s the same as when celebs say they’re a certain dress size and everyone jumps on it with ‘No way, I’m that size and I never looked that chub’ comments.

    So yeah, people may be slamming Kelly, but they love it really. It’s like everyone wants to be sanctimonious on a daily basis but never gets the chance.

    Well here you go!

  59. MeowMeow says:

    Christina X, well said. I agree.

    What’s not said is the toll self-hatred and depression can take on a person, and it can strike whether you’re fat or thin.

    I’ve battled my weight my whole life. It sucks. What sucks even more is knowing that you’re being judged by people, people who wouldn’t dare utter a racial slur or an anti-gay epithet, but have no qualms when it comes to disparaging you and inundating you with advice simply because you’re overweight.

    Ridiculing and hating on overweight people is the last acceptable predjudice.

    A few years ago, I embarked on a weight loss program. It took years, but I lost 110 lbs. And guess what? Even after all that, I still hated what I saw in the mirror.

    It’s a sick cycle. Kelly Clarkson has my sympathies. I think she’s lovely.

  60. Ana says:

    I don’t think that Kelly Clarkson is fat.
    But I do think America has a serious problem. Especially with portion control. There are 16 ounce steaks served in resturants. That’s not including drinks, appetizers, and sides.
    It’s starting in children too. People think I’m crazy because I won’t let her have sweets, soda, anything fried, well anything unhealthy. She’s 10 months old for crying out loud. Most babies I know weigh over 20 pounds at 5 months. To her, the best dessert is watermelon and yet people think I’m too controling. There is something seriously wrong going on here.
    There are many people that are overweight because of health issues but there are reasons why the obesity rate has risen.

  61. Jaclyn says:

    She IS fat!!!

    And that’s the last time I’m gonna mention it.

  62. Christina X says:

    Meowmeow, I know how you feel.

    I’ve dropped from being 160 lbs at one point (overweight for my height) to being 120 lbs (considered in the ideal weight bracket for my height) and I still felt fat and paranoid.

    I was teased going through puberty and further on because I was always fatter than the other girls, so even when I was healthy, I didn’t even notice.

    And what’s sad, is that even wearing a size 5 jean and weighing 120 pounds, people STILL called me fat because of my stomach pooch…and no matter how much I diet and exercise, the pooch will probably *always* be there unless I become anorexic or get liposuction to rid of it.

    And yet I’m sure the people who called me fat *even then* would be the same people as the ones posting in this thread who think it’s justifiable to join the bandwagon and ridicule everyone else for weight gain and pretend it’s for their “well-being”.

    Another example of how the body fascists chime in when there’s not even an issue. In a size 5-7, people still told me how I NEEDED to lose weight without knowing that I wasn’t even overweight.

    But yes, Jaclyn, she’s fat. We get it. No-one in this thread’s calling her thin. Even the people at Clarkson’s defense are admitting that she’s at least chunky.

    In case you missed the point entirely, it appears to me that people are more likely defending Kelly Clarkson from the unreasonable amount of condescension from many of the commenters on this post than they’re denying the fact that Kelly Clarkson gained weight.

    And don’t worry, she’ll lose it. They always do.

    Also, LOL at FF’s post. It’s so depressingly true. I made the same observation, but I think you said it better.

  63. Codzilla says:

    “In case you missed the point entirely, it appears to me that people are more likely defending Kelly Clarkson from the unreasonable amount of condescension from many of the commenters on this post than they’re denying the fact that Kelly Clarkson gained weight.”

    Exactly, Christina. Thank you.

  64. ChristinaT says:

    this whole issue with weight is an area of life women REALLY REALLY need to work on. it has become an enormous inspiration for relf righteousness and finger pointing. men don’t have this problem in the slightest. in fact, i think they’re all proud of their beer guts… it indicates they’re real men who guzzle down their beer and love their prime rib… it’s just sad how much scrutiny women face for their weight… and women seem to be the biggest culprits… even though statistically, there are more overweight men than women… it’s just really really sad.

  65. CB Rawks says:

    “@scorpiogirl
    THANK YOU! I too have an hourglass figure and I hate that curvy means fat to people. They’ve forgotten that’s meant to be about girls like us!”

    Wow. Why are you girls getting so upset?
    If you truly have these lovely hourglass figures, then just remind everyone you know regularly by sending them glossy glamour shots of yourselves attached to all your emails and greeting cards.
    Then relax and take a breath. Problem solved, divas!
    *Eyeroll*

  66. Christina X says:

    @ Codzilla: No problem. Thanks for agreeing with me, I tend to get really defensive and worry about not getting myself across.

    CB Rawks, your comment made me laugh. I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets irked when the “truly curvy” girls argue semantics.

  67. JUSTINE says:

    Everyone that believes this is stupid she believes in dieting links she just doesn’t need to diet cause shes already skinny. This is just another fake story that isn’t true. The reason why this is fake is because she was on a diet like a year ago. I can tell if a story is true and this one is such a lie so fake its not even funny. I LOVE U KELLY CLARKSON KEEP ROCKEN