Fat After Fame

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• 91. omg wow...i think to put Raven Samone on here is very sad...she is a beautiful girl in her early 20's and she is a thick girl, not fat...she is an ispiration to me and to many young girls...she dresses beautifully and doesn't feel the need to be rail thin in Hollywood. You guys should ashamed!!

  Posted at 5:46PM on 15th 2008 by JAMIE

• 92. Doesn't matter if you are thin or plump - people are people.If the television would stop putting emphasis on this weight thing, maybe we would not have so many people with eating disorders-maybe people would start to feel better about themselves-and like Tyra Banks says SO WHAT-that im big or that i have a big butt-SO WHAT,I definately AGREE-it is terrible that society feels that everyone should be thin or not overweight.No wonder there are so many young stars or girls-sticking there fingers down their throat.We need to stop this before we destroy people.I say leave them alone and let them live-i know that not all people- are going to agree with me-but thats fine i say this because my sister in law was a victim of Bulimia.She is thin today but with health problems because of the pressures, to be thin so next time a camera zooms in on a celebrity or a regular person-don't look at them for their size-look at the person for who they are-and not for there size.

  Posted at 5:46PM on 15th 2008 by C.R.

• 93. I wonder why reporters publish derogatory depictions of people. There seems already to be a lack of acceptance and understanding among us. Teaching children acceptance of differences between people is increasingly difficult partly because they believe that what they see and hear must be the correct way to act and speak. Apparently many of the children who are now adults still carry that lack of understanding with them. They don't always understand that criticizing someone else for their looks, possesions, clothes, etc. is a way to make yourself feel superior. It bothers me that so many reporters seem to be unaware of the positive impact they could have on the people of this world.

  Posted at 5:44PM on 15th 2008 by Cecelia

• 94. I agree that we are way too obsessed with body image. The only thing I worry about is how yo yo dieting and rapid weight loss effects your health and your heart. I know people who have died from gaining and rapidly loosing weight. This practice should not be an answer! Forget what everyone thinks, they cannot give you your life back.

  Posted at 5:37PM on 15th 2008 by Ms Fergie

• 95. Your obsession with women's bodies is what is turning this country and the young people in it into an honest to God wreck. I guess you think it's your job to trash men or women who feel forced by publications like yours to go on yo-yo diets and completely destroy their metablolic systems. You think it's news. It's BAD news. Doesn't seem like the majority of the comments here favor your tired "fat" stories as favorable, so why do you keep chasing them. Are you that lazy? It seems to me you are catering to the most destructive denominator in America - the fear of being called "fat." Not even BEING fat, just the fear of being called FAT, because magazines like yours try so hard to make it news. Bad news. I would venture to guess that most of your WRITERS AND STAFF fight with their body images. Shame on you, TMZ. Don't you think the death of Bernie Mac deserves the space you take up dissing women and their figures? Shame on you. Christy, Los Angeles

  Posted at 5:35PM on 15th 2008 by Christy

• 96. Janet has and alwys will be beautiful. Her face is much prettier at her "Poetic Justice" weight. She is supa-star r u ?

  Posted at 5:31PM on 15th 2008 by A.Saunders

• 97. You think that is funny??? It is inappropriate and juvenile. Never been on TMZ before and never want to go on it again.

  Posted at 5:29PM on 15th 2008 by Judy B

• 98. She looks fine. Go chase some real news, TMZ...this endless "is she fat?" star-baiting is monotonous.

  Posted at 5:21PM on 15th 2008 by Robb

• 99. It is too bad that TMZ and the public only focus on the youthful side of everybody. We all grow older and part of that maturing process is gaining weight. We seem to forget we also gain wisdom, patience and depth as well. I choose to see the beauty in these people instead of the shallow perspective of those who are fearfully focused on a natural aging process. My father use to say that some people step on other people in order to build themselves up. Why can't we just love one another unconditionally?

  Posted at 5:09PM on 15th 2008 by SDKing

• 100. Our bodies change as we get older you IMBECILES. Leave thes people alone. I really think you are trying to make these stars CRACK so you would have something else to write about.

  Posted at 5:04PM on 15th 2008 by Theresa

• 101. Everyone we all look different and we shouldn't judge people just because they have more curves... I actually hate that TMZ even made a gallery of this!!! Its terrible and dumb! Who cares what people look like, Ok?!!?! It doesn't matter at all and we should just get over the fact that everyone looks different.... I'm writing this to TMZ, cuz they stink for making this and making people feel even worse about themselves... uhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

  Posted at 5:02PM on 15th 2008 by CalmDown

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• 103. raven Symone is beautiful, not fat, just normal. TMZ I gotta hate on you guys for that one! As far as the others...um yeah they look pretty bad (give Kilmer and janet a break tho).

  Posted at 4:55PM on 15th 2008 by Myrtlebeach Chick

• 104. caucasions?????????damn you are a racist black lady

  Posted at 4:55PM on 15th 2008 by samuel

• 105. Too bad Janet feels pressured to have to yo-yo diet to the extreme. It is horrible for the metabolism to be going up and down like that. I think she looks great now, she's not fat at all. It's sad that mainstream media has to poke fun at people for their size. It's nobody's business.

  Posted at 4:34PM on 15th 2008 by gina