MODEL-actress Gemma Ward is being extra careful after photos of her looking plump in a bathing suit were splashed across Aussie tabloids last month. “We saw her at an art gallery in St. Barts and asked to take a photo with her, but her friend immediately stepped in and said, ‘You can’t let them take a picture of you looking like this,’ ” says a Page Six spy. “So she said no. It’s mean to say, but she was big as a house.”
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Tyra Banks ‘fought back’ at critics of her weight, appearing on the cover of People. 161 lbs. ‘I STILL FEEL HOT’ Read
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Jessica Simpson was mocked mercilessly after photos of her wearing multiple belts at a Florida Chili cook-off. “I feel like in our world today we focus on so many things that are completely pointless. Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder. So just appreciate,” Jessica pleaded days later.
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Jessica’s weight controversy landed her on the covers of US and People magazines. Us blared “BULLIED FOR HER WEIGHT” while People went with “SHE’S PROUD OF HER BODY!”
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Jennifer Love Hewitt went on the cover of People
to tell critics to “STOP CALLING HER FAT.”
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Former supermodel Rachel Hunter told Britian’s Daily Mail that she was not fat, just the victim of bad angle.
“You know, it’s irritating. Whoever had the audacity to take the picture, well – all I can say is it was ten days ago and as I’m sitting here now – well, do I look like that to you? The joke’s on them. All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you’re 30 pounds overweight.”
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Dancing With The Stars champion Cheryl Burke blasted critics of her weight. “I want kids or women out there to realize you don’t have to be anorexic to be beautiful,” she told People
“There’s a lot of pressure living this Hollywood life. People expect to see you at a certain weight and when you gain a few pounds then all of a sudden it’s the talk of the week.”
