I'm a little miffed.
Watching Good Morning America the other day, I saw a piece on Kelly Clarkson. See. some magazine just airbrushed off about ten pounds on her cover picture. She wasn't happy about it.
GMA host Robin Roberts was trying to promote a healthy self image and she said--several times--that Kelly Clarkson was comfortable with her weight. Happy with her image. Good grief...you might expect someone the size of Cass Elliot.
But Kelly Clarkson is probably a size 10.
Shouldn't she be comfortable with her weight if she is a normal size?
I mean, that's like saying Mariah Carey is comfortable with being a woman. Stevie Wonder is fine with being Black. And David Letterman is okay with his nose. You have never noticed Letterman's nose? That's because IT'S NORMAL. But I'm sure he's comfortable with it
And the magazine editor said they didn't really make her thinner...they just added height. THAT gave the illusion that she was thinner...SO it wasn't her weight she was uncomfortable with...it was her height?
And the only reason they did it, the editor said, was to make a more colorful cover...to show more of the gorgeous dress Kelly was wearing.
It's called photo-shopping. You take this from someone's picture and add it to someone else's. Then you pare down this and tweak that...WHAT HAPPENS IF THE STAR MAKES A PERSONAL APPEARANCE?
"Hi! I'm Kelly Clarkson the American Idol."
"Yeah Right. Clarkson has itty bitty thighs. And no butt."
"No really, I am Kelly. And I'm comfortable with my thighs."
We need to grow up. Perfect is unattainable...unless you lie about it.
There are now organizations for really big women and men...Fat Clubs. THEY are comfortable with their weight. But the GMA host wants us to know that someone is okay with being normal.
And THAT makes me miffed because THAT implies that we need an excuse for it.
