“Unfiltered and Fierce: How These Stars Turned Body Shaming into Empowering Comebacks!”
Melissa McCarthy
After a critic called Melissa McCarthy “homely” in one of her movies, the actress had a whole lot to say. “Would you say that to any guy? When John C. Reilly — or any actor — is playing a character that is depressed and dejected, would you say, ‘Well, you look terrible!?'”
After she asked him if he had a daughter himself, and he responded yes, she said, “Watch what you say to her. Do you tell her she’s only worthwhile or valid when she’s pretty? If his daughter came home with the news that she had been told she can’t have a job because she’s unattractive, would he respond, “That’s right?” The critic took McCarthy’s words to heart and responded, “No, I would never want that to happen. I would never in a million years want that to happen.”
Sam Smith
When Sam Smith started to become a big name in the music industry, Howard Stern made some pretty hurtful remarks about his appearance. He said, “I like that he’s chubby and gay, that’s why I love him. He’s one of those guys, he’s really good but I feel like that will be his only hit song. That’s how good that song is, he’s fat and he’s gay and little girls worship him, that’s when you know you have a good song and you have a good voice.”
Smith responded, “Can’t believe what I’ve just read.” Short and to the point. Sometimes that’s the best way to clap back.
