Singer Ariana Grande has called on fans to be "gentler and less comfortable" about remarking on her and other people's bodies after recent scrutiny of her appearance on social media. In a TikTok video, she said she had a body that is "paid such close attention to", so "wanted to address" concerns.
Grande said some users were "comparing my current body" to "the unhealthiest version of my body". The 29-year-old US star explained: "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, but that in fact wasn't my healthy."
She stressed that "there are many different kinds of beautiful," and suggested fans should avoid making even "well-intentioned" remarks about how "healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, non-sexy" people may look. "There are ways to compliment someone or to ignore something that you see that you don't like, that I think we should help each other work towards," she said.
Grande is not the only star to find her weight being widely discussed. Last month, Selena Gomez said there were reasons why someone's body size and shape might change. In her case, lupus medication causes her to retain water. In 2021, singer Adele told Vogue she was "disappointed" with the "brutal conversations" about her weight loss, and actor Jonah Hill urged his followers to refrain from commenting about his appearance.
