Ariana Grande

Her management have said that she's in peak physical condition as her job requires her to move every night. That doesn't sound like they're looking after her, it sounds like they're saying what she wants to hear.

I think that she's wonderful and I hope that she takes this time to get the help that she needs. I also hope that she has the right people around her.

Anorexia kills. It isn’t a good thing to be too thin. It’s one of the worst mental illnesses there is and it crushes people. People glamorise the thinness but it is a heartbreaking and devastating illness. Taking a break is the best thing she can do- both to stop public speculation but I hope she is stopping so she can get treatment.

I agree. She was deeply distressed by the attack . Possibly PTSD.
Poor Ariana I hope she is being supported x

Yes, it’s so hypocritical and extremely damaging. People need to stop commenting on other people’s bodies unless they happen to be the person’s doctor.

Do you think making such comments online is going to help her?

I think most people know how dangerous AN is but I agree losing weight is often praised until we decide they've gone 'too far' and then we jusge them for 'not getting help'

I’m not talking about people. I’m talking about Ariana, like the title suggests.

I think it's very difficult not to assume she has an ED when she is so severely underweight. And it is not "wild" that someone with an ED would not seek help - EDs take away logic and rationality. EDs destroy any realistic perception of yourself and your body, they tell you you don't need help, you are in control, other people don't understand. Please do not underestimate the power that an ED can hold over someone. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition, so clearly it is not "wild" that people with EDs do not seek help.

I'd have more respect for her if she covered up a bit.

Always nice to have a perspective from the 1850s.

While, yes of course, celebrities are human, I do think think it's reasonable that they forego a certain degree of their privacies and protection for scrutiny. Their fame inevitably comes with a huge degree of idolisation from young fans, and there is a social responsibility at play when a celebrity is potentially bringing harmful modelling to the impressionable masses.

It's the payoff of being famous, and they should step down entirely if they aren't prepared for that to be part of the deal.

Somebody with AN is ten to twenty times more likely to die in ten years compared to somebody who meets the criteria for morbid obesity on the same date - it's a comparison between having a 97% chance of reaching the age of 45 or 80% - almost guaranteed to survive/only 3 out of a hundred dying compared to 20.

You get the same on slim women too. Even healthy looking slim women. Too skinny, body like a child, needs to eat a burger, fried eggs, plus more. All read on a post I saw of Amanda holdens young daughter doing a modelling shoot the other day. Plus a Taylor swift post a while back with the added no bum being a popular comment.

Then you get posts on plus size women saying a real women, real women have curves, no real men wants to be with an ironing board. There are shit comments on both ends of the scale, if anything women think they are more in the right to be making shit comments on slim women, like they are making some kind of positive contribution towards 'body positive' movements. In reality they are not, they are just making a different type of women feel shit about themselves. No 1 weight should be pitted against the other, we all come in different shapes and sizes

No one has free rein to start criticising anyone’s body. Of course someone suffering should be protected. Arianna has had a very tough life. I can’t imagine what she went through as a child actress given all the stories that have come out lately.
She also had to suffer the horrific Manchester attack.
There is something very worryingly and dark going on with her. Her latest video is disturbing with a chainsaw. I hope she gets the help she needs.

Yep 😆

Your quote is giving “she asked for it” energy. When will what a woman wears not determine the abuse subjected upon them.

Too many people assume she has an ED. She is and always has been an advocate for mental health and therapy. To think she’s unwell with an ED and not seeking help is wild to me to be completely honest. People need to stop commenting on things they frankly know nothing about. No one but she and her team know her health status but she’s been bullied and hounded for years and years and years. Enough is enough.

I dont think wearing revealing clothes is inviting others to comment on her body.

What is wrong with you? If someone is unwell they should be protected. End of story

Jameela Jamil

Me too.

I think being underweight is considered ideal by many women & anorexic isn’t seen as that bad; many don’t realise how dangerous it can be.
If you know a sufferer though you will know how awful it is.

We need to be able to discuss it though. Hiding behind ‘don’t comment on peoples bodies’ is dangerous at this point because she is clearly unwell. It is awful to normalise this and attack those pointing out that she might need help and support. I don’t want my children seeing her as a role model or as having a body to emulate. She has a huge team around her who are also responsible who are letting her go on stage and release her latest music video where she looks skeletal. I think we have a responsibility to talk about how sad this is and how to help her

In my experience (which i dont need to share) some slim/thin people are given sympathy as they look gaunt, don't eat, over-exercise, have an ED etc. Larger people tend to be mocked as they are seen as lazy, greedy, obese through choice etc. We, in the real World, know that this is often not the case. And again, men don't tend to be given this judgement! I hate it when women slag off women, we should look after each other as we are singled out enough.

I don't think its really open season on overweight women the way you imply and I do agree people should not comment on her body. I admit I have commented at home but to be fair part of that is because she wears very revealing things. That's her choice of course, but someone with massive thighs wearing tiny shorts is more likely to be commented upon a than someone with massive thighs and a wide cut trousers or A line skirt. For reasons I can't fathom she insists on wearing strapless or sleeveless tops that highlight her very thin frame, it does imply she is seeking comments on her body. Or that she genuinely thinks she looks better now than before, and is supporting a skeletal look. I'd have more respect for her if she covered up a bit.