After the Internet roasted YouTuber Nicole Arbour for her offensive “Dear Fat People” video and model Gigi Hadid called out trolls for their negative comments about her body, Raven-Symoné is now coming forward with her fat shaming story—but it's not what you think. During a segment on The View, the former Disney star revealed that she was forced to wear a fat suit while working on the short-lived ABC Family comedy State of Georgia because producers didn’t like the way she looked.
According to the Huffington Post, the revelation came while she was talking about the shockingly negative impact her weight loss had on her career. "I feel when I lost my weight, like big-girl season came. There's so many big girls that are now famous. That was over here, starving,” she said. Whoopi Goldberg reminded her, “You were famous!” In response, Raven-Symoné added, "I wouldn't get my show unless I looked a certain way, things of that nature."
Goldberg spoke of her own struggles with weight loss, explaining how a director was dismayed by her smaller frame. That’s when the 29-year-old piped in with this gem: "They did that to me! On State of Georgia they had me wear a fat suit because they said I wasn't the size they wanted me to be."
So which is it, Hollywood? Should women be curvy or skinny? Perhaps we should just listen to Dove and love all body types.
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