How The Hoopla Over Adele’s Weight Loss Recalls Past Insecurities

Adele has gotten a lot slimmer to the shock and amazement of those who are just discovering the secret that wasn’t.

When I noticed she was trending last week, my guess was accurate.

She just celebrated her birthday and posted an image of herself saluting the men and women at the frontlines of this awful global pandemic that’s ravaging her hometown with a death count that has surpassed the two hardest hit European cities — Italy and Spain.

But it was interesting and disappointing to watch the hot takes over Adele’s thinner figure with some applauding her willingness to correct a “problematic” feature and others insisting that she was perfect to begin with and didn’t need any major improvements.

Her main reason for sharing her post basically disappeared in a growing pile of approvers and disapprovers fighting for attention.

All she wanted was to thank birthday well-wishers and extend further gratitude to the ones who consistently need and deserve our prayers.

My thoughts on the matter are somewhat complex but I did stumble on a gem that helps to express my general sentiments.