Chrissy Teigen Responds To Nicole Arbour’s ‘Dear Fat People’

I didn’t know who Nicole Arbour was until this past weekend, when everyone I’ve ever met including my childhood dentist and your mom sent me Arbour’s Dear Fat People video, suggesting I write a rebuttal.

This video, titled “Dear Fat People”, contained Arbour’s opinions on fat people and the obesity epidemic in America. Incidentally, Don’t Talk to Irene is about the same subject: “It’s about a 16-year-old girl who dreams of being a cheerleader, but she is constantly bullied for being fat. So, no matter if we’re talking negatively about it or positively, she’s winning”.

Arbour then goes on to explain how “fat people” really are in their ordinary lives and how unsafe it is for them to live in their ways, eating unhealthy food and not exercising. “Are you gonna be telling the doctor that they are fat-shaming you when they tell you have a f****** heart disease?”

I find seeing someone’s head being blown off offensive. “That is not something she is about!” With jump cuts and flashy colors behind her, Arbour claims that fat people are not shamed or discriminated against, and to claim so is like pulling the “race card” or “gay card”.

“#BodyPositive. If you want to be positive to your body, work out and eat well”. She declares that airplanes should have seats for people who are “really large”. “She learns that she doesn’t have to change anything about herself to be awesome because she already is”.

Arbour said she’s inspired by comics like Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, and Mindy Kaling, even though many of her inspirations make fun of themselves as well as others. “There are a lot of reasons why (individuals) are overweight or obese”. “I am no stranger to ridicule and loneliness”.

“Fat shaming is not a thing”, said YouTube user Shawn Halpin in his own video. “It’s fat phobic and very bad”. However, the answer to this is not bullying, and it is certainly not insulting a group of people in a six-minute video.

“I felt like I had been lied to”, Mills told the Huffington Post Canada. I was so upset I was shaking like Shelley DuVall in the “The Shining'”.

Millions are outraged after a body shaming video goes viral. “It’s everywhere”.

Many took to social media to call Davis out for her hypocrisy, but some took things a little too far by also commenting on the nature of her love life and criticizing her appearance. I want to arm teen girls of all sizes with confidence.

It’s not Arbour’s fault that other people have no willpower or self-control.

Director Pat Mills released a statement to Zap2It explaining what happened. It is a body positive teen movie. “You are not hired for “Don’t Talk to Irene””.