There is only to learn from the message that Ariana Grande he sent to his fans about bodyshaming, which can be summed up in one fundamental point: it is enough to give so much importance to the physical aspect.
The 29-year-old singer and actress exposed herself firsthand in a TikTok video in which she did reference to comments “worry” for his appearance in some recent photos taken in London during an outing last week.
“I don’t like it and I’m not good at it, but I just wanted to address your concerns about my body and talk a little about what it means to be a person with a body, to be seen and to be the subject of so much attention” he began to explain in the video.
He then launched an appeal to stop focusing on the physical aspect, even if you think you are doing good: “We should be nicer and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodiesno matter what anyone says. Even if you think you are saying something good or have good intentions. Whatever it is, healthy or unhealthy, big or small, this or that, sexy or not sexy. We should really work hard not to do it so much“.
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Ariana Grande went on to mention that you never know what other people are going through: “Even if you are prompted by concern or benevolence, you never know what someone else is going through. He’s probably already working on it or has a support system to work on it with. You can never know, so be kind to others and to yourself“.
He also gave an example, to explain how they exist”different types of beauty and healthy body”: “The body you are using as a comparison to my current body was the unhealthier version of my body (the reference would be to the images of the Sweetener World Tour of 2019). I took a lot of antidepressants, drank them and ate badly. When I looked the way you think healthy, it was actually the lowest point and unhealthy of my life“.
The artist concluded with a powerful message of acceptance: “I send you lots of love, I think you are beautiful no matter what you are going through, how much you weigh, how much do you like to make up these days, how many cosmetic procedures have you had or if you haven’t had any at all“.
We are proud of Ariana Grande for speaking out so clearly and honestly against body shaming!
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