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Why Lizzo’s Body Positivity Should Be Applauded
Fitness guru Jillian Michaels, best known for her work on The Biggest Loser, a TV show that paved the way for the fitness craze, during a toxic era, when shaming overweight contestants was an acceptable form of entertainment, once paid a fateful visit to the studios of BuzzFeed.
Michaels garnered a wave of criticism for her highly insensitive comments that rudely raised the false alarm on Lizzo’s body size, despite the interviewer’s best intentions to steer the conversation towards body positivity. It was supposed to be all about acknowledging how celebrities like the “Truth Hurts” rapper and many more are willing to step up as budding examples of what it means to embrace what you got.
The controversial segment went viral as the online furor rapidly gathered momentum in response to a renowned fitness expert’s jarring insults that inadvertently exposed the limitations of Jillian Michaels’ so-called expertise that built her formidable empire and made her household name.
Concluding that Lizzo’s weight automatically makes her a candidate for…
