Comments on: Quick Outrage #2: Queen Latifah Pimps Jenny Craig

By: linda

linda — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:42:21 +0000

I meant No I have NOT called Jenny yet and I’m NOT EVER going to! LOL So stop asking celebrity pains in the butts!
Also…being too skinny can be bad for your health also…

By: linda

linda — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:39:02 +0000

one more thing…sorry…LOL
I recall when Valerie B. and also Marie Osmond said that they were happy with themselves at the weight they use to be…. and then Jenny C. and Maire’s ”dancing with the stars” came along and showed their true colors….are NO women happy with themselves anymore! I mean REALLY happy! I hope Monique and Emme are and some others! And NO I have NOT called Jenny and I’m every going to! LOL

By: linda

linda — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:34:02 +0000

I guess we still have Monique and Emme the plus size model… Sigh

By: linda

linda — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:30:16 +0000

All I can say is….I LOVE you people! I was so upset by Queen L. for doing this Jenny Craig B.S. I always liked her for liking her curves…but turns out..she is full of it! It’s bad enough that they made me dislike people I used to like…Kirstie Ally and Valerie B….they are SO annoying now! But NOT the Queen…is nothing sacred anymore? BTW..I have Diabetes 2 and I am sick of everyone associating that with being Fat! I am average weight and have it and I know some folks that are Thin and have it! And hey Queen…Fat people can and are Beautiful too and OMG…maybe even healthy!

By: Dianne M. Daniels

Dianne M. Daniels — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:12:18 +0000

Good afternoon Ladies (and Gentlemen),
I found this blog by accident after doing a search on Latifah while trying to find info on the clothing line she has created.

It’s sad that so many people are upset about this – and it’s sad that companies like JC and the rest are couching their non-size-acceptance in issues of health. I have far fewer health problems than my much-smaller co-workers, and I’m bountifully built at 5′11 and a size 20 or 22 (depending on the clothes, you know).

I love Latifah, and the fact that she’s repping JC doesn’t change that – I disagree with her on the company she has chosen to associate with, and that’s that. I don’t think it should erase the good she’s done, nor will it make me join JC in an effort to be skinnier.

I am a diabetic, and handling it pretty well – though for me, I choose to work out rather than starve. As long as I am strong, flexible and fit, I’ll keep on doin’ what I’m doin’ and will encourage my full-figured sisters (and brothers) to find an activity they love and that makes them feel good.

Because of a family history of stroke, diabetes and heart disease, I will ALWAYS be active – death is going to have to chase me down and tackle me – and if losing a few pounds the healthy way will help me to keep my lead, I’ll do everything I can.

Just because Latifah has chosen to associate with JC doesn’t make her a demon in my eyes – it’s a business decision I would not agree with – but that’s it. We should be far more focused on helping our fellow residents of the planet to make good decisions based on what is right for them, not what the celebrities do.

Just my .02 cents worth – I’ll go back into ‘lurking’ mode now… :-)

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:07:57 +0000

OH NOES, WE R STARTING RUMORZ THAT JENNY CRAIG DOES NOT CURE DIABETUS

Seriously, someone call Chris Crocker.

By: Christina Mailhot

Christina Mailhot — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:23:16 +0000

You guys are not helping her. You guys do not fucking know her. She has been dealing with weight gain thing since Living Single. Leave her alone. May-be she does need help. I bet guys anything she is reading this stuff. STOP THE FUCKING RUMORS

By: shell401

shell401 — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:34:51 +0000

Thanks Phledge! If I see anymore diet commercials/ads featuring celebrities that previously proclaimed they were fat ‘n happy I may just have to cancel my cable service, never read another magazine, screw it all and let’s just boycott the whole sorry mess altogether. We, the “fatties”, do not need these phonies and sell-outs on our side. FUGGIT!

By: Mari

Mari — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:17:55 +0000

I know that in an ideal world, celebrities would love to be accepted for who they are but the REALITY is that if they don’t adapt, the record companies, the studios and Hollywood would push them out. That’s who everyone needs to get mad at.

Strange as this may sound, I’m beginning to think that Jesse Jackson may have been onto something with his threats to boycott Hollywood if they didn’t diversity.

By: Mari

Mari — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:15:35 +0000

V, I hate to be the one to burst your bubble but Jill Scott has lost weight and in Tyler Perry’s newest diatribe of a movie, she dons a fat suit!