Gabourey Sidibe morbidly obese and bad role model
I understand that obesity is partially hereditary. I get that. But what I don’t get is morbid obesity. To be fat is one thing. To be so obese that it’s unpleasant for people to even look at you is another.
With all the slender, beautiful black girls out there who can act, are you telling me that we have to deal with another mammy image which is the likes of this Gabourey Sidibe? This is ridiculous and I’m not going to pretend to be in agreement with this.
What is she eating? When was the last time she saw a bowl of soup? Soup will cut the appetite, plus bean and vegetable based soups are delicious and filling. I don’t believe all that weight is jumping onto her body from Mars, okay? It’s time to turn down the plate.
When you get to a point where your panties are a size 200 and your bras are off the scale, it’s time to lose weight. When your dress size goes beyond the “x”s and into the heaven only knows what, it’s time to say “no” to the icecream and banana pudding.
Enough is enough here. Where do you go from the type of morbid obesity that Gabourey is experiencing? Do you explode?
When I look at her, I see shortness of breath. I see diabetes and heart disease. I see high blood pressure. Her handlers should be ashamed of themselves. They need to be talking her into the nearest gym and she needs a nutritionist.
In my opinion she is an embarrassment and a bad influence on youth. Simple as that.
PRESS HERE to see her red carpet picture. Gluttony is not a good thing.
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I think your criticism of Gabourey is extremely harsh! You state when is the last time she saw a bowl or soup? Futhermore, you state when you get to a point where your panties are a size 200 and your bras are off the scale, it’s time to lose weight.
Wow I can see why she feels the way she does as indicated in the video clip you posted. What is the purpose of insulting this young lady as you have in your article? Is there such a size as 200 panties? I see that you state you don’t get morbid obesity. You choose to make fun of this young lady and even stoop to such a level as exaggerating panty sizes. Wow!
I have read that she has lost weight since her role in Precious. I wish her much success at losing weight.
Hello Lexie,
While I appreciate your personal opinion, I don’t agree (obviously). My personal opinion stands firm.
This girl is in danger of high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, heart disease and much more that pertains to morbid obesity.
Instead of you acting in the role of an enabler, you need to look twice at what I said.
What good is it to concern yourself with her “feelings” when her life is in jeapardy? That girl is huge and her problem should not be accepted. It needs to be dealt with.
Hey Lynn: I get your point, this is no slam to the young lady who I believe is just 21.The media is pushing her out there; I have an issue with the movie and book Precious anyway…We only get acknowledged when we play whores; mammy’s; slaves, prisoners, crossdressers, etc…pick movie and I can give the breakdown of the character; Curious case of benjamin bratton (Taraji P Henson)playing brad’s pitt’s momma, the movie that the sister played a role with snot running out of her nose when her son had raped/killed someone and these two black women were nominated last year..Secret lives of Bees, Queen Latifah playing mammy to the young girl that came in and disrupted their lives. I totally have an issue with the mammy image. Also, I am not just alking about her weight either, which she has been losing, but the way she is dressed…from the hair, the clothes and shoes…I have been asking when is Oprah coming to the rescue…No spanks…They should have her in tailor made outfits, cover up…And we have yale trained actors like Angela Bassett and Sanaa Lathan and they can’t get a role…It really is tiring…I am glad for her visibility and acknowlegement but at what expense…
I have to agree with Lynn because Ms. Sidibe has been promoting this movie with gusto. So much so, I hope it is in her contract.
I will be swayed to her defenders ONLY if the following happens:
Ms. Sidibe loses a substantial amount of weight;
Upon this weight loss, roles are offered to her (that will really be the proof in the pudding); and
As a woman of average size, she helps other black people realize that they must not go into the corner store or McDonalds for dinner and to travel beyond their communities to get vegetables and whole grains.
This is really the problem — a lack of suitable food shopping for our people. The services are always lacking in our communities.
If she takes this trip, I am all for her. If she defends and promotes her weight, her weave, the topics in the movie as representative of Black America, I hope to see more dead on comments such as this from Lynn.
P.S.
And yes, Ms. Sidibe does defend all that I mentioned in those symposiums. She is the spokeswoman of Precious, not even the author.
I wish people would TRY to take the focus off her weight and look at her talent.
She says in this interview, she’s never been small and was on a diet from 6 years old. Also, her mother is not small either and I’m sure her mother’s eating habits and meal preparation were a large contributing factor in her weight struggles.
We don’t know though that she is for certain ‘unhealthy’ as we don’t know her medical history (nor do we need to). I have a neighbor who used to weigh 500 lbs and lost 200 lbs and astonishes doctors because he has no history of high blood pressure, diabetes or any of the diseases that overweight people are expected to have. So not every obese person has health problems or health issues that are weight related.
If you look at pictures of Gabourey from when she was first filimg Precious or even see her in the movie versus the pictures you see of her at the Oscars you can see she has slimmed down considerably and you can also see the difference in her face which is less full now.
Someone of her size is not going to lose weight overnight and it will be a long and very gradual process in order for her to achieve great results as well as the success of being able to keep the weight off once she loses it.
I’m glad she did not elect to take the money she made from this movie and have bariatric surgery where she would rapidly lose weight and then need 10 more surgeries to correct the sagging flesh plus risk having to wear an adult diaper for the rest of her life.
She knows she is not small by any means. I’m glad she is confident though because when overweight people (even those who are not morbidly obese) constantly hear negative comments about their size, it can undermine their efforts to lose weight and they eventually give into despair and hopelessness because the world constantly vocalizes that they are ‘fat and ugly’ and unfortunately they eventually begin to believe that if they couldn’t successfully lose weight this far in life then maybe it will never happen.
I say all this to say, that weight aside this young woman has a bright future ahead of her. We should encourage her to keep striving with her success (in weight loss and in acting and anything else she chooses to do).
Howard Stern and his stepnfetchit side kick have already hit the airwaves talking about how ‘black’ and ‘enormous’ she is. Personally, I think she’s heard enough nastiness about her appearance already and could really use some support and uplifting, especially since she will be staring in a series on Showtime and in an upcoming film with Lenny Kravitz’s daughter Zoe.
Sorry Diva. I usually am on one accord with you, but I gotta disagree with you on this one.
She needs to let go of the donuts. There are too many obese people (like Star Jones) who got that weight off and kept it off. Aunt Jemima needs to go.
Not realistic to think that folks can look at a 300 pound 20 year old and ignore the weight.
Star Jones only lost that weight & kept it off after having bariatric surgery and had to have multiple surgeries afterwards to correct the sagging skin hanging from her face and neck and arms and every where else as a result of that unhealthy and very risky procedure.
I’m happy that she seems to be doing it naturally and gradually- the way it should be done in my book if you want to truly be healthy and keep it off.
There are medical standards for what is considered an unhealthy body weight a waist size of over 40 inches and BMI (body mass index) over 30. You can pretty much look at this girl and see that she is morbidly obese. This idea of shielding her from negativity is pollyanaish and silly–she is a public figure. As an actor she is asking people to pay to see her. I’m not saying that there is no room for overweight people in films or anywhere in public life. Neither does any one have the right to insult someone or try to hurt their feelings.
The people who control the media make choices about who and what we see and who we don’t. Are Lee Daniels and Tyler Perry really more talented than all of the struggling filmmakers who take years finish their films because they lack funding and which are only shown in festivals? Neither does the media show black people at their best and white people seem to just love love it. This is how Gaborey became a celebrity.
For me this about the lack of diverse roles and images of all types of people. For example, where are Asians in films and why don’t we see a more diverse group of blacks people and roles that represent our lives. The answer is that media in general is a means of social control. Ever ask yourself why all of the major and, so-called competing, network news departments agree on what the top stories of the day are? Are the powers that be interested in uplifting the black race through positive imagery after hundreds years of oppression and discrimination? I think not. This is why they continually celebrate less-than-ideal types to represent us –no mystery there?
you know, i agree, morbid obesity is dangerous and what we put into our mouths can really affect our health, both bad and good. she needs to commit to herself, i was 80lbs heavier 6 years ago, a powerlifter who ate whatever i wanted, until i developed sleep apnea and was headed toward diabetes. well today, i’ve been at the same 80lb weight loss for more than 2 years, i stay committed to my diet and myself, there are certain things that i just CAN NOT eat and that’s that, end of discussion, i no longer have sleep apnea and thankfully my blood sugars have normalized, if i develop diabetes tomorrow, then hey, i’m at least trying to stay committed to me and will continue to do so. so yes fat people are responsible for themselves, it is not ok in most cases, try to be conscious of your diet, exercise and if your weight is affecting your health, and i can guarantee that if a mobidly fat person says they are perfectly healthy i’ll call them liars to their faces because they are NOT..similarly extremely thin people who don’t eat right also are NOT healthy so don’t think it’s one sided.
bariartric surgery? probably not, change your diet and commit to yourself and do it the way you should do it? way to go. it’s a lifetime change and it can be done. besides, i don’t think she’s that great an actress to begin with, but her future remains to be seen…
She’s not well. And if there isn’t anyone helping her with her life it’s because the industry is enabling her. They killed John Candy that way. Made him have a contracted weight requirement. He was in the heat and died.
The controversy alone keeps people like us concerned and flabbergasted.
I just want to take her to the Optimum Health Institute in San Diego and teach her how to eat the right combinations of food stuff. Can you say Veggies?
Not only is she *not* well, but where is she? Howard Stern and Robin were rough in the way in which they highlighted her, but they told the truth. She has no future in Hollywood until she gets her weight—-and most important, her health, under control.
Sorry, eating “whole grains,” and/or the lack thereof is less the issue than the sheer volume that’s being taken in, regardless of its healthiness quotient.
Obese people are the way they are due to lack of self control, and an importance placed more on how food tastes than their looks or even health. The more we’re honest about what’s going on the better it’ll be for all of us.
Gabourey needs to get that gluttony spirit off her back. That weight did not come from out of nowhere.
We need to get off the “obesity is hereditary” garbage, too. Obesity isn’t hereditary for the most part. Its the behaviors and practices (bad eating habits, lack of proper exercise examples at home) that kids pick up from their parents. Let’s be honest, now.