Friends Who Insult Fat Celebrities

One thing that gets on my nerves is when my friends insult fat celebrities. I am referring specifically to celebrities who were skinny in the past, but grew fatter over the years.

Example One: Christina Aguilera
I remember one time, I was raving to my friends about how awesome Christina Aguilera's voice is. On a side note, Xtina is probably one of the blackest-sounding white singers in the industry. I've always admired the richness and fullness of her voice, and her control of tone and pitch, and her amazing melisma abilities (as you can probably tell, I'm really into singing).

Anyway, this is the gist of our conversation.

Friend 1: But... she became damn fat over the years.
Me: That's because she recovered from being anorexic and bullimic when she was younger!
Friend 2: Maybe she should have just stayed anorexic. She looked so much better when she was skinny.

Example Two: Demi Lovato

I'm a pretty big fan of Demi Lovato, and I am impressed by how much her vocal abilities have improved over the years, from her Camp Rock Disney days to the release of her latest single "Heart Attack".

Demi came to Singapore in March this year, and a few days before she came, I was telling my friend how exciting it was that she would be in Singapore very soon.

Friend 3: Hmm... but she became a bit "fatty" recently.
Me: So what?!? Are you saying that if Taylor Swift became fat, you would stop being her fan?
Friend 3: I don't know, maybe.

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I can't even begin to describe how angry I was at these friends of mine.

Firstly, it makes absolutely NO SENSE that singers have to conform to the world's standards of beauty in order to maintain their fan base. Aren't we supposed to admire celebrities because of their abilities and personalities, rather than the way they look? If you admire a celebrity for being pretty, it's as good as saying "I love you so much because you were born this way. Thank you for being born pretty." which, if you think about it, is freaking ridiculous, because it's not like people can choose to be born beautiful or ugly. This is also why I will never understand the Korean Pop fanatics, who adore pretty Korean singers with no vocal talent whatsoever. I think it would make much more sense to be fans of the plastic surgeons who cut open and realigned the faces of such Kpop singers. At least they have skill?

Secondly, how shitty must your value system be to actually suggest that a celebrity, or any person for that matter, was better of having an eating disorder? So, we should encourage people to starve themselves, purge their food, become psychologically obsessed with their appearance and develop a mental disease, because looking pretty to other people is so much more important?

Sometimes I really hate my friends. It just makes me think wonder... Since I was skinny when I was fifteen due to my eating disorder, and I gained the weight back after deciding to stop my diet, do these so-called friends of mine think that I should never have stopped being anorexic?