I don’t understand why people take it SO personally that Kelly Clarkson has gained some weight. I mean… who cares? Kelly has never sold herself as “all about the body” or all about her looks. She’s always been the voice. She’s always been about the music, about positivity, about happiness and not throwing shade. Her weight has fluctuated over the years, and she just gave birth last year and she hasn’t lost the baby weight yet, nor is she in a hurry to lose it. And? Why is that a thing? Why does that offend people to the point where so many feel the need to publicly “shame” her? Or attempt to shame her, because Kelly doesn’t really give a crap.

Following that nonsense with the British professional troll Katie “Trollface” Hopkins, Fox News’ Chris Wallace is the latest to have some rude things to say about Kelly’s weight.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and radio host Mike Gallagher recently mocked Kelly Clarkson over her weight, in comments made on the latter’s syndicated show. Clarkson has not responded to them. Meanwhile, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren has come to her defense.

“Listen, don’t fat shame me. You do a lot of fat shaming. That’s the new phrase now. ‘Fat shaming,’” Gallagher, 54, who also serves as a Fox News contributor, told Wallace, 67, on The Mike Gallagher Show on Friday, as heard in an audio file posted on Media Matters. “Have you seen Kelly Clarkson? You know the singer, Kelly Clarkson? Holy cow, did she blow up.”

“Really? Do we want to talk about some of your friends?” he replied.

“Well, look at me. I got some weight issues,” Gallagher said. “I could take a little bit of weight off.”

The two offered compliments—Wallace said Clarkson has a “lovely voice” and Gallagher said he loves her singing—before delving back into the nastiness.

“She could stay off the deep dish pizza for a little while,” Wallace said.

“Well, she had a baby, but man,” Gallagher added.

Clarkson has not responded to their remarks. Van Susteren, 60, posted on her website an excerpt of the interview, saying, “Chris Wallace owes Kelly Clarkson an apology” and “This ‘guy snickering’ about her weight is obnoxious.” Several people echoed her request in comments made on the Facebook page of the host’s show Fox News Sunday.

[From E! News]

For the love of God. I never thought I would say this, but Greta Van Susteren is right. Wallace should apologize. He’s the “legitimate newsman” on Fox News and if any other legit newsman had said this, we would expect an apology from them. Oh, and here we go… about 48 hours after Wallace made the initial remarks, he apologized. He said: “I sincerely apologize to Kelly Clarkson for my offensive comment. I admire her remarkable talent and that should have been the focus of any discussion about her.” The other guy had some words to say too – go here to read.

Meanwhile, when Kelly appeared on The Ellen Show on Friday, she talked about the Katie Hopkins thing (without mentioning Hopkins’ name, because Kelly is BOSS), saying:

“I love how people think that’s new. Like, welcome to the past 13 years! I was considered the biggest girl on American Idol. I wasn’t big, but people would call me big. People are like, ‘I’m so sorry that lady in London was so mean to you.’ And I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ Like, get in line! I think what hurts my feelings for people is when I’ll have a meet and greet after the show and a girl whose, like, bigger than me will be in the meet and greet and be like, ‘Oh, God!’ And they’ll say, ‘If they think you’re big I must be so fat to them.’ It’s like, you just are who you are. We are who we are—whatever size. It doesn’t mean that we’re gonna be that forever. That’s the thing! Sometimes we’re more fit. Like, especially me. I’m such a creative person that I yo-yo. Sometimes I’m more fit and I get into kickboxing hardcore. And then sometimes I don’t and I’m like, ‘I’d rather have wine.’”

[From E! News]

I love her. She’s so over it. And we should be over it too. She’s fine. She’s happy. Bless her.

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