Should "Fatties" Get a Room? (Even on TV?)

Disgusted. How can you sit there and know that people like you are the reason young men and women suffer from eating disorders and suicide? You say they are gross and insult them through this whole article! Your the real pig.

Stupid stupid stupid !!!

"because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them doing anything. To be brutally honest, even in real life, I find it aesthetically displeasing to watch a very, very fat person simply walk across a room" Well, I guess that would make you a c--- .

I was happy before I read this article and by the end of it I literally was unhappy. For anyone praising this article I am in total disbelief and would love to know what kind of person you are (certainly not anyone I have ever met.)
First of all how is the show promoting obesity? Are they saying hey people come be obese with us look how cool it is? Aren't they trying to loose weight in the show? Wow, some people.
I don't really know why it would be any different to watch two plus sized people making out than any other type of person? How is this different? Everyone is entitled to an "opinion" but this is more than an opinion...it is a very harsh judgemental article.
I really hope the person who article was fired. I myself will never read an article from here again.

"Fat people making out on TV — are you cool with it?" Are you serious?

Try substituting the words "gay" or "lesbian" or "black" in place of "fat". What do you think now?

To answer your question...HELL YES you are being an insensitive, judgemental jerk or maybe you just need to find someone to poke fun at to make you feel better about your own life.

Some people can't help their weight no matter what they try to do. There are medical conditions that cause weight gain. When you have a condition like that all the dieting and exercise only help a little.

Wow. You are truly a horrible person, aren't you Ms. Kelly? What other groups of people do you target for casual eruptions of hate-flavored bile? In the spirit of fairness, I should confess that I'm one of the people that you find aesthetically displeasing. I try hard to do a bit more than all the things a skinny person thinks are necessary to lose weight just to avoid gaining more weight. I can't help but be a little saddened when I read something like your blog and know from it that if we met you wouldn't take note of any accomplishment I've ever had. The songs I've written as a musician, the lives I've saved as a paramedic, any of that. But you would apparently declare me to be repellent based on my size.

Wow. Good for you. You must feel so awesome to know you can declare yourself to be automatically superior to someone based entirely on your weight.

I sincerely hope that the people who've been paying you to write this blog re-think that bad decision.

This just goes to show the ignorance of the author. First of all, people can't lose weight if they just "put their minds to it". Right. In no way is it promoting "fatties". I am sure (sarcasm) that people watch this show and think "gee, i wish i could be as fat as she/he is". Both these characters are trying to lose weight, so i am still not getting the "promoting" obesity. Watch the show before you make ignorant comments. I am overweight,but i love the show. Sure there are some jokes i occasionally cringe at, but as with any tv show thre are some jokes i occasionally cringe at. Marie Claire, before you open your mouth or weild your pen, so to speak, know the subject matter.

I won't be wasting my time reading anything from Marie Claire again...

wow, what a disgusting article. i wish i hadn't read it. and ps. you are a size-ist jerk.

I completely agree with your article. My husband and I commented on this show just on Monday! I don't want to watch fat people do anything either. It makes me cringe. You have every right to your opinion and I didn't think you were an insensitive jerk at all.

HEROINE???? At least I know how to spell....she must have fried some brain cells from being anorexic....if you're uncomfortable watching something on tv, do what I do....CHANGE THE CHANNEL!!!!!

To Ms. Kelly: you attempt to apologize but don't really, after all, you really feel this way, so instead, through your job, you push your ridiculous thoughts upon the rest of us. You stated in your apology that your feelings probably come from your own body image issues and struggle with anorexia. It seems you believe under eating and anorexia is a difficult condition to control and yet you think being obese is simple to control? what planet are you from? I hope your boss can take the backlash from your insensitivity as well as your ignorance. Good Luck to your magazine with someone like you on their staff.

And you call yourself a professional? With all the media on bully's a racism, did you ever stop for one moment to think about how people with "weight problems" feel themself? Now to have someone like YOU blast this out in a public forum. I have suffered from a weight problem my entire life. tried every diet known to man kind and some that should have never been made public. Denied for weightloss surgery and yet have the issues of not being able to loose the weight. I get stared at, pointed at and now read this? I personally think you are a disgrace to journalist, you show no remorse in a appology that apparently was only done to try to save your job. So while you struggle with your eating disorder try not to make out in public cause someone might find you distusting and appauling as well. You truly should be replaced by a large person that can laugh in your face!

This article is so ignorant and badly written, I couldn't even make myself read to the end. I can't believe anyone pays this person to do anything -- especially write. I watched that show and loved it, and in no way did it embarrass me that the stars are heavy. I've never had a weight problem but I truly feel for people who do. I will never buy an issue of Marie Clair, that's for sure.. and it would serve this "writer" (?) justice if she comes back as a whale in her next life. Shame on her for being such a rag. That's right, I said RAG.

Ahh political correctness strikes again....

Wow. I lost the ability to use my leg when I was 13. I also have spina bifida. Being close to 40, I have struggled with weight my whole life. Believe it or not, the limited things I CAN do physically are not always enough to stay "slim", no matter what I eat or don't eat. And the daily grind of working for a living to pay my bills and trying to do things like cook and clean......they take precedence over lifting soup cans when I have a spare second or spending every spare moment at the Y, trying to make sure I don't look unappealing to people. This blog made me sick. Apology or not. You know she only posted an apology because people were demanding she lose her job. She didn't just all-of-a-sudden change a core belief. Yuck.

Just wondering, is there anything in the blog was was untrue? NO!!! So why would she have to apologize?? If the shoe fits, wear it. I think she was honest and if it hurts your feeling, tough, dont read it, lose some weight. I have lost 45 pounds, and i do think it is disgusting when i see a 200 pound women get a wheelchair at Wal-Mart instead of walking. So grow up and stop whining.

Imagine if someone had said to you, when you were struggling with your anorexia, something like "geez just eat something already, you're skin and bones and it's disgusting", "you look like death", or "how hard is it to go eat a burger and get over it." And I'm sure there are a lot more mean things that could be said. It's not very nice is it? I thought adults were suppose to be more mature and past the name calling, but I guess we never get past high school. And your apology is too little too late, think before you speak or even worse, before you put it in print, where you have the chance to edit before you post. You're only "sorry" because of the backlash, it doesn't change your views.

I'm one of those "fatties". I know I'm fat. I know why I'm fat. I read an article bashing this article before I read this post, and to be honest, I'm pretty sure people are taking this a little bit too much to heart. I love how it's not only the media who take things way out of context. Ms. Kelly made some very valid points in her article:

*Healthcare costs have been slowly escalating for years and many policies have higher rates for overweight people and even higher rates for the morbidly obese. Of course, they've taken a "medical viewpoint" on what is obese, but do they really take into account a person's overall health? I'm fairly healthy. I'm tall, I'm muscular, I've not been to the doctor for over four years. And yet, I'm a health risk and health insurance costs me. Why? Because I'm overweight.

*Ms. Kelly states she doesn't like to watch morbidly obese people simply walk across the room. I have a certain amount of sympathy for obese people. I've never been there but I've been very close to several and they've mentioned/complained about pain in their knees, backs, legs - everywhere - just from walking. That is what makes health insurance expensive. Some of these morbidly obese people I've known have taken it upon themselves to make a change and now live healthier, mid-sized lives. Her statement about watching them walk across the room definitely could have been worded better, but she has a point. I'm a people watcher, and they move three steps to the side when they see a morbidly obese person walking their way. Ms. Kelly simply stated a fact that many of us won't admit. She also goes on to say she finds it distressing to see a drunk person stumble across the room or a heroin addict slumped in a chair. No one made mention of that. She's not picking on one group of people here.

*Ms. Kelly made mention of her belief that a person has "a ton of control" over their weight. To a certain extent, she is completely accurate. There isn't a single person out there who was a size 10 one day and woke up the next a size 32. It takes time to become so obese - just as it takes time to become an alcoholic or dependent on any other substance. Food becomes a crutch. Granted, I know above all others, genetics plays a large part of your body's makeup and I inherited a large body frame from my father. At my smallest point, I was a size 10/12, stood 5'9", and weighed 198 pounds. By all medical charts I was obese. And yet I could run a mile or two, I was a tennis champion, and I lapped the girls in track running stairs in the gym. I was healthy, but yet I was an overweight "fatty". That's who I am. But with that knowledge comes great responsibility. It's very easy for me to become so overweight it hurts to climb stairs. I know because I've been there and back. At my heaviest I was around 320 lbs. I fought my way back to 210. I've gained a bit more but I'm working my way back down. The point of the digression is this: I know how easy it is to wake up one day and realize what happened, but I also know it is possible to lose the weight with self discipline and will power. It's just like stepping away from the juice or nicotine. You must make a conscious effort to do so and let's face it: Today's society is a lazy one. People screamed for Obama to pay their houses off. More and more cases of welfare fraud and abuse are found each day. Employment turnover rates are through the roof because many people just don't have follow through. Oh, and by the way, my show is on so I have to watch it. Then I have to check my email and Facebook. My farm is in DESPERATE need of TLC. Don't fault Ms. Kelly for stating, again, what the rest of us are too chicken to state. She not only stated her opinion, but she gave sound advice for starting your own extreme makeover. "...[E]at more fresh and unprocessed foods, read labels and avoid foods with any kind of processed sweetener in them whether it's cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup, increase the amount of fiber you're getting, get some kind of exercise for 30 minutes at least five times a week, and do everything you can to stand up more — even while using your computer — and walk more. I admit that there's plenty that makes slimming down tough, but YOU CAN DO IT! Trust me. It will take some time, but you'll also feel so good, physically and emotionally. A nutritionist or personal trainer will help — and if you can't afford one, visit your local YMCA for some advice." Is she telling you to stop eating chocolate? No. Is she telling you to start running? Nope. What she is suggesting is a healthy LIFESTYLE - not some fad diet pill or extreme surgery. Those are healthy tips for a healthy life. And the entire population is offended because she's giving great tips?

*The final valid point in Ms. Kelly's article? "Then again, I tend to think most television shows are a kind of junk food for the mind and body. The boob tube gives us an excuse to turn off both our brains and our bodies and probably does a helluva lot to contribute to the obesity problem, over all." Bingo. I referenced this slightly in the last point, but let's get serious, people. How many hours per day do you spend watching TV, surfing the internet, or watching a movie? Is it really THAT important to watch your show? If you don't see this week's episode, are you really going to die without it? Is it necessary to watch that rerun for the fifth time? I used to be a huge television addict - somewhere in the ballpark of 10 hours a day (or more on the weekends). Now days I rarely turn on the "boob tube". Why? Because I know now that I can't sit down and watch ONE show. I'll sit glued to it for hours and before I realize it, the infomercials are coming on at 2 am and I'm still wanting more. There's a reason for that. Watching television allows for the release of endorphins thereby making your feel good - which means you can become physically addicted.

The point of this? Yes, Ms. Kelly's article could have been presented with a bit more finesse. But this is an opinion blog, yes? So if you're so worked up over her opinion, why not substantiate yours as well instead of browbeating the woman for exercising her first amendment right. No one person's opinion is WRONG, some just need a bit more refinement.