17 Famous People Who Shut Down Their Body Shamers In The Best Way

1.

Selena Gomez

Throughout 2015, the singer dealt with constant body shaming. On one of her Instagram posts, a commenter wrote, “You need to work out! Please stop eating junk food.” In a second comment, they continued, “She’s an actress; she needs to tone her body. In the business, sadly, the image — it’s important.”

Selena replied, “You’re disgusting. I’m IN the business, and I could care less about what ‘they’ or you say I should look like. I don’t need to do anything other than love myself, [and] take care of my work, fans, family, and friends.”

2.

Lady Gaga

After the singer killed it at the 2017 Super Bowl, she faced tons of criticism online over her stomach.

3.

Ariana Grande

In 2015, some loser wrote in a now-deleted tweet, “Got asked if I’d prefer Ariel Winter or Ariana Grande lol. It would definitely be Ariel. Curves are sexy. Sticks aren’t.”

4.

Tyra Banks

In 2007, photos of the supermodel in a bikini were plastered across the tabloids. Articles mocked her weight with headlines like “Thigh-ra Banks” and “America’s Next Top Waddle.”

Soon after, she addressed the fat shaming on an episode of The Tyra Banks Show. “To all of you that have something nasty to say about me or other women that are built like me…I have one thing to say to you: Kiss my fat ass!”

5.

Ashley Graham

In 2016, the model made an Instagram post calling out someone who’d called her thighs “cellulite city.”

“I now realize these thighs tell a story of victory and courage. I will not let others dictate what they think my body should look like for their own comfort, and neither should you. #beautybeyondsize #effyourbeautystandards,” she wrote.

6.

Kelly Clarkson

In 2015, British TV personality Katie Hopkins wrote now-deleted tweets fat shaming the singer. In the first, she wrote, “Jesus, what happened to Kelly Clarkson? Did she eat all of her backing singers?” In the second, she said, “Darling, if you had a baby a year ago, that is not baby weight. It is fat. Quit calling it cute names to make yourself feel better.”

During an interview with Heat, Kelly responded to Katie’s cruel words. “She tweeted something nasty about me? That’s because she doesn’t know me. I’m awesome! It doesn’t bother me.”

7.

Lily Allen

The same Katie Hopkins also made disparaging remarks about Lily’s post-pregnancy body. During an interview with Heat, Katie said that becoming a mother for Lily Allen “largely involved gaining two stone and looking pretty hideous.”

Lily responded in a series of tweets, “Yes, after tragically losing a child so late into my pregnancy, I may have gained a few pounds. I am one of many that find comfort in food. The two pregnancies that followed were terrifying because of what had happened before, and I was pretty much on bed-rest for 20 months.”

“I wasn’t exercising because I didn’t want to take any risks, and, funnily enough, the survival of my children felt more important than being thin.”

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Simone Biles

9.

Sarah Hyland

In 2017, the actor received a wave of hateful comments on social media telling her “to eat a burger” and that her head was “bigger than her body.”

10.

Lizzo

In 2020, a family on TikTok received a negative comment that read, “Your son really needs to go and at least exercise, he’s gonna be the next Lizzo if he doesn’t.”

Lizzo shared a TikTok video reacting to the happy family with the perfect caption to address the internet troll. “Oh, you mean the next million dollar dealin’, cover of Vogue havin’, 3x Grammy Award winning icon, actress, activist, with a perfect ass?”

11.

Lili Reinhart

In 2018, a photo of the Riverdale star made its way around social media, with many people saying that she looked pregnant.

The actor addressed the chatter through a series of posts on her Instagram story. “This is just my body. And sometimes, I’m bloated. Sometimes, an unflattering photo is taken of me. Sometimes, I go through periods of time where I gain weight. My body is something I will NEVER apologize for.”

“My body will constantly go through change. And so will yours. And that’s fine. So let’s not put so much time and effort into caring about a stranger’s figure,” she concluded.

12.

Melissa McCarthy

In an Observer review of Melissa’s 2013 movie Identity Thief, critic Rex Reed called her “tractor-sized.”

The actor told the New York Times, “I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that’s someone who’s in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs.”

13.

Bebe Rexha

In 2019, the singer shared a now-deleted picture on Instagram of herself performing. The comment section quickly filled with criticism over her weight, with one person calling her “tubby.”

14.

Jameela Jamil

In 2018, a man approached the Good Place actor at the gym and told her that every time he saw her, he thought, “Ah, what a shame, she could look so amazing.” He informed her that there were so many different things she could do to improve her body.

“I’m comfortable, I enjoy my body, I enjoy my curves,” she said in a video after the encounter. “No one needs this. I don’t need this man. To that man, don’t walk up to anyone, don’t walk up to a woman ever again and say anything like that. I don’t need your advice, I don’t want your advice, I didn’t ask you for your advice as to whether or not I’m good-looking enough. Just, fuck off.”

15.

Alyssa Milano

In 2013, radio host Jay Mohr hosted a NASCAR awards event, where Alyssa was a presenter. Later that month, Jay made some horrible statements about her post-pregnancy body on the radio. “It seems like she had a baby and said, ‘I don’t really give a shit.’ I read it on her gut. … Somebody sat in the director’s chair and was not wearing Spanx, and I was like, ‘Jesus Christ.'”

16.

Kourtney Kardashian

Kourt responded, writing, “This is me when I have a few extra pounds on, and I actually love it. I have given birth three amazing times, and this is the shape of my body.”

17.

And finally, Zendaya

During E!’s Fashion Police coverage of the 2015 Oscars, Giuliana Rancic infamously said Zendaya’s locs made her look like someone who smelled of “patchouli oil” or “weed.”

Outraged, the actor shut down Giuliana’s horrific comments with a beautifully written response she shared on Twitter.

A year later, actor Julie Klausner skinny-shamed Zendaya in a now-deleted tweet. “Zendaya’s ultimate retort to Giuliana Rancic is starving herself down to the size of one of her elbows,” she wrote.