Taylor Swift was forced to edit a certain scene from her new music video for "Anti Hero," the lead single from her record-breaking album "Midnights," after viewers and health experts claimed the music video encouraged sexism.
In the controversial scene, Taylor stands on a scale that displays the word Fat instead of some number, sings the line "I look straight at the sun, but never in the mirror", and shakes her head in the negative - to illustrate that she is not happy with her "fat" weight.
The scene removed from Taylor Swift's music video, photo: YouTube
It should be noted that Swift wrote and directed the music video, and that all the songs in the concept album that was released about a week ago represent, according to her, "nightmares and disturbing thoughts."
Also, it's no secret that the singer has dealt with eating disorders throughout her life.
The scene, as mentioned, provoked a lot of criticism online.
"Taylor Swift's music video, in which she looks at the scale that says she's fat, is a crappy way to describe her struggle with negative body image. We don't need to remind fat people over and over again that everyone's worst nightmare is looking like us," tweeted a social worker named Shira Rosenblow ', who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, in one of many criticisms against the star.
Taylor Swift's music video, where she looks down at the scale where it says "fat," is a shitty way to describe her body image struggles.
Fat people don't need to have it reiterated yet again that it's everyone's worst nightmare to look like us.
— Shira Rose (@theshirarose) October 21, 2022
"Eating disorders are not a justification for shenophobia. It's not difficult to say 'I'm dealing with my body image today' instead of 'I'm a fat and disgusting pig,'" Rosenblatt added, while another surfer noted that the words "not thin enough" could have been used instead of "fat " to avoid the embarrassment.
Be that as it may, it seems that Swift, who usually enjoys universal sympathy and is considered the good girl of the pop world, internalized the criticism and chose to reconcile with the caterers.
In the edited scene, she is still looking at the weight and shaking her head, but the word Fat is no longer shown on the screen.
An official response from the singer has not yet been given.
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