When someone posts online that a celebrity has put on weight without including anything else that's derogatory is that just an observation or fat shaming?
Maybe, depending on the context the "shaming" could be implied, but not necessarily.
Freaking brendon frasier what happened to the dude
He seems to be one of the recent examples (though he was injured and had mental health issues etc..)
The other one is Camila Cabello, for example:
The thing is objectively she does seem to be "overweight" as the tweeter themself acknowledges but in the comments people are quite adamant about denying this. Problem is our perceptions of "normal" weight (in terms of BMI) are warped, two-thirds of adults in the UK are overweight or obese (about a third in each category), similar in the US albeit slightly more in the obese category even... so this person who is clearly overweight (an unhealthy state to be in) is seen as a "normal" weight by people whose perceptions have been warped.
Some will even try to justify this; "I like
real women" etc... though it seems to be a cope in some cases. Same thing with so-called "dad bods" for men, in reality, most women who like "dad bods" are talking about a bit of extra fat not a potbelly! Likewise, plenty of men who like curves are talking about boobs and bum not just general fatness.
You also have the denial of reality re: BMI, because there are some flaws for some people with it (too short, keen bodybuilder etc..) people attempt some handwaving and conclude it should therefore be ignored. sort of how like Covid anti-vaxers try to justify opposition to the vaccine with "vaccinated people still get infected and can still spread it".
Anyway, the original tweeter was even catching flack for mentioning the reality that she's a little overweight and has tried to backtrack a bit and some how claim she isn't overweight:
Then some of the top replies literally deny reality:
She clearly is overweight... yes she's also very pretty regardless, or at least her face is, her body is perhaps rather typical for women in the west her age (overweight) and nothing special, and they've thrown in a dig/cope re: skinny models (ironically, if the other way around he'd no doubt cry "body-shaming")
This one is particularly silly:
Body standards are unrealistic? Not really, modern diets are partly to blame for sure but 1/3 of adults still manage to not be overweight or obese, it's not just something for a tiny minority of people. Plenty of this is still down to the individual and their lifestyle choices too, especially if you're wealthy.
Anyway, re: body shaming/fat-shaming, if the pictures were taken and published in the context of "look at her, look at how she's let herself go" then sure, it is a bit by implication. I do find the counter to this sort of thing to be incredibly disingenuous too, just outright denying reality, pretending that people who are overweight aren't and that it's perfectly fine to be overweight isn't a good thing either.
