Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels is still receiving some heat after suggesting Lizzo’s body should not be admired since she’s at risk of obesity-related health issues such as diabetes.
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As some may recall, Michaels asked Buzzfeed News’ AM2DM morning show host,
“Why are we celebrating her body? Why aren’t we celebrating her music? ‘Cause it isn’t going to be awesome if she gets diabetes. I love her music. My kid loves her music. But, there’s never a moment where I’m like, ‘And I’m so glad that she’s overweight.'”
Now, Michaels stood by what she said and also reiterated to TMZ that being overweight is dangerous. However, she did talk about the topic again during a recent sit-down with Extra’s Billy Bush and shared the one thing she actually regrets from making that comment,
“I think this is where things can become unsafe when we’re so PC that we’re denying the reality of certain health ramifications,” she said. “There are two different narratives: One narrative is: love yourself, value yourself, and—by the way, only from this place can you be healthier, mentally, physically, have healthy love, have a healthy career—you’ve got to value you yourself, believe in your worth, and believe in your ability. But where this comes into play, right, you’re weight, your size, whatever you want to call it, is your health, and denying that there are serious health ramifications when we are overweight is just not a lie I’m willing to tell.”
She went on to say,
“First of all, she didn’t invite this at all,” she said. “And what I really regret is this argument became about a person and what happened was I was asked if I celebrate her being overweight and I should have said, ‘I don’t celebrate anyone being overweight,’ and I don’t know what would I say to her. I’m a huge fan, which is exactly what I said in the interview. Unfortunately, a human being was attached to a case that I was making. I wish that I would have responded that I don’t celebrate anyone being overweight,” Complex quotes.
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