EastEnder says “I’m sick of being thin…,” and a Spice Girl loved her pregnancy curves.
I want this dress. Oh lord how I want this dress. Where on earth did she get that dress? I bet she got it from one of those cute London boutiques. Not one of the inexpensive places where I buy clothes like Top Shop or H&M. I want that dress and I want her moxie. Seriously, this chick has got moxie. Moxie is like chutzpah. My grandfather used to use the word chutzpah. Like when I would ask him to buy me a pony he would just laugh and say, “You’ve got some chutzpah to ask me a thing like that. What do you think I am some kind of Rockefeller.” Then my grandmother would start singing Irving Berlin, “Come let’s mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks / Or “um-ber-ellas” in their mitts / Puttin’ on the ritz.” But that’s another story.
English TV Star says she is quitting dieting.
The former EastEnder has decided to ditch dieting as the strain of maintaining the weight loss has proved too much for her.
Natalie slimmed down from a size 16 to a size 8 by following a grueling exercise regime which resulted in the release of a fitness DVD.
Well at least she made £300,000 from the DVD! She can buy herself more cute dresses.
Natalie said: “What do I have to do - wear a bikini or spandex every day just to prove that I haven’t put on weight? I’m a bit bored now.’
Right on Natalie! Dieting is so boring. Will you be my best friend?
Have you been missing the Spice Girls? No? Me neither. And I can’t say that I ever think about them, aside from feeling woozy anytime I remember that one drunken evening when a group of my girlfriends insisted we watch Spice World, the Spice Girls big movie, “Come on!” they said, “It’ll be just like a slumber party.” Yeah a slumber party with margarita’s! Zigga Zig Uh!
So I really had to think a minute about which Spice Girl Emma had been. Sporty? No. Scary? No - she’s the one who had the baby out of wedlock with increasingly scary himself Eddie Murphy. Ah! Baby. Yup, little Baby Spice (the one who played with stuffed animals in the movie) has had a baby of her own and she says that she loved being curvy, hated working out right after childbirth (well who wouldn’t?) and that she wished she had waited to go on tour and had just stayed home breastfeeding little Baby Jr.
Spice Girl says; “I like being curvy, I don’t think I look good thin.”
I gotta say…I give her kudos for saying that she loved her body when she was pregnant. Now please don’t get bent out of shape. I know that being pregnant is not the same as being fat. But hey, I have a girlfriend who hated her body both times she was pregnant because she felt “big and ugly.” I think it’s a wonderful thing to hear a female celebrity say, in the “Fat Alert!” culture that celebrities live in, that she thinks she is prettier when she weighs more. Good on ya Baby Spice!
I actually ‘met’ Natalie Cassidy in a sandwich place a few years ago. I kept glancing over at her, thinking, “I know her… HOW do I know her..?” but when it clicked, I was too embarrassed to say anything to her. Heh. Anyway, I was surprised at how small she actually is in person. They really costumed her badly on EE, giving her ill-fitting clothing and too-small clothing to wear. I don’t think she had to lose weight at all, and in that beach photo she looks a bit peaky.
I want that dress!
UK 16 is a US 14 I think, I don’t understand how people can think of that as a big size. To me it looks normal, and on most women it just looks unremarkable. Probably if the media had more actually fat women in it, we might stop hearing about celebrities starving themselves to get below the dreaded size 8!
Also, I agree, ill fitting clothing is usually the culprit in celebrity “weight gain”. You’d think the wardrobe department could take a few measurements once they knew they’d be working with someone for a while.
So THAT’S why she was on telly the other night! I walked through the living room to get something and saw her on there, talking about going through magazines searching for “diet talk” and when I heard the word “diet” I quickly left the room. Huh. Maybe I should have stayed and watched it.
ITA with Godless Heathen, though. A UK16/US12-14 isn’t exactly fat. I don’t know why the media make it sound like it’s SOOO freaking big, when it’s only barely above skinny.
I happen to think that pregnant women are beautiful, and although its not the same as being fat, there is still a beauty stigma sometimes attached to pregnancy. Therefore, I think its important to embrace that too and I applaud Emma for doing it.
Right on y’all!
Jamboree and Godless Heathen: It really is amazing to see how completely different people look in person than how they appear on TV. Lighting, wardrobe, makeup change a person’s hair, skin, weight, and even posture.
Nucking: Media hungry. Media want ratings. Media smash!
Shana: Thanks for your comment. I’m with you all the way.
Good for her! Being pregnant is difficult enough without the added pressure of worry. A woman can take pride in her appearance at any weight or condition - Nards