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Photo:Grande: Phillip Faraone/WireImage/Getty Images. EatingWell design.
Grande: Phillip Faraone/WireImage/Getty Images. EatingWell design.
Ariana Grande has been extrapopularlately due to her role as the peppy-and-pink Glinda inWicked. And with that popularity comes commentary on her appearance, both good and bad.
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It goes beyond being in the spotlight; anyone can experience the challenges that Grande has faced being critiqued on her appearance, and she gives a timely example.
“Even if you go to Thanksgiving dinner and someone’s Granny says ‘Oh my God, you look skinnier, what happened?’ or ‘You look heavier, what happened?’ It’s something that is uncomfortable and horrible no matter where it’s happening, no matter the scale it’s happening on,” she says. “I think in today’s society, there’s a comfortability that we shouldn’t have at all commenting on others’ looks, appearance … or health, or how they present themselves, from what you’re wearing, to your body, to your face, to your everything.
“There’s a comfortability that people have commenting on that that I think is really dangerous, and I think it’s dangerous for all parties involved,” she continues.
We applaud Grande and fully agree that commenting on someone’s weight never has a place. In fact, our nutrition editorJessica Ball, M.S., RD, explains why, even when well-intentioned, commenting on someone’s body can be more damaging than encouraging.
“There are a lot of reasons that commenting on someone’s body and appearance can do more harm than good. First, weight loss or smaller body size does not always mean that someone is healthier (or less healthy). There are numerous important markers of health that are unrelated to weight, like hydration, activity level, sleep quality and stress management,” shares Ball. “Besides being generally judgmental, commenting on someone’s body also perpetuates diet culture and the idea that we all should be striving to look a certain way. Everyone has unique circumstances, preferences, genetics and habits, and reducing them to their appearance doesn’t acknowledge the whole picture.”
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“However you all can protect yourselves from that noise, whether it’s at a family reunion or online—you got to block people, I don’t care if you delete the app entirely, you keep yourself safe because no one has the right to say s***,” Grande states. We’ll cheers our pink champagne to that!
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