Things We Saw Today: Stop Commenting on Women’s Weight

Céline Dion doesn’t want to hear your comments on her weight. Recently, the star began stepping out in new couture looks, and reports about the famed singer’s weight began to circulate. When asked about her weight loss, Dion had one thing to say: “Leave me alone.”

It brings up a bigger question about weight and celebrity: Is it any of your business what someone weighs? The simple answer is no, it isn’t. If it doesn’t directly affect you, then you shouldn’t let it concern you. Sure, there is a fear that someone who is too skinny could be suffering from an eating disorder, but commenting on it on the internet is not going to help Céline Dion, if that was the case.

It can also be tied back to all the unnecessary comments towards Bebe Rexha. The star recently opened up about how designers wouldn’t dress her because she didn’t fit their model size, which (a) isn’t a necessary comment to make about a woman and (b) just perpetuates the idea that all women must be the same size in order to be found beautiful and desirable by societal standards (typically male standards).

It’s 2019. Let’s just say this: The time has come for us to stop commenting on what women weigh and start focusing our time and energy on saving the planet.

• Johnny Flynn is preparing to take on Ziggy himself as he is cast as David Bowie in the upcoming film Stardust. (via the Hollywood Reporter)
• It is reaching inhospitable temperatures in the midwest and to the east, and one anonymous donor paid for 70 homeless people out on the streets of Chicago to go spend their nights in a hotel for the duration of the Polar Vortex. Some good people still exist out there. (via HelloGiggles)
• Invincible gears up with an all-star cast: Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, Mark Hamill, and more! (via The Hollywood Reporter)
• A D.C. school refuses to play sports at the school where Karen Pence teaches, saying they “feel unsafe,” and good for them! (via Fox News)

Hopefully, you stayed inside on this freezing day. Let us know what you saw!

(image: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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