*Famed fitness trainer Jillian Michaels refuses to apologize to Lizzo after fat-shaming the singer.
“Why are we celebrating her body? Why does it matter? Why aren’t we celebrating her music?” Michaels asked during a Wednesday appearance on BuzzFeed News’s morning show, “AM to DM.” “’Cause it isn’t going to be awesome if she gets diabetes.”
Critics accused Michaels’s of being “fatphobic.”
“We should always be inclusive, but, you cannot glorify obesity,” she said. “It’s dangerous. It kills people.”
Michaels added, “I’m just being honest. I love her music, like my kid loves her music, but there’s never a moment when I’m like, ‘I’m so glad she’s overweight.’ Why do I even care? Why is it my job to care about her weight?”
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The reality TV star further explained to TMZ that she’s entitled to make such remarks because she’s a former fat girl-turned “health expert.”
“Look, I’m a health expert,” she said. “For decades, I have said your weight and your size have no bearing or merit on your value, your beauty, your worth, your ability. Where it does have relevance is your health. And to pretend that it doesn’t is not only irresponsible, it’s dangerous. And it’s just not a lie I’m willing to tell because it’s politically correct.”
She added, “My overall point is to take care of your health because you love yourself,” she explained. “That’s kind of the whole point. And that we should value people based on their skills and their abilities. It should be irrelevant what size they are.”
Hear Michaels tell it via the YouTube clip above.
On Wednesday, Lizzo seemed to respond to her comments via an Instagram video post with a caption that read, “At the 25 second mark I want you to take 5 deep breaths… in through the nose… out through the mouth.. today’s mantra is: This is my life. I have done nothing wrong. I forgive myself for thinking I was wrong in the first place. I deserve to be happy.”
Watch the clip via the Instagram video embed above.
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