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Ariana Grande Ariana Grande Is Being Heavily Supported After She Was Forced To Address Several Body-Shaming Comments In A Heartbreaking TikTok “I thought we learned from chadwick not to speak on appearances when you don’t know what’s going on.” By by Leyla Mohammed BuzzFeed News Staff Posted 15 hours ago
Twitter Facebook Link On Tuesday, Ariana Grande posted a TikTok video addressing long-running criticism of her body .
NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images While she noted that she’s faced harsh body-shaming comments for the past “decade or longer,” the scrutiny and concern over Ariana’s appearance has undoubtedly ramped up in recent years, with more and more people flooding her comments with questions about her weight. View this photo on
Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande “I don’t do this often, I don’t like it, I’m not good at it,” she said. “I just wanted to address your concerns about my body and talk a little bit about what it means to be a person with a body and to be seen and to be paid such close attention to.” TikTok “I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies, no matter what,” she said. “If you think you're saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is — healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, not sexy.” TikTok Ariana then opened up about how she’d been at “the lowest point” of her life when fans assumed she looked healthiest. Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images “I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly and at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my ‘healthy,’” she said. “But that in fact wasn’t my healthy. I know I shouldn’t have to explain that, but I do feel like having an openness and some sort of vulnerability... something good might come from it.” View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande And Ariana went on to remind viewers that “you never know what someone is going through” as she urged people not to comment on people’s bodies at all. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande “You never know what someone is going through. So even if you are coming from a loving place or caring place, that person is probably working on it or has a support system that they are working on it with. You never know, so be gentle with each other,” she said. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande “By the way, I’m not wearing eyelashes or eyeliner right now. This is my face, these are my eyes, so don’t freak out about that now too, please,” she added. TikTok “Sending you guys a lot of love, and I think you’re beautiful no matter what you’re going through, no matter what weight, no matter how you like to do your makeup these days, no matter what cosmetic procedures you've had or not,” she concluded. Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Though it goes without saying, the fact that Ariana felt she had to address the criticism at all is truly heartbreaking — especially considering that she has noticeably retreated from the spotlight in recent years. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande And several
Social Media users have since expressed heaps of support for Ariana in light of her comments. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @arianagrande “it’s so sad that ariana has to make a whole video addressing y’all ‘concern’ bc y’all have become too comfortable w/ speaking on ppl y’all don’t know,” one person wrote. “it’s sad it got to a point where she has to even address it,” another user said. jordyn @jordynceIeste it’s so sad that ariana has to make a whole video addressing y’all “concern” bc y’all have become too comfortable w/ speaking on ppl y’all don’t know. everything she’s said in this video is what i’ve been preaching for weeks. love her sm she deserves much better. fck y’all fr https://t.co/eo9CcOyDgj 08:25 PM - 11 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jordynceIeste 𝔦. ☀️ @raallins yall been obsessing over her looks for a while now and it’s always been weird. it’s sad it got to a point where she has to even address it https://t.co/Tf9hhBqV7X 08:44 PM - 11 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite “someone being a celebrity does not give you agency to make edits and discuss their weight loss and gain recklessly and irresponsibly,” someone else added. yas @virgodiet this reminds me of chadwick bosman all over again. you guys seriously never learn your lesson when discussing people’s bodies. someone being a celebrity does not give you agency to make edits and discuss their weight loss and gain recklessly and irresponsibly. https://t.co/tHgxiQyoGE 09:09 PM - 11 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @virgodiet And it wasn’t long before people began to reflect on the body-shaming comments Chadwick Boseman received for months ahead of his death in 2020 . Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic Chadwick, who died at age of 43, had quietly been diagnosed with stage 3 colon
cancer in 2016. While he continued to attend press runs for films like
Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame , the
Actor sadly faced heaps of critical remarks about his change in physical appearance. Dan Macmedan / Getty Images Several internet users who had body-shamed Chadwick later ended up expressing regret when they learned he had cancer. And with this in mind, many fans have now reminded people about the harm of commenting on anyone’s appearance without knowing what they’re privately going through. David Crotty / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images “did we not learn from Chadwick to not comment on ppls weight???” one Twitter user wrote, before urging people to leave Ariana alone. ☽ @COZYRENAISSANCE what is everyone’s obsession with Ariana Grande’s weight??? did we not learn from Chadwick to not comment on ppls weight??? She looks perfectly fine, leave her alone! 01:22 PM - 10 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @COZYRENAISSANCE “ariana grande literally have to make a tiktok to explain why her body looks the way it does has me in tears. literally leave people alone. y’all talked about chadwick’s body and he had cancer. so what if someone is not your definition of ‘healthy,’” someone else said. bri @tooturntbri_ ariana grande literally have to make a tiktok to explain why her body looks the way it does has me in tears. literally leave people alone. y’all talked about chadwick’s body and he had cancer. so what if someone is not your definition of “healthy”. she’s happy and healthy. 07:04 AM - 12 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @tooturntbri_ “I thought we learned from chadwick not to speak on appearances when you don’t know what’s going on,” another person added. khalia. | stream people pt. 2🩰🪞 @VERONASFILMS my heart breaks for ariana :’( the fact that she even had to come online in the first place & acknowledge the negative comments y’all have been saying about her body. i thought we learned from chadwick not to speak on appearances when you don’t know what’s going on… leave her be 08:40 PM - 11 Apr 2023 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @VERONASFILMS The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-888-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, you can call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) and find more resources here . More on this "The Body You've Been Comparing My Current Body To Was The Unhealthiest Version Of My Body": Ariana Grande Addressed Speculation Around Her Body Natasha Jokic · April 11, 2023 "Black Panther" Star Chadwick Boseman Has Died Of Colon Cancer Morgan Murrell · Aug. 29, 2020 Fans Feel Really Sorry For
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