After recent examination of her appearance on social media, singer Ariana Grande has urged fans to be “gentler and less comfortable” while commenting on her and other people’s bodies.
In a TikTok video, she stated that she has “paid such close attention to” her body and “wanted to address” issues.
It follows comments from people about her apparent recent weight loss.
They were “comparing my current body” to “the unhealthiest version of my body,” according to Grande.
“I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly and at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my healthy, but that wasn’t my healthy,” the 29-year-old US star added.
“I know I shouldn’t have to explain it, but I feel like having some openness and vulnerability here will [mean] something good will come from it.” I’m not sure, but that’s the first thing that comes to mind. “Healthy can take many forms.”
“The second thing is, you never know what someone is going through,” she concluded. Even if you are coming from a kind and caring place, that individual is most likely working on it or has a support system in place.
“You just never know. So be kind to one another and to yourself.”
‘Many different kinds of beautiful’
Grande, best known for pop tunes like One Last Time and Thank U, Next, is also an actress and will play Glinda Upland in the next Wicked film, which is inspired on the musical of the same name.
She emphasized that “there are many different kinds of beautiful,” and she advised followers to refrain from making even “well-intentioned” comments about how “healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, non-sexy” people appear.
“There are ways to compliment someone or ignore something that you see that you don’t like that I think we should all work on,” she remarked. “We should strive to be safer while also keeping each other safer.”
She has previously spoken out about her “anxiety” and mental health difficulties, particularly in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena tragedy in May 2017, in which a suicide bomber killed 22 people after her show.
And she is not the only celebrity whose weight is being widely questioned. Selena Gomez stated last month that there are reasons why someone’s physical size and form may vary. Lupus medicine leads her to retain water in her condition.
“I just want people to know that you’re beautiful and wonderful,” said the 30-year-old singer and actress to her TikTok fans.
“And, yes, we have days when we feel like [rubbish], but I’d rather be healthy and take care of myself, and my medications are important to me, and I believe they are what help me.” So, no, I’m not a model and never will be.”
On Tuesday, numerous social media users criticized the body shaming culture that prompted Gomez and Grande’s videos.
“Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande shouldn’t have to go on a public platform to explain their weight gain/loss because of abhorrent criticism,” one person wrote, adding, “It’s nasty, cruel, and unfair, especially today.”
Adele told Vogue in 2021 that she was “disappointed” by the “brutal conversations” regarding her weight loss.
Around the same time, a similarly slimmed-down Jonah Hill implored his fans not to comment on his appearance.
“I know you mean well, but I kindly ask that you do not comment on my body, good or bad,” the actor wrote. “I’d like to politely inform you that it is not helpful and does not feel good.”
