Gabourey Sidibe, Don't You Lose A Pound!
Unless YOU want to, girl! Which you probably should do for health reasons.
But big, small, short, tall - we don't care what size you are, bb, always just be yourself!
Gabourey Sidibe has been getting a lot of negative feedback from critics and shock-jocks about her weight and size. Like any good mother would, the Precious actress' mama had a few words to share with the world regarding her daughter's size. She said:
“The truth is Gabourey would like to lose some weight but the reality is that she would not have gotten the role of Precious if she had not been heavy. As her mom I would like to see my daughter healthy but if she didn’t lose weight that’s not a problem either – it runs in our family."
And sometimes, you just can't fight the genes! As long as she is healthy, vital, and above all, happy, we don't care how much weight she gains or loses!
[Image via WENN.]
Tags: diet, gabourey sidibe, heavy, mother, weight
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I love how the giant headline is "Don't you lose a pound!" and then underneath it says, "But you probably should for health reasons". That's true, she got the part b/c she fit a certain type that the producers were looking for. However, I think it's safe to say that she could lose a few pounds and be a little healthier and still rock that "big girl" image.
so micha barton is mushy but this girl should just be herself?? wtf perez?
perez youre such a hypocrite, you make fun of others all the time and than defend the biggest chick of all. b.s. and omg she so does need to loose all that weight, i mean really but she looks horrid, and btw to the mom: shes not playing precios anymore, so she can/nedds to loose all that,
she may, MAY be happy but anyone that size is not healthy.
you dumb flamer - obesity isn't genetics, it's laziness
LARD ASS!!!! Gain some more weight and put us out of our misery (of having to see you).
perez ur a dirty fat pig, you should lose some weight……..this chick is just nasty
perez is a hypocrite
"it runs in our family" - yeah, right…. genetic fatness?! I don't think so. Y'all eat like a horse - that's what runs in your family.
being majorly obese is in her genes? how is that possible?…
That opening line is hilarious. Thank you for making me chuckle, sir.
you're an idiot
She's adorable. What a fantastic performance on Precious, but we all know that being overweight is not healthy so let's not promote that.
….i really dont think being a few pounds lighter would have hurt her chances of getting the role…..if wont hurt to lose some weight she'll feel much better physically and i'm sure she'll sleep better…
her mom doesn't care if she is healthy. wtf!
So being fat runs in their family?
Sounds like the only thing that runs in that family is poor eating habits.
I'm sooo tired of seeing this gross, enormous, loud, obnoxious black girl everywhere
Come on now — everyone freely screams criticism at Amy Winehouse - and her compulsive behavior — which will likely kill her.
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Same with Gabby. No, I won't applaude her. I like her, I think she's and witty. I think Amy Winehouse is talented. Both have destructive behaviors.
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No applause here, sorry, but no.
"PEREZ HILTON" is a hypocritical piece of shit.
You should SHUT YOUR MOUTH for health reasons!
seconded. I think a dozen pounds or so could give her health (heart) a major improvement. Its not at all a matter of body image here. but truth of the matter is genes do contribute to weight. But that doesn't mean one shouldn't try to fight the genes to stay fit (in the healthy sense) either.
…..and i really dont get why people are afraid to say that she is overweight….is is because she is black and you're afraid we'll cry racism?
Ah Perez, you and your double standards never cease to amaze me. So it's okay for Gabourey to be fat, but whenever a normally skinny actress gains some weight, you're all like "Ewwwww, go to the gym, fat bitch!". It's true that if it weren't for her weight she probably wouldn't have landed the role of Precious, but I truly think she needs to lose weight, she can't stay this fat and be healthy forever.
I love that you are completely okay with Gabourey Sidibe's size (and it's not that I'm not) but you criticized Jennifer Anniston for looking a little "bloated" a day or so ago.
Perez - why haven't you nicknamed her "Flabby Sidibe" yet??? C'mon - that would be the norm.
Really, Perez? You can make fun of Queen Latifah and a whole bunch of 'normal' sized women, but CONDONE this lady for being huge? Take a step back a try to figure out how much sense that makes. It doesn't.
Perez, did you even listen to what Howard Stern said??? He said that it was unhealthy for her to be that obese and that there really can't be that many roles in Hollywood for her now. She might be a great actress but she needs to shed the weight for her health and probably to keep her career going.
As someone who used to be overweight, I can say that the "it runs in the family" excuse is bull…this chick should put down the triple cheeseburger and get on a treadmill
Perez calls out Jonah Hill for being fat but not this girl!? Hippocrite!
she is obviously a food addict and needs help because she is killing herself. not to mention your quality of life has to be horrible when you are that size. all these people in the media telling her she is hot and doesn't need to lose weight are only enabling her addiction.
oh come on, leave her alone, it's her choice, if she's happy why the hell do you care?? she will have to deal with the health problems not you!… there are so many overweight male celebs but no one ever says anything… they say "he's a cuddly teddy bear" (aka. Rubben Studdard, Chris Farley)… when it's a woman thats is overweight people just need to say something (aka. Gabourey, Kirstie Alley (she's not that big! she is 5'11)…
it's like that in my family too, i have a cousin who is a boy 5'10 and a little over 300 pounds and everyone says he's good looking and "strong" but i am 5'6 and 175lbs and everyone asks me why i don't lose weight… WTF!!!!!
well thank you capt obvious for saying she SHOULD for health reasons, even if it is in the FINE print ! but still mario, you keep tellin everyone else what heifers they are …why are you BROWN nosing so bad ?! does anyone else smell that ??? i think it's gaby's sh!t on perez's snout !
I don't care if she accepts herself or not, lets cut the PC bullshit- she is morbidly obese and needs to lose 200lbs. If she doesn't she's destined to play the fat chick some guy drunkenly fucks in some buddy road trip movie. It may be harsh but its true. Beth Ditto and Kirstie Alley are super model skinny next to her.
Stern was right. Encouraging a person to be or stay this size is the same as encouraging someone to smoke cigarette or have lots of unprotected sex except those things may be healthier than being the size of Precious.
She's morbidly obese. She's killing herself. You're telling me that if she was 50 pound lighter, say 300 instead of 350, she wouldn't have gotten the part? What a joke. Her mother is even more disgusting then this fat pig. And it runs in her family?!?!?!?! She talked about eating Chick-fila when she was at the Academy Awards. ALL SHE DOES IS EAT!!!
She will never be a healthy person at her current weight. She might be happy, but never healthy.
I agree. HOWEVER, Why do you think it is okay for African American females to be over weight BUT if a white girl gains an ounce, you are all over her butt? That's a double-standard, buddy.
She is NOT Healthy! she is very fat! more likely to be "morbid fat" she doesn´t have a healthy situation going on under all that fat… sorry for sounding so mean, but it´s true. I don´t mean she should be anorexic/bulimic like all the other celebs. we need someone to represent bigger girls but not that big kind of girls. I can absolutely assure you she doesn´t look in the mirror and says "Oh look how good I look" I bet she´d like to be healtier and by that I mean at least 200 punds or even less….
Get on a diet of healthy stuff, drop the nachos, ho hos and crap food at the store but NEVER stop eating what you like… have a pizza or a burger once a week or every once in a while. Enjoy your life but, but do something so you can move better, sleep better and eve breath better…
Fat people have more chances of dying from fat in their blood, or heartattacks… or else how come inssurance companies won´t sell health or life insurance to such overweight people, because the risk of a dying or getting sick is bigger than normal people…
I think her weight is kind of disgusting. She could stand to lose A LOT of pounds.
she has choices and can look any way she wants to
Its not about her looks - its about her health.
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Some folks have a couple of drinks a week - no big deal. THEN, there are others who drink to EXCESS. Gaby is eating to EXCESS.
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She needs help, as does anyone, who grossly exceeds the norm when its something that can kill them — OR — at the least, keep them from a normal life — as in that clip of the 500 lb woman — gasping for air — just like that woman — is what Gabby is heading for.
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She's not a little overweight - she's enormously overweight.
Perez- I love you and your site. And I normally agree with what you say. But I am baffled that you can say that this girl should not lose weight???! YES she should be happy and confident and know that she is a brilliant actress, but being herself does not have to mean not looking after her body. Howard Stern's comments were obviously rude, but the point that this actress could die from obesity is very true. Saying that she shouldn't lose a pound just to prove the point that people should believe in themselves is dangerous- Gabourey Sidibe is a beautiful, talented woman but it is not malicious to say that she needs to think about her health and do something about her weight if she wants to be around to act in 10 or 20+ years time. You say that as long as she is healthy, you don't care how much weight she gains or loses. But if you did care about her, and about her health, you would not say that her weight is healthy- it is not.
Re: Ammie – well he did call queen latifah fat and halle berry pregnant…
She NEEDS to lose like 100-200 pounds to be HEALTHY…she'd still be big. This pisses me off more each day. It is impossible to be 400+ pounds and be healthy. Oh and "it runs in our family"..WTF? being 400 pounds DOES NOT run in the family…eating problems and not exercising runs in the family. Nobody is naturally 400 pounds…FFS!!!! Nobody expects Gabby to be thin, she can never look like old school Britney Spears..BUT she could look like Queen Latifa.
Re: suhMANTHA – Amen sister.
Re: suhMANTHA – I agree with you !! What was that big deal about Queen Latifa? Yes, she's not tiny, but she's half of Gabby size.
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LOSE WEIGHT FFS.
yeah she needs to lose weight for health reasons but for one, it's her body, like you said Perez. and 2nd– I've seen some unattractive heavy people and to me, she's very pretty!!!
She should do what makes her happy!!! And Howard Stern is a dope…look at Monique!!!??? Helllllooooo she gets roles in movies DUH. she's not AS heavy as Gabourey but she isn't your typical 'thin model' body..and who says they have to be?
and for the record–I don't think perez is making fun of her for her weight and stuff because she's not some hollywood idiot doing things for attention like 'mushy'. she's not hooked on drugs and making a fool of herself in public.
Well this girl is simply beautiful. I loves ya honey.
yes she got the part in PRECIOUS because of her size. she will not however see another hollywood role unless someone like tyler perry creates a role for her unless she loses weight. There just arent roles for another obese african american teen out there. Obesity in this country is an epidemic and for her and her mom to act like its fine because it runs in the family or she is going to hit the chikfilet is ridiculous
Don't kid your self PP, when she's at that weight it's not the genes she's having trouble fighting -more like the fried chicken!! The best of luck to her, she's gonna need it!
If you like her so much you SHOULD encourage this girl to live a healthier lifestyle! I mean, have you ever seen a 400-500 lb person live well into their 70's-80's. Not too many! If they do they're confined to a bed and oxygen mask. just sayin
Re: Laury – #22 AGREED
So I guess "Mushy" is an understatement……but the name has been taken by another actress that you like to poke fun of because of her weight. Why not say the obvious truth about Gabourey? Howard was right, a little harsh, but the truth always hurts.
Her mother is ignorant and in denial with a family of food addicts.
OMG I am so sick of hearing about people telling this girl she needs to lose weight! I think she KNOWS that more then ANYONE!!! GAWD, Imagine how she feels she can't see her own feet, half her belly , let alone her Va-jay-jay! BUT, I would hate to see her LOSE SO MUCH WEIGHT that she ends up looking like that bitch Star!!! All she needs is an initial 50-100 pounds off , and it would do wonders for her. My mother was as big as her and turns out she had to end up sleeping with a machine once she got as big a Gabby because the weight was so much it literally cuts her lungs off and she can't breath while sleeping!!! She could NOT WAKE UP ONE DAY , IF SHE DOESN'T USE THE MACHINE!! And that is scary, I recently the past year helped my mother lose 100lbs and she can now sleep, bathe, walk, shop , anything you name it she does it now!!! I pray Gabby can beat this battle one day too and always stays strong!!!
She's morbidly obese, Perez-she does need to lose weight if she wants to live a long, healthy, productive life. Take a look around and tell me the last time you saw someone her size over the age of 50. There's no reason for people to be total jerks about her size and treat her as less than human, and she's seems like a great girl with a lot of potential as an actress. I think that's why a lot people hope she does decide to take care of her health issues so that she can be out there acting and working for a long time.
She should loose that weight, because sooner or later that big girl isn't goin to get roles in movies, and ppl aren't going to wanna do photoshoots with her. Big girls don't get love in Hollywood. Lose that weight get healthy, I am not saying be stick thin but get to a point where ur health is no longer at risk curves are sexy but them rolls u got underneath your clothes aren't!
You can always fight the genes….you are suck a hypocrite
Re: RobPnMeShouldB – You must suffer from some severe retardation,not to mention your the flakiest person I have seen post on this page in a long time, from your STUPID SCREEN NAME, TO RIRI DESERVING TO GET BEAT ( WHICH I HOPE ONE DAY YOUR IN THE SAME SITUATION AND YOU GET THE SHIT BEAT OUT OF YOURSELF-ASSHOLE ITS CALLED KARMA) AND THEN YOU SAY OBESITY IS FUCKING LAZY NOT GENETICS! BITCH YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT , GET THE FUCK OFF PEREZ AND GO TO FUCKIN SCHOOL! YOU DO NOTHING BUT EMBARRASS YOURSELF THE MORE YOU POST THAT DUMB SHIT!!
She is young and that is why her weight hasn't given her any health problems yet. But, as she gets older she will start to experience any number of problems, including diabetes, for which there is no cure. It is way too easy and short sighted of people to say let her be, she has a right to be any size she wants to be. I agree, she has a right, but people usually don't understand the consequences until they start experiencing the health problems first hand. Some of the problems will go away if the weight is taken off, some of them will not. She has a wonderful personality and I hope she continues to be a success in acting, but being obese is not healthy for anyone. The sooner she is encouraged by her family and friends to get rid of least 100 pounds, the healthier she will stay. The older she gets, the harder it will be to get the weight off and keep it off.
gabourey is the picture of beauty. everyone needs to leave her alone…you guys are just jealous you don't have ashy black rolls of fat to keep you warm or a HUGE oversized, unclean, tuna stinking vagina to satisfy all the boys with. you know you want to lick it and bury your face in it
I love how ignorant people are. Actually there is no connection with genes and obesity. READ a book sometime. The reason it runs in their family is because they are all fat and have bad habits that they pass down to their children. End of story. Who even cares about this girl? She wasn't THAT good. Never should have been nominated for a fucking Oscar that's for sure. She hardly even spoke in the movie!
It's actually NOT HEALTHY to be obese. Or even just overweight. There are a lot of health issues you can develop from being fat. In fact, it's far healthier to look like a complete stick than to be fat. Look it up, you fatties out there, and learn that you CANNOT be healthy and fat at the same time. Don't run away from the truth just b/c you can't stop stuffing your face, or b/c you don't want to exercise, or you don't want to take care of your thyroid problem.. whatever your issue is. Take control of your life and your health, figure out why you're fat, and lose some frickin weight!!!!
gabourey is the picture of beauty. everyone needs to leave her alone…you guys are just jealous you don't have ashy black rolls of fat to keep you warm or a HUGE oversized, unclean, tuna stinking vagina to satisfy all the boys with. you know you want to lick it and bury your face in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how can you say she is healthy or vital???? it's one thing to be happy with your weight and quite another to weigh 4 tonnes and act like it's ok.
Re: Ammie – he just layed into queen latifah a few posts ago
"Hefty-ness" runs in the family. OBESITY is environmental!
Being that fat is very damaging to one's health. She will experience more and more health problems. "Fat acceptance" is not good, you tub of shit. And, this is yet another example of Perez championing someone conventionally unattractive, whereas he hates Kristen Stewart and other conventionally attractive women. Insecure much? Wish you liked girls?
I hate the idea that "being yourself" somehow has anything to do with your weight. Gabourey can still be herself and way half of what she does. For health reasons, she should absolutely do it, and if she intends to maintain a career in this business, she has to. Get on with it, Gab.
I think Gabourey is gorgeous and so believably happy looking. I think her losing weight is her choice.
I also think that no one can say that she's healthy at this weight– I lost about 15lbs last year, and I felt SO MUCH HEALTHIER… no knee/back pain, more energy, and my breathing problems improved significantly. And it's not like I was obese, I was and still am just about average… and if I felt better with a just a little weight loss, I can't imagine what a diet would do for Gab's health.
My real issue is with her mother– saying "it runs in the family." I was overweight for years just because my family always said the same thing. Guess what– I stopped rationalizing, got some self-discipline, and lost weight, and have kept it off for years. I always wonder how my life would be different if I'd had a different perspective earlier on.
Look, I saw her on Craig Ferguson and I totally found her endearing but realistically, she's going to kill herself living like this, KILL herself. We're talking sleep apnea, shortness of breath, a beating heart trapped around layers of weight, possibly some depression, and more and more likely with every passing moment…a case of diabetes.
I like how people who are too skinny are okay to pick on but with people who are heavy everyone suddenly takes the moral highground and tries to act like it's a character trait rather than an affliction. Obama wanted to tax soda because people in her shape drink it, get sick, and the taxpayers have to take care of them through healthcare. She's got a few more bucks to her name, lots of support and adoration, why not savor it and try to live it to the greatest extent possible rather than being trapped in an unhealthy body? Come on now, you're not doing her any favors enabling this decay she's subjecting herself to. Did you like being hefty? Obviously not. So then why should she be?
…Um "IT runs in our family"? "It" meaning morbid obesity? She was amazing in Prescious, and it seems like she's a wonderful young lady but let's be serious–"It" doesn't run in the family, it runs in this culture because we allow it to. Health is a serious issue, sometimes it's not visible on the outside, but when it is, wouldn't we be 'nicer' people if we tried to help rather than try to stay out of it?
from an actual doctor:
"Most of the time being overweight is a person's environment not their genetics."
very few people are predisposed to being overweight…but if you're mom's overweight and cooks you fatty foods and never exercises….odds are you'll be fat too…
Have you seen her mother?
Jeez, people boil it down to two things: health and looks. What about the third thing, the fact that you are CONSUMING RESOURCES? The planet is crowded. You're eating more than your share, taking up more ROOM than is fair, consuming more gasoline and fabric and leather and perishables. Period. It's selfish. No one "needs" more than xxx calories a day. Of course it's not healthful, but if you die sooner you save resources, which would be good except that you don't simply die, you subject yourself to quintuple bypasses and diabetes medication and blood pressure meds and blah blah gout medicine and….
Her mother is a child abuser for letting her get that big.
I don't like this "if she's happy leave her alone" — yeah, if someone wants 17 kids leave her alone. We don't live in isolation. Think about people (and trees and rivers) besides yourself, eh?
the BEHAVIOR runs in the family, lady.
Obese = gross
Re: King Hendrix – well as long as she still shows her gigantically big ass on tv or in movies ppls HAVE TO care….she's literally raping our eyes now….
what a joke perez is! Its not genes, its GREED!
disgusting garbage
She was excellent in Precious but the girl needs to lose weight. Morbid obesity is a killer folks!
Complete contradictory.
You constantly call Mischa Barton 'bloated' when she appears to be a pound heavier than the skinny stick-like figure she usually has. You do this with many, many other thin celebrities.
what a fucking hippocrite… you rip into jessica simpson for a few pounds but someone morbidly obese u have more sympathy… its not easy for anyone to maintain correct body weight… poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle passed on generation to generation is to blame more than genetics
Jump at this opportunity that life has given you. You are young, talented and you will get paid for every pound you lose. You have a chance at real happiness and now you have the money and the people behind you to make it happen. Remember what my niece says, "Opportunity only knocks once, but temptation just keeps leaning on the doorbell." Go for it!
This is getting out of hand. She is MORBIDLY OBESE!!!! Why is everyone telling her she doesn't need to lose weight YET People tell Jessican Simpson she needs to lose weight UMMM I'm not trying to be mean but Gabourey is like 3 Jessica Simpson's?! I don't get it at all!
mmm, let's see what I should choose: my daughter's life or a leading role in a major hollywood movie… call me stupid but I'd choose MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE!!
Gabby's mom is an idiot, no offense. I don't care about the stupid role, what matters here is HER LIFESTYLE!!! She might DIE if she doesn't lose a couple of pounds, and i'm not exagerating.
dont lose a pound?
so you are wishing her dead with a sandwich in her mouth? oh wait thats what i want to happen to you.
Why is everyone is so crazy about her? She had one role that she got because of her size because she had NO acting experience. Yes, she was very good in that ONE role. She makes crude comments all the time and gets away with it because of the way she looks and people feel sorry for her. She constantly giggles like a 6 year old girl while making sexual innuendo and people think she's great. In her defense though, she seems to like being huge, so let her be because that's none of our business.
She is morbidly obese…yeah that sounds REAL healthy. It's called MORBIDLY obese for a reason.
Don't focus on the outward appearance she's a really sweet girl. I like her.
Once again Mario shows his hypocritical colors. Or more like, he's just an idiot that can't be bothered to make up his mind on how he feels about certain issues (like the weight debate) so he ho-hums and waffles back and forth, making up new opinions as he goes along. That's why Jessica Simpson is fat but this morbidly obese girl (who at my own guesstimate probably weighs between 350-400 lbs) is fierce. Perez is a sycophant hanger on who changes his opinions with the tide, going with whatever status quo is in at the moment.
poor thing
I'm glad for her that she's happy being MORBIDLY OBESE, however if she keeps it up, she will probably NOT live to see 35-40, so will NEVER be thin and that's o.k but the only person she is REALLY hurting is herself!!!!
Are you out of your fucking mind Perez?! Just look at her. Is there any vibe that this whale is in any form "healthy"? She is a walking diabetes waiting to happen
I love her! But if her weight is effecting her and she is not living a healthy lifestyle then I think she should try to loose weight.
Weighing this much is unhealthy.She needs to lose weight.
Re: RobPnMeShouldB – And you would be wrong. Obesity is genetic, maybe you should do some research before you speak about things you know nothing about. But what I will say is, even though obesity is genetic if one wants to lose weight they can fight against it by eating right and exercising.
So you can talk trash about every other person in Hollywood about being too big or too skinny but yet it's okay for her? You're so damn two-faced sometimes
Gross. end of
Re: SammiDe – firstly, this rant is quite offensive and if you are going to tell other people to go and get educated you should yourself. Your grammer is wrong plus while there is no prven link between obesity and genetics there is one between doing exersize and weight loss.
second, it's so twisted that there are constant bashing of celebs who are very skinny, with people saying it's bad for their health and heart etc but this girl is obviously overweight and this is obviously unhealthy but for some reason this is ok? get your standards right. weight problems in themselves are unhealthy, whetherr too large or small so either highlight both or don't pick on any of them!!
seriously, perez. "which she probably should for health reasons"?? so she's less healthy than hollywood's prized anorexic coke heads because she's overweight? that's disgusting. you ought to apologize for that shit.
Re: perezuk –
you spelled grammar wrong