Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rebel-wilson">Rebel Wilson</a> made headlines for her massive 80-pound <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fat-acceptance">weight loss</a> after she embarked on a “year of health,” but now the actress admitted she’s gained some weight back due to work and stress.
“Working really hard has meant that, coz [sic] of all the stress, I’ve gained 14kg&#8217;s (30 pounds)! It makes me feel bad about myself … it shouldn’t … but it does,” the 43-year-old “Pitch Perfect” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">star</a> shared on Instagram alongside a photo of herself in a hot tub.
“I’m really proud of the work I’ve been doing on new movies and my memoir, it’s just been a LOT and I’ve lost focus on my healthy lifestyle,” she added. “Anyone else going through the same thing?”
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The comments section on the post was flooded with words of support and solidarity from Wilson’s 11.1 million followers. 
“Losing weight is the easy bit … keeping it off is the biggest battle,” one popular comment said.
“It’s hard! Everyone is proud of you, but we already loved you, didn’t we? No matter what size, you’re still beautiful &amp; hilarious. Not everyone was meant to be a size 2. Certainly don’t feel BAD about it,” another person wrote.
Wilson previously said her team was not fully on board when she told them she was planning to lose weight. The actress had made a name for herself playing overweight characters in comedies at that point, like “Fat Amy” in the “Pitch Perfect” franchise, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rebel-wilson-responds-to-accusations-of-fatphobia-for-lack-of-plus-sizes-in-new-clothing-line">reported</a>.
“I got a lot of pushback from my own team actually, here in Hollywood, when I said ‘Okay, I’m going to do this year of health, I feel like I’m really gonna physically transform and change my life,’” the “Bridesmaids” actress said during a 2021 interview with BBC.
“And they were like, ‘Why? Why would you wanna do that?’ Because I was earning millions of dollars being the funny fat girl and being that person,” she continued.
The actress said she worked on incorporating healthier habits during her “year of health” and stopping the use of food as a coping mechanism for difficult emotions. Wilson said she was also inspired by a fertility doctor who told her she would have an easier time getting pregnant if she lost weight.

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Rebel Wilson Says She Gained Back 30 Lbs. After Massive Weight Loss: ‘Makes Me Feel Bad About Myself’

Rebel Wilson Says She Gained Back 30 Lbs. After Massive Weight Loss: 'Makes Me Feel Bad About Myself'

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Harvard University found itself in the social media crosshairs — over its own published policies — after university President Claudine Gay struggled to call out students who have joined protests calling for the genocide of Jews.
Gay joined leaders from other prestigious universities — such as University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Elizabeth Magill — who had equal difficulty condemning students who called for Jewish genocide, claiming that &#8220;context&#8221; was necessary to determine whether such calls constituted &#8220;harassment&#8221; or &#8220;bullying.&#8221;
But as several people pointed out, Harvard&#8217;s Title IX training for undergraduate students warns them that comments that are intended to belittle other students could be considered abusive — and they could face disciplinary action for using such language.
&#8220;At Harvard, &#8216;fatphobia&#8217; constitutes violence. But &#8216;globalize the intifada&#8217; requires context,&#8221; independent journalist Bari Weiss.
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At Harvard, &quot;fatphobia&quot; constitutes violence. But &quot;globalize the intifada&quot; requires context.
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&mdash; Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1732774984173474208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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According to one of the news stories featured in The Free Press&#8217; video, Harvard&#8217;s Title IX training warns undergraduate students that disciplinary action may be taken if they promote &#8220;sizeism,&#8221; &#8220;fatphobia,&#8221; &#8220;cisheterosexism,&#8221; or &#8220;ableism.&#8221; That type of language, according to the university, would &#8220;contribute to an environment that perpetuates violence&#8221; and may be considered &#8220;abuse&#8221; and a violation of the school&#8217;s Title IX policies.
&#8220;Welcome to @Harvard. Calling for the g*noc*de of Jews doesn’t violate school policy but students can be disciplined for being &#8216;fatphobic&#8217; because it constitutes abuse and &#8216;perpetuates violence,'&#8221; Libs of TikTok posted.
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Welcome to <a href="https://twitter.com/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Harvard</a>. Calling for the g*noc*de of Jews doesn’t violate school policy but students can be disciplined for being “fatphobic” because it constitutes abuse and “perpetuates violence” <a href="https://t.co/qzuobBKeqT">pic.twitter.com/qzuobBKeqT</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1732787706822840565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Columbia and other top universities have held symposiums discussing the dangers of humor and the growing need for more censorship of comedy. They take jokes more seriously than genocide,&#8221; Seth Dillon pointed out.
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Columbia and other top universities have held symposiums discussing the dangers of humor and the growing need for more censorship of comedy. They take jokes more seriously than genocide. <a href="https://t.co/rwar9awj7o">https://t.co/rwar9awj7o</a>
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1732781648188416159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Calling people by the wrong pronouns is abuse and harassment but not calling for the genocide of Jews,&#8221; David Friedman observed.
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Calling people by the wrong pronouns is abuse and harassment but not calling for the genocide of Jews. <a href="https://t.co/1awapK4Ngv">https://t.co/1awapK4Ngv</a>
&mdash; David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidM_Friedman/status/1732838964086644781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;At Ivy League universities, &#8216;misgendering&#8217; is considered violence and making true but politically incorrect statements can be a fireable offense. But calling for the genocide of Jews is just &#8216;free speech,'&#8221; Jason Bedrick said.
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At Ivy League universities, “misgendering” is considered violence and making true but politically incorrect statements can be a fireable offense. 
But calling for the genocide of Jews is just “free speech.” <a href="https://t.co/q4ccz9PkOm">https://t.co/q4ccz9PkOm</a>
&mdash; Jason Bedrick 🇮🇱 (@JasonBedrick) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonBedrick/status/1732795110667043251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Supreme Court case proved that at Harvard, specifically targeting Asians and making it harder for them to get in because of the color of their skin was not considered by their administrators as prejudice,&#8221; Pradheep Shanker said. &#8220;So let&#8217;s be clear: they have ZERO credibility on these issues.&#8221;
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Supreme Court case proved that at Harvard, specifically targeting Asians and making it harder for them to get in because of the color of their skin was not considered by their administrators as prejudice.
So lets be clear: they have ZERO credibility on these issues. <a href="https://t.co/wUHAFOsoNJ">https://t.co/wUHAFOsoNJ</a>
&mdash; Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) <a href="https://twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1732801464077045924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Bari Weiss: ‘At Harvard, Fatphobia Constitutes Violence;’ Anti-Semitism ‘Requires Context’

Bari Weiss: 'At Harvard, Fatphobia Constitutes Violence;' Anti-Semitism 'Requires Context'

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A new study has found that obese people are at risk for being diagnosed with more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cancers</a> than previously thought.
Those with larger body mass index (BMI) measurements have been associated with 13 different types of cancer, but a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313757/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new study</a> published in Nature Communications shows that the number of cancers connected to obesity has grown to 18. Previously, obesity was linked to breast, bowel, pancreatic, and kidney cancers, but according to the new study, being overweight is linked to a number of other common cancers too.
“This study shows that longer duration, greater degree, and younger age of onset of overweight and obesity during early adulthood are positively associated with risk of 18 cancers, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and among never-smokers, head and neck, and bladder cancers which are not yet considered as obesity-related cancers in the literature,” the study’s authors wrote. “Our findings support public health strategies for cancer prevention focussing on preventing and reducing early overweight and obesity.”
The study examined more than 2.6 million Spanish adults who were 40 or younger and cancer free in 2009, The Independent <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/cancer-obesity-young-adult-leukaemia-b2370301.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Those included in the study were observed for nine years and 225,396 of them were diagnosed with cancer. The study found that those who were obese in early adulthood appeared to have an increased risk of cancer, along with those who were obese for a longer period of time.
Dr. Heinz Freisling, one of the study&#8217;s co-authors, said medical professionals need to re-evaluate “the cancer burden associated with overweight and obesity, which currently is likely underestimated.”
The findings linking obesity to more cancers come as “fat acceptance” becomes more mainstream in American culture. One author, Virginia Sole-Smith, even wrote a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Talk-Parenting-Diet-Culture-ebook/dp/B0B1Y5TKLP">book</a> about de-stigmatizing obesity for children. In the book, Sole-Smith attempts to “debunk” the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by arguing that society’s fear of fatness could be more detrimental than minors being overweight.
“The real danger to a child in a larger body is how we treat them for having that body,” she writes in “Fat Talk.”
Some elected officials have also pushed the idea that a person’s “body type&#8221; has no connection to their health. After signing a bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of height and weight for employment, housing, and public accommodations in the city, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-signs-bill-banning-weight-discrimination-says-body-type-not-connected-to-whether-youre-healthy-or-unhealthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted to debunk</a> the scientifically proven reality that body type does affect a person’s health.
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“Everyone knows that I’m a person that believes in health, so when you talk about not discriminating against someone because of their body type, it’s not fighting against obesity; it’s just being fair,” the mayor said, adding, “And science has shown that body type is not a connection to if you are healthy or unhealthy. I think that’s a misnomer.”
After reading the study, Dr. Panagiota Mitrou, director of research, policy, and innovation at the World Cancer Research Fund, remarked on the importance a person’s weight plays in their overall well-being. 
“Our own evidence shows that maintaining a healthy weight throughout life is one of the most important things people can do to reduce their cancer risk, and early prevention in adulthood is key,” Mitrou said.

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The American Medical Association (AMA) is discouraging doctors from using only Body Mass Index (BMI) to measure whether a person is a healthy body weight because the system is &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racist</a>.&#8221;
BMI has been widely used because it is easily measured, is inexpensive, and has specific cutoff points for the overweight and obese classifications, the AMA <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-use-bmi-alone-imperfect-clinical-measure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on its website Wednesday.
However, BMI has been used for &#8220;racist exclusion&#8221; and has caused &#8220;historical harm,&#8221; the medical organization said.
The AMA&#8217;s House of Delegates adopted a <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new policy</a> this month recognizing the issues with using BMI.
&#8220;Under the newly adopted policy, the AMA recognizes issues with using BMI as a measurement due to its historical harm, its use for racist exclusion, and because BMI is based primarily on data collected from previous generations of non-Hispanic white populations,&#8221; the AMA said in a press release.
The new policy comes after the AMA Council on Science and Public Health presented a report addressing the BMI issues at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting, which was held June 9 to 14 in Chicago.
There are other issues with the BMI system, too, the AMA said.
BMI is an &#8220;imperfect measure&#8221; because it does not directly assess body fat and is &#8220;misleading about the effects of body fat mass on mortality rates,&#8221; the AMA&#8217;s post said.
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The BMI system also does not account for differences across the sexes, genders, and age-span, the new policy says.
“Further, the use of BMI is problematic when used to diagnose and treat individuals with eating disorders because it does not capture the full range of abnormal eating disorders,” the report said.
BMI should be used along with other measures like body composition, waist circumference, and genetic and metabolic factors, the new AMA policy <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4054274-american-medical-association-says-use-of-bmi-metric-on-its-own-has-done-historical-harm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>.
“There are numerous concerns with the way BMI has been used to measure body fat and diagnose obesity, yet some physicians find it to be a helpful measure in certain scenarios,” <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> AMA Immediate Past President Jack Resneck, Jr. M.D. “It is important for physicians to understand the benefits and limitations of using BMI in clinical settings to determine the best care for their patients.”
The AMA said it will support efforts to educate physicians on the issues with BMI and alternative measures for diagnosing obesity.
The AMA is the largest organization of doctors in the nation with more than 271,000 members.
In recent years, the body positivity and fat positivity movements have picked up steam in the U.S., arguing that obese people can be healthy.
Fat activists have rebelled against &#8220;diet culture&#8221; and made specific demands like free extra seats on airplanes to accommodate their size.
In December, Time Magazine <a href="https://time.com/6242949/exercise-industry-white-supremacy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> an article titled, &#8220;The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise,&#8221; while Cosmopolitan&#8217;s February 2021 issue featured plus-sized models with the headline, &#8220;This is Healthy!&#8221;
Meanwhile, doctors have <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-to-gain-weight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> that weight gain doesn&#8217;t always correlate to fat gain. For example, some people who exercise will end up gaining muscle weight, which will add to their overall weight.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lizzo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lizzo</a> said she’s considering quitting the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music</a> business because of negative comments about her body.
The 35-year-old musician shared a screenshot of a critical message she received and included a caption that said, “I JUST logged on and the app and this is the type of sh** I see about me on a daily basis.”
“It’s really starting to make me hate the world,” Lizzo continued, according to <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lizzo-slams-body-shamers-make-me-hate-the-world-1235343163/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a>. “Then someone in the comments said I eat ‘lots of fast food.’ I LITERALLY STOPPED EATING FAST FOOD YEARS AGO… I’m tired of explaining myself all the time and I just wanna get on this app w/out seeing my name in some bullsh**.”
Lizzo also set her tweets to protected so they can only be viewed by followers.
“The Love definitely do not outweigh the Hate on social media… all because I’m fat????” she wrote in a follow-up, followed by a message that said, “Y’all don’t know how close I be to giving up on everyone and quitting and enjoying my money and my man on a F***ING FARM…”
“I literally NEVER search my name this stuff just comes up on my TL &amp; my FYP it’s wild,” Lizzo tweeted. “I swear I just wanna look at dance videos and science news and this sh** comes in every day…”
Her tirade against naysayers went on.
“I’m not trying to BE fat I’m not trying to BE smaller I’m literally just trying to live and be healthy,” she wrote. “This is what my body looks like even when I’m eating super clean and working out!”
“Yall speak on sh** y’all know NOTHING ABOUT and I’m starting to get heated,” she said, per Billboard.
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Lizzo often addresses her weight and professes to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/body-positivity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">love her body</a> just the way it is. 
“As I got more professional in my career, I started to take the physical part more seriously,” she said in a video posted on May 15. “I’ve always loved moving my body, I’ve always loved working out.”
“I think a lot of people see a fat person that way and immediately just assume everything they are doing is trying to be thin,” she went on. “I’m not trying to be thin, I don’t ever want to be thin.”

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Lizzo Says She’s Close To ‘Quitting’ Music Over Comments About Her Body

Lizzo Says She's Close To 'Quitting' Music Over Comments About Her Body

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De-stigmatizing obesity for kids may be the newest frontier of the fat acceptance movement.
At least, that’s the goal of author Virginia Sole-Smith. Her new book “Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture” advocates for parents learning to embrace their overweight children just the way they are. She also believes in letting kids eat whatever they want, including candy and sweets, without forcing them to try vegetables or enjoy balanced meals of traditionally healthy foods.
The author, who describes herself as an “anti-diet journalist,” spoke with <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/interview-virginia-sole-smith-parenting-fatphobia.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Cut</a> about some of her thoughts on kids and diet. In the article titled “What If You Weren’t Scared of Your Kid Being Fat?” Sole-Smith said that one of the most common questions parents ask is how often their kids should be able to eat certain foods. Using the example of ice cream, she gave her usual response. 
“There are seven days in a week. Your child can have ice cream seven days a week. There is no law against this,” she said, while insisting that if a parent inquired over their teenager asking for an entire box of Oreo cookies, her response would be, “Pour a glass of milk — so they can dunk them?”
The 41-year-old mother of two makes the argument that limiting certain foods just makes them more appealing to kids. Her approach assumes that children learn self-control by not having any rules at all, thereby making sugary treats less exciting. 
“Vegetables are the least important part of it to me,” she told the publication. “They have their whole lives to decide if they want to eat kale.” Sole-Smith also described some of the dinner rules at her house, which include, “No pressure/Listen to your body” and “You don’t have to earn dessert.”
Sole-Smith attempts to “debunk” the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by arguing that society’s fear of fatness could be more detrimental than minors being overweight. “The real danger to a child in a larger body is how we treat them for having that body,” she writes in “Fat Talk.”
The fat acceptance activist’s arguments are similar to those made by individuals promoting “transgender rights” for children. They say that kids should be able to tell us who they are, no matter how young they are. But these adults seem to ignore the fact that they are meant to be the ones in charge.
Children learn eating habits from their parents. Parents and other trusted adults have traditionally served as guides to show children how to exist in the world. Minors literally don’t have the mental capacity to understand the long-term effects of eating cookies for dinner every night. That’s why there are age restrictions on certain activities, such as getting tattoos and purchasing alcohol. It’s also why up until now, most everyone agreed that parents should promote good eating habits for their children. 
Sole-Smith thinks kids should be running the show and that everyone should be more accepting of overweight people because ultimately, their mental health trumps the physical risks of being obese. 
Meanwhile, the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CDC</a> called childhood obesity a “serious problem” which leads to problems including “high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems such as asthma and sleep apnea, and joint problems.” They reported that 19.7% of children aged 2 to 19 were classified as obese according to BMI charts. That’s 14.7 million children and adolescents who could face health problems due to their weight.
This week, Sole-Smith went on NPR’s “Fresh Air” podcast to promote her new book and further explain her pro-obesity stance. She said that the pursuit of weight loss is rooted in white supremacy.
“The thin ideal is definitely a white ideal. When we trace the history of modern diet culture, we really trace it back in the United States to the end of slavery,” Sole-Smith told host Tonya Mosley.
“Obviously, white supremacy is trying to maintain the power structure. So celebrating a thin white body as the ideal body is a way to ‘other’ and demonize black and brown bodies, bigger bodies, anyone who doesn’t fit into that norm. So this is really about maintaining systems of white supremacy and patriarchy.”
“If you can understand that, actually, by continuing to pursue thinness you are on some level, maintaining your complicity with white supremacy and patriarchy,” she continued.
Sole-Smith said that fat people are discriminated against in the same way that other minority groups experience “racism or other forms of bias.”
&#8220;We as a culture have really zeroed in on weight, because we think that&#8217;s the piece that we should be able to control. But not only do we not have very much control over weight, it also won&#8217;t fix anything else,&#8221; the author <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171112216/fat-talk-diet-culture-parenting-kids-virginia-sole-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NPR. &#8220;All it really ends up doing is pathologizing kids&#8217; bodies and giving parents extra pressure and extra guilt and these sort of unrealistic standards we can&#8217;t get to.&#8221;
The author used to write weight loss stories for women’s magazines such as Glamour. Her perspective on childhood diets changed after her one-month-old daughter experienced medical trauma and had to be put on a feeding tube.
Sole-Smith told The Cut that the ordeal led her to decide that “obsessing over it doesn’t fix it — it makes it worse.” Following that experience, the author decided to let her two children make their own nutrition choices. “It’s the power to say no, to be curious and try new things, and to decide when and how much they want to eat,” she explained of her approach.
As more and more people advocate for fat acceptance, it’s only a matter of time before activists decide that overweight kids existing on a diet of candy and soda should just be left to live as they please. Who are we to judge?

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Fat Acceptance Activist Insists Childhood Obesity Isn’t A Problem After All — That’s Just White Supremacy

Fat Acceptance Activist Insists Childhood Obesity Isn't A Problem After All — That's Just White Supremacy

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Dove beauty brand accused actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/visual-effects-lead-righteous-dude-brendan-fraser-fought-for-artists-when-studio-refused-to-pay-up/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Fraser&#8217;s</a> makeup artists of fat appropriation after &#8220;The Whale&#8221; won an Oscar for best hair and makeup, criticizing the film for profiting from the prominent use of a fat suit on actor Brendan Fraser.
The conversation began with someone who complained on Twitter that Hollywood studios were appropriating the identities of people who would not have needed such makeup to perform the role, arguing that they should cast only fat actors to play the roles of fat characters.
&#8220;So disappointing that &#8216;The Whale&#8217; won the Oscar for best hair and makeup. Fat suits are harmful — they are not your opportunity to win awards. Our identity is not your costume. Cast fat actors to play fat characters. #TheWhale #fatphobia #fatsuit #Oscars,&#8221; @KBHeylen tweeted.
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Stop giving fat suits awards ‼️ We want better representation in Hollywood. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsChangeBeauty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsChangeBeauty</a>
&mdash; Dove (@Dove) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dove/status/1635401854678073345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Dove responded with an affirmation, calling on Hollywood to &#8220;Stop giving fat suits awards!!&#8221; and adding, &#8220;We want better representation in Hollywood. #LetsChangeBeauty.&#8221;
Some responded to Dove&#8217;s tweet by pointing out the fact that the weight being portrayed in the film was not just unhealthy — it was proving to be lethal for Fraser&#8217;s character.
&#8220;Maybe because being 600lb is massively dangerous, and film studios would rather use prosthetics and makeup than an actor who might not even survive the film?&#8221; the Critical Drinker replied.
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Maybe because being 600lb is massively dangerous, and film studios would rather use prosthetics and makeup than an actor who might not even survive the film? <a href="https://t.co/kSFkd6DF7C">https://t.co/kSFkd6DF7C</a>
&mdash; The Critical Drinker (@TheCriticalDri2) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/1635528262116945920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A number of critics quickly called out the company, telling them to stick to making soap (or complaining about the quality of the soap they already make).
But The Daily Wire&#8217;s co-CEO Jeremy Boreing offered an alternative for those who didn&#8217;t like Dove&#8217;s products — or didn&#8217;t like the trail of woke residue they left behind.
&#8220;Many people are unaware of our expanding product line at Jeremy’s Razors. Our soap is exceptional. Our shampoo and conditioner are sublime. Body wash, moisturizer, cleanser, beard oil …&#8221; Boreing tweeted in response. &#8220;We’re building alternatives.&#8221;
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Many people are unaware of our expanding product line at Jeremy’s Razors. Our soap is exceptional. Our shampoo and conditioner are sublime. Body wash, moisturizer, cleanser, beard oil…
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As for Fraser — who gained a fair amount of weight for the role in addition to donning the &#8220;fat suit&#8221; — and director Darren Aronofsky, the intent was never to trivialize obesity and make it &#8220;a costume.&#8221;
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&#8220;I&#8217;m not a small man,&#8221; Fraser said at the film&#8217;s U.K. premiere. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t know what the metric is to qualify to play the role. I only know that I had to give as honest a performance as I can.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way you can cast someone to play this job so we had to create and we had to use makeup to get there,&#8221; Aronofsky added, suggesting that many of the people who were criticizing their use of makeup had not even seen the film. &#8220;The film is about bringing empathy to two characters that you don&#8217;t expect to feel for.&#8221;
&#8220;The Whale&#8221; took home <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/and-the-oscar-goes-to-live-updates-from-the-95th-academy-awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two Academy Awards</a>: one for best makeup and hair, and the other to Fraser for best actor in a leading role.

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Dove Soap Accuses Brendan Fraser’s Makeup Artists Of Fat Appropriation After Oscars Win

Dove Soap Accuses Brendan Fraser's Makeup Artists Of Fat Appropriation After Oscars Win

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lizzo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lizzo</a> expressed her concern over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/victorias-secret" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Victoria’s Secret</a> fashion shows making a comeback.
The 34-year-old singer, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, worries that the company is simply using “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/social-issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inclusivity</a>” as a way to make money.
“This is a win for inclusivity for inclusivity’s sake,” Lizzo tweeted along with a video clip of a Victoria’s Secret ad campaign from Valentine’s Day featuring models of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fat-acceptance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all shapes</a> and sizes.
“But if brands start doing this only because they’ve received backlash then what happens when the ‘trends’ change again? Do the CEOs of these <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">companies</a> value true inclusivity? Or do they just value money?” the “Truth Hurts&#8221; singer continued.
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This is a win for inclusivity for inclusivity’s sake
But if brands start doing this only because they’ve received backlash then what happens when the ‘trends’ change again?
Do the CEOs of these companies value true inclusivity? Or do they just value money? <a href="https://t.co/ykmcUTLayQ">https://t.co/ykmcUTLayQ</a>
&mdash; FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1632379676566999040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lizzo was responding to Victoria’s Secret announcing its decision to bring back a “new version” of their popular runway fashion shows, which began in 1995 but was put on hiatus in 2019. 
“We’re going to continue to lean into the marketing spend to invest in the business, both at top-of-funnel and also to support the new version of our fashion show, which is to come later this year,” Chief Financial Officer Timothy Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/victorias-secret-announces-new-version-of-fashion-show-after-4-year-hiatus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> during the company’s 2022 earnings call on Friday.
While details on the newest iteration of the runway show are not public yet, it’s clear that the brand has been embracing a variety of different models in recent years after facing criticism for not doing so in the past.
“Fashion is a business of change. We must evolve and change to grow,” CEO Leslie Wexner said in 2019 while announcing the end of the fashion show. “With that in mind, we have decided to rethink the traditional Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.”
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Since then, Victoria’s Secret has featured various models in its campaigns, including LGBTQ activist and professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe and a Brazilian transgender model named Valentina Sampaio. Most of their new campaigns include multiple plus-sized models as well.
Lizzo, meanwhile, has been at the forefront of the body positivity and body acceptance movement. As a plus-sized performer, the Detroit-born singer said she considers a person’s weight a personal matter. 
“I’m working out to have my ideal body type and you know what type it is? None of your f***ing business because I am beautiful, I am strong, I do my job, and I stay on my job,” the singer <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lizzo-blasts-body-shamers-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted in 2020</a>.
“So next time you want to come to somebody and judge them whether they drink kale smoothies or eat McDonald’s, or work out or not work out, how about you look at your own f***ing self and worry about your own g** damn body because health is not just determined on what you look like on the outside,” she continued.
“Health is also what happens on the inside and a lot of ya’ll need to do a f***ing cleanse for your insides,&#8221; Lizzo said at the time.

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Lizzo Questions Return Of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: ‘Inclusivity For Inclusivity’s Sake’

Lizzo Questions Return Of Victoria's Secret Fashion Show: 'Inclusivity For Inclusivity's Sake'

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Mainstream critics are furious that a director would dare to portray obesity as a negative.
They’ll never come out and say that explicitly. Instead, their reviews of “The Whale” starring Brendan Fraser are full of evasive criticism, claiming director Darren Aronofsky’s passion project is a “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opinion/the-whale-film.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cruel spectacle</a>” and that it helps to “reinforce the dehumanizing ways in which many people understand fatness.” 
The movie portrays Fraser as a homebound 600-pound English teacher named Charlie who is slowly eating himself to death. It’s revealed that Charlie is depressed following the death of his partner and copes with his emotions by binge eating. Like the director’s previous effort “Requiem For A Dream,” the film explores the subject matter with an uncomfortable intensity.
But while Aronofsky insists he handled the character of Charlie with compassion, that’s not enough to assuage the critics who fear some viewers will see overeating as a vice and morbid obesity as less than ideal.
Fraser wears extensive body and facial prosthetics for his role. Aronofsky, who resists the use of the term “fat suit,” explores the reality of Charlie struggling to perform simple tasks while fat in a way that’s deemed “exploitative” and “voyeuristic.” Roxane Gay of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opinion/the-whale-film.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> called it “gratuitous, self-aggrandizing fiction” that was barely a step above the films of decades past that used fat suit clad actors as a punchline.
“The disdain the filmmakers seem to have for their protagonist is constant, inescapable,” Gay writes in her review. She recalled being personally offended by the subject matter considering that she too is gay and fat. For that reason, the NYT writer resents how obesity is portrayed as “the ultimate human failure, something despicable, to be avoided at all costs.”
“A movie like this will only reinforce the dehumanizing ways in which many people understand fatness,” Gay concludes. “It’s a carnival sideshow. Come look at the freak, the movie beckons.”
Some critics also took issue with the intimate depictions of Charlie binge eating. They couldn’t believe Aronofsky would dare to explore the specific actions that led to the character’s health failure and eventual death.
In one scene, Charlie is shown gorging himself on greasy pizza that’s smeared all over his face even as he flings open the refrigerator door searching for more. Another clip shows the character wolfing down a bucket of fried chicken. His clothing is described by one reviewer as “tent-like … threadbare, perpetually soaked in sweat” only highlighting “the rolls of his stomach spilling over his thighs.”
A reviewer from <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elaminabdelmahmoud/the-whale-brendan-fraser-darren-aronofsky-review" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buzzfeed News</a> criticizes the binge scenes as well, writing, “the score swells while Charlie reaches for a pizza and candy bars, and we’re forced to watch him wheeze, sweat, and beg for forgiveness for his mistakes — the foremost of which, the film illustrates, is his obesity.”
They chastise Aronofsky for “treating [Charlie] like an imposing monster in his own horror film rather than a human being.”
“You can’t really make a feel-good body-horror movie,” David Sims of The Atlantic declared.
Podcaster Aubrey Gordon, who is fat, also laments the reality that “The Whale” forces audiences to face, namely that being obese can be a symptom of deeper psychological issues and that it’s statistically likely to lead to an early death.
“The number of people who describe this premise as ‘humanizing’ is so disheartening,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend/status/1567919961787740169" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> on Twitter. “If the only way you can ‘humanize’ a very fat person is to watch them humiliated, terrified, ashamed &amp; killed off in a stereotypically stigmatizing way, it&#8217;s time to do some serious reflecting.”
The controversy of actors wearing fat suits also came up during most reviews. While this tactic was often employed for comedic value in the past, (think “The Nutty Professor” and “Shallow Hal”), it’s since become a lot more thoughtful and intentional if it’s used at all. 
Besides some mainstream actors coming out against fat suits, the Buzzfeed News writer said “the major Hollywood studio roles for fat people, or queer people, or trans people come along so rarely that it feels doubly insulting to then have actors of those communities miss out amid a drought of those roles.”
The director has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/makes-no-sense-the-whale-director-responds-to-critics-of-brendan-fraser-wearing-a-fat-suit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">addressed criticism</a> over his selection of Fraser for the lead role rather than an obese gay actor that would match the character he created. 
&#8220;Actors have been using makeup since the beginning of acting — that&#8217;s one of their tools,&#8221; Aronofsky told Yahoo News. &#8220;And the lengths we went to to portray the realism of the make-up has never been done before. One of my first calls after casting Brendan was to my makeup artist, Adrien Morot. I asked him, &#8216;Can we do something that&#8217;s realistic?&#8217; Because if it&#8217;s going to look like a joke, then we shouldn&#8217;t do it.&#8221;
&#8220;People with obesity are generally written as bad guys or as punchlines,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We wanted to create a fully worked-out character who has bad parts about him and good parts about him; Charlie is very selfish, but he&#8217;s also full of love and is seeking forgiveness. So [the controversy] makes no sense to me. Brendan Fraser is the right actor to play this role, and the film is an exercise in empathy.&#8221;
Fraser also takes the role seriously and never makes a mockery of Charlie. 
&#8220;Charlie is not the person he presents,&#8221; Fraser <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/brendan-fraser-says-that-his-kids-inspired-his-transformative-performance-in-the-whale-181128097.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the character. &#8220;He&#8217;s not the person who we so often dismiss. He&#8217;s a man who lives with obesity, but he&#8217;s also a father and he&#8217;s also a teacher. He&#8217;s someone who can bring out the best in others even when they can&#8217;t see that in themselves. Tragically, he can&#8217;t do that for himself.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s well-rounded character,&#8221; the actor insists. &#8220;The empathy that I think we all felt shooting this movie and telling Sam Hunter&#8217;s story is something that&#8217;s intensely personal to all of us.&#8221;
In subsequent conversations about the role, Fraser pointed out that his weight has fluctuated over the years and also that he has a son who’s fat. The actor believes these truths should afford him the right to take on the role of Charlie.
Aronofsky even enlisted professionals to ensure he was handling the subject matter carefully. The director hired members of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) to consult on the script and ensure Fraser was realistically portraying a morbidly obese person.
The organization shared in a written statement that they were “honored” to work on the film “A24 approached us with the opportunity to offer the production team and the film&#8217;s lead actor, Brendan Fraser, insight into the realities of living with severe obesity,” the statement said. “Our goal was to make sure the representation of severe obesity was realistic and respectful — not the caricature we so often see in movies or television shows.”
While “The Whale” has been slammed for portraying obesity as a less-than-desirable health condition that will lead to an early death, enough critics appreciated Fraser’s performance to score him some notable recognition. 
So far, the 54-year-old actor was just nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe and is considered a frontrunner for the Best Actor Oscar Award in 2023.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">Reality star</a> and personal trainer Daniel Holmes faced backlash over his comments claiming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nike">Nike</a> glorifies obesity with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fat-acceptance">plus-sized mannequins</a>, but so far, he hasn’t backed down or apologized.
The “Married at First Sight” star sparked controversy by posting an image of a larger-than-average mannequin outfitted in workout gear to his Instagram Stories page. “Those that say this is empowering are completely delusional,” he wrote in the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11505187/MAFS-Daniel-Holmes-sparks-outrage-criticising-activewear-brands-using-plus-size-mannequins.html">caption</a>. “It’s promoting early death. There is no power in that.”
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After getting several messages calling him out, Holmes <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl0hLYZgUHR/">clarified</a> his statements and said they were taken out of context. But he didn’t apologize, backtrack, or say bodies can be healthy at every size, which is a common talking point from the fat acceptance movement.
He acknowledged that many believe overweight people should be working out and shouldn’t be dissuaded from wearing workout clothes. But Holmes insisted that Nike was promoting that body type, not trying to encourage overweight people to exercise.
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The trainer said he wasn’t “body shaming” women with his post, saying instead that activewear companies that “promote obesity” should be the focus of everyone’s anger.
“I’ve done a bit of a scan of all the crazy DMs and got a bit of an overview of what people were saying,” the reality show star said in a follow-up post. “And what people were saying was ‘what are people supposed to wear in the gym if they can’t promote overweight activewear.’”
“Hey – clothes? It’s just the gym. It’s just a bunch of metal objects that you pick up. You don’t necessarily need to wear a particular brand of clothing to do that,” he continued. “That’s not the issue, it’s when brands start to cater to unhealthy body types — my concern is where does that lead?”
Holmes also said his comments should be received “with compassion” because he knows losing weight can be challenging.  
“I understand it is quite difficult to lose weight. The steps in order to do it are relatively simple but to execute it is pretty difficult&#8230; I worked in the fitness industry for close to 10 years and it isn&#8217;t a new subject to me,” he said.
The “MAFS” star concluded by slamming brands that promote “unhealthy” body types to make money, which is what he believes Nike is doing with the mannequins. 
“When we have brands that essentially promote this idea to make money, yes, I have an issue with that,” Holmes said.
The comments were flooded with criticism from followers who thought people of all sizes should exercise in Nike activewear. They also called out the reality star for his past steroid use. 
“It&#8217;s a bit rich preaching about healthy lifestyles etc when you have abused steroids don&#8217;t you think?” one person replied.

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Reality Star Doubles Down, Won’t Apologize For Saying Fat Nike Mannequins Are ‘Promoting Early Death’

Reality Star Doubles Down, Won't Apologize For Saying Fat Nike Mannequins Are 'Promoting Early Death'

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Legendary podcast host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> slammed woke college professors who promote unhealthy lifestyles during a recent episode of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Rogan made the remarks while speaking to guest Derek from the YouTube channel “More Plates More Dates,” who was brought on to speak about a major story that he broke last week about a figure in the fitness world who had been lying about using steroids.
Derek mentioned a document from the University of British Columbia in Canada that argued that people do not need to know how many calories they are consuming in order to be healthy.
The <a href="https://food.ubc.ca/you-dont-need-to-know-calories-to-be-healthy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> listed the following four reasons why counting calories can be harmful:
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<li>It diverts your attention away from eating what pleases you.</li>
<li>It prevents intuitive eating.</li>
<li>It gives a false impression that certain foods are “unhealthy” because of the number of calories.</li>
<li>It can be triggering for those with disordered eating habits or eating disorders.</li>
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&#8220;F*** off, fat professors, f*** off, you guys are unhealthy, it&#8217;s not in any way good,&#8221; Rogan said.
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Rogan recalled seeing a video of a young, woke female professor who talked about how avoiding certains foods was “‘fatphobic’ and ‘it’s not based in science.’”
Rogan said that the environment that woke professors have fostered is creating &#8220;the most non-resilient people possibly known to man, where every single micro-aggression, every single thing that can trigger you, all those are removed, and you are just raw and vulnerable.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ll protect you in this university system, and then spit you out into the world where you will then infect corporations with this ideology — and that is what we’re experiencing,&#8221; Rogan added.
&#8220;It’s wild how the shift to comfort mentality has very much become commonplace,&#8221; Derek responded. &#8220;I feel like this is partially why men’s testosterone levels are dropping too — just, like, the lifestyle and encouragement to be a sedentary piece of s*** who is offended and insulted by literally everything, none of this is conducive to masculinity.&#8221;
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-accuses-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-of-using-steroids-come-clean-right-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">same episode</a>, Rogan accused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dwayne-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson</a> of using steroids, saying that he needed to come clean in light of Derek revealing that fitness guru Brian Johnson, who goes by the “Liver King,” had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fitness-guru-liver-king-comes-clean-about-steroid-use-i-lied-and-i-misled-a-lot-of-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">falsely claimed</a> that he was not taking steroids.
“The Rock should come clean right now,” Rogan said on an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. “He should make a video in response to the ‘Liver King’ video. I need to talk to you because The Rock’s been lying. There’s not a f***ing chance in hell he’s clean. Not a chance in hell. As big as The Rock is at 50? He’s so massive, and he’s so different than he was when he was 30.”
“There’s a responsibility you have to people who are listening to you,” Rogan continued. “If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s one thing. But if you do talk about it, there’s a responsibility you have to people listening to you, and I think you have to be honest about it, which is why I’m honest about it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with taking hormone replacement.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-hammers-liver-king-for-lying-about-steroid-use-you-ran-a-con-game-and-you-got-busted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan Hammers ‘Liver King’ For Lying About Steroid Use: ‘You Ran A Con Game And You Got Busted’</a>

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rebel-wilson">Rebel Wilson</a> responded to fans calling her out for not including any <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fat-acceptance">plus-sized</a> offerings in her new R&amp;R Club clothing line.
The “Pitch Perfect” actress was facing criticism mostly from plus-sized fans who accused Wilson, who recently lost 80 pounds, of being biased against them. The followers were especially annoyed because Wilson used to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obesity">overweight</a> herself.
One of the most popular <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@itsyourdest/video/7170318508625104133">videos</a> came from TikTok creator Destiny Ann. 
She said, “I don’t understand how someone who is plus size for the majority of her career and the majority of her life — someone who knows how hard it is to be fat, to shop for clothing and actually find it in your size — I don’t understand how someone with that background, that knowledge, can release a brand that only goes up to an XL.”
She also called the lack of plus-sized options “so disheartening.” 
“[T]he irony of [R]ebel dropping a clothing line that she wouldn’t have even been able to shop at a few years ago,” the video caption said.
Wilson responded to all the criticism in her Instagram stories on Wednesday. The “Bridesmaids” star said she and partner Ramona Agruma “are experimenting with this limited capsule collection of only two pieces in limited sizes” and that if they prove successful, the pair “are planning on doing more colors and sizes.”
She encouraged followers to request the “colors or sizes” they would be “interested in for sweats.” Wilson also reported that the current collection is “Almost SOLD OUT.”
Wilson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rebel-wilson-says-her-team-didnt-want-her-losing-funny-fat-girl-status-amid-weight-loss">previously said</a> her team was apprehensive when she told them she was planning to lose weight. The actress had made a name for herself playing overweight characters in comedies at that point, like “Fat Amy” in the “Pitch Perfect” franchise.
“I got a lot of pushback from my own team actually, here in Hollywood, when I said ‘Okay, I’m going to do this year of health, I feel like I’m really gonna physically transform and change my life,’” Wilson said during a 2021 interview with BBC.
“And they were like, ‘Why? Why would you wanna do that?’ Because I was earning millions of dollars being the funny fat girl and being that person,” she continued.
The actress recalled switching to healthier habits during her “year of health” and stopping the use of food as a coping mechanism for difficult emotions.

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