Bodyshaming victim Ariana Grande responds to comments about her weight loss

"I don't do that often.

I don't like it, I'm not good at it, ”warns Ariana Grande in the introduction to her video.

The singer chose to express herself with an open heart, devoid of her signature long ponytail and her signature line of eyeliner.

Facing the camera, without artifice, she challenges her 31 million subscribers on TikTok with frankness: “I just wanted to answer your concerns about my body, talk a little about what it means to be a person with a body, to to be looked at, and to whom such attention is given.”

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body shaming

In recent years, the interpreter of

is indeed the victim of a form of “bodyshaming”.

The 29-year-old American is constantly the subject of before/after comparisons in photos on social networks.

His physical evolution is scrutinized by Internet users and arouses not always benevolent comments from them.

The main charge?

While most female celebrities have the misfortune of being denigrated when they gain weight, as her colleague Selena Gomez was recently, Ariana Grande has been criticized for losing weight.

Her silhouette, slimmed down over the years, even earned her dubious diagnoses from her detractors, judging that she was "not in good health".

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"I think we should be softer, and less comfortable with commenting on people's bodies," the pop star suggests.

“Even if you think you're saying something good or well-meaning, it doesn't matter what it is;

[this person is] healthy, unhealthy, fat, short, this or that, sexy or not sexy.

We just shouldn't [say it].

(…) We should strive for trust and protect each other”.

An old “unhealthy” body

The creator of the rem beauty cosmetics brand then recalls that "there are lots of different ways to be beautiful" and "to look healthy", regardless of your weight on the scale.

She adds that in her case, appearances are deceiving, explaining that she was less healthy when she weighed a few extra kilos.

I was taking a lot of antidepressants and drinking over them.

I ate badly.

I was at the lowest point of my life when I looked like what you would consider the so-called "healthy" version of me.

Ariana Grande

"As far as I'm concerned, that body you compared my current body to was an unhealthy version of it," she says.

“I was taking a lot of antidepressants and on top of that I was drinking alcohol.

I ate badly.

I was at the lowest point of my life when I looked like what you would consider the so-called 'healthy' version of me.

Vulnerability

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admits she 'shouldn't have' to justify herself like this, but hopes that by exposing her vulnerability, 'something good can come out of it'.

And to insist: “You never know what someone is going through.

Even if your intention is benevolent and affectionate (…), you never know, so be kind to each other and to yourselves”, she encourages.

In conclusion, the multi-award-winning Grammy Award-winning artist sends a message of self-acceptance to her fans: "I send you lots of love and I think you're beautiful, no matter what you're going through, no matter what your weight, no matter how you like to wear makeup these days, no matter what [cosmetic medical or cosmetic surgery] procedures you have done, or not, or whatever”.

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