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'Precious' star Gabby Sidibe should lose weight, says casting director
Hollywood is a mean place, especially when it comes to weight.We've seen it with Jennifer Aniston who was told to lose weight for her role as Rachel in "Friends." Recently, Kelly Osbourne said she got more guff for being overweight than for doing drugs!
Now, a casting director is saying Oscar nominee for "Precious," Gabourey Sidibe (or Gabby as the divine Oprah Winfrey calls her), needs to lose weight if she wants to keep working!
"I'm not saying it's correct, but it's a simple fact that she will have to lose a lot of weight if she wants to keep getting parts," a casting director told Popeater. "The same thing happened to Nikki Blonsky from 'Hairspray.' Everyone said how great she was, and she hasn't worked since."
Well, Sidibe is getting the last laugh on that one. Showtime just announced that she's joining as a recurring guest star on their series, "The Big C." We're expecting that's just the tip of the iceberg for the talented 26-year-old.
Gabby, ignore the Hollywood pressure to lose weight. We like you the way you are!
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I'm not saying she needs to get down to a size zero, but she should consider losing some weight for health reasons. There is nothing wrong with being a curvy or voluptuous woman, but she is unhealthily overweight.
Yes if she wants to get more roles she should loss weight
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I think she is amazing,and her performance floored me! but I also agree she should lose weight if not for her health alone! HONEY YOU CAN DO IT!!!! AND YOU HAVE EVEN MORE ENERGY! XXX ELLE
Yes, it's not really comparable to Jennifer Anniston or Kelly Osbourne, who were never all that big. Gabby needs to lose weight for health reasons. She seems like such a sweet girl but it's terribly unhealthy to be the size she is.
Um- ignore the Hollywood pressure? I would normally agree with that statement as they usually target women who are already slim but in this case..... it's about being healthy not Hollywood pressure. She needs to lose weight for herself.
How do you walk through life as a bigger woman with a smile on? I don’t know how you do it. You have inspired me to go on with my dream and live my life happy and don’t let anyone get me down. You’re my hero. I don’t know how you do it but you do.
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URGH! okay forget a number on a scale and let's look at "health." She is NOT healthy and to be okay with that is down right insane! We are enabling her by saying it's ok to be that big.
She's seems like a really nice person and she's talented, etc. but that doesn't change the fact that she's unhealthy and will probably live a shorter and more difficult life because of it.
She says "I love the way I look. I’m fine with it." NOOOO!!! It's not ok to be "fine" about being morbidly obese, just like it's not "fine" to continue shooting up heroine or being an alcoholic. I don't want people thinking that it's ok to be like that, because it's NOT! I wouldn't want my children looking up to her and thinking that it's alright to be unhealthy. It's not like she's a 10-20lbs overweight, she's MORBIDLY OBESE and that's DEADLY!!!
People around her need to stop tip-toeing around thefact that she's killing herself and actually help her by telling her the truth and being supportive. That's how you truly show how much you care.
I used to be overweight and no one ever told me or tried to help me lose weight, i had to figure it out on my own and now i'm healthy. I realize that my mother didn't want to hurt my feelings, but which would you prefer in the long run, your mother telling the truth and then taking the time to exercise with you? Or your mother not telling you the truth and then having to take diabetes medication for the rest of your life and living a shorter life because of it???
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Forget Hollywood's reasons, she needs to lose weight because it's unhealthy at this point. She has the money to get a personal trainer and really work out a few times a 3 -5 times a week. She needs to do that.
There are a lot of men out there that like their women curvy and vuluptuous...but that takes it to a whole new level. Its ok to be curvy, I was once pretty curvy in high school, but not to the point where it was overweight. I've since then slimmed down, but its really unhealthy and to say she likes the way she looks....well its like saying "I like how fat and unhealthy I am" which isn't a good thing to say. positive encouragement is what she needs, not hollywood picking at her like a vulture. If she's going to lose weight, hollywood's bullying won't help it along.
It is so sad. She is so heavy that you can not even see her eyes. The fat on her face makes her eyes appear closed!