Britney Receives Body Criticism Again
July 6, 2009 in Britney Spears by Versus
Even though she was just selected OK! Magazine’s Best Body of 2009, poor Britney is bombed with body criticism again – this time, it comes from The Daily Mail, who says that Brit has gained a visible amount of weight in her 2 week vacation.
Basically, the article says stuff like:
Who ate all the croissants? Britney Spears looks distinctly fuller figured as she hits Paris
But it appears that the holiday has had an impact on her figure – with Britney looking distinctly fuller-figured as she took to the stage in Paris.
The singer’s thighs and arms looked larger than before – although that won’t last for long.
I understand “reporting weight gain”, but we can do it delicately, without assuming that the person who gained some pounds ate loads of croissants / fast food… don’t you agree?
See a Front & Back Britney after the jump!
P.S.: I really don’t see the weight gain. It’s just the outfits (I still don’t like them)!
technology these days jk
& they wonder why she is the way she is, unecessary criticism.
& her legs look fine, granted they are a little bigger but I’m sure she knows that, why poke fun?
Its just her stomach she may want to tone, which she probably will be doing.
I’m probably in the minority in that I have never found Britney Spears in the least bit attractive. It has nothing to do with her body and everything to do with her giggling, bleach blonde, idiot persona. Acting like a stupid girl is not sexy. That being said, i don’t see her as big. Her stomch is sticking out because she is sitting down in a tight outfit. Happens to alot of women. If the editors over at the Daily Mail think this represents a fat person (yes, i said fat not curvy, curvy does not equal fat) they need to come to america and go to walmart. At walmart you will see some fat people, you will see some really flabby bodies. This isn’t even close to reality.
And croissants are yummy.
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i agree. i never found her attractive as much people brag about it so much, plus she can’t sing. i do think it’s bad people criticize her body. it does need some toning but the body is okay.
I agree to you: “fat not curvy, curvy does not equal fat”, “i don’t see her as big. Her stomch is sticking out because she is sitting down in a tight outfit.” You are a good observer.
Never found her attractive either…in fact, she always looks…dirty (grimy, unkept, unclean)
Is true she looks like she gained a little weight,but,like Simone says,she`s probably aware of that. The article is just mean,mean,mean and mean. It sounds like it was wrote by a frustrated & jealous person who just tries to make someone feel awful. And I don`t think this kind of attitude is professional,even if that magazine is a tabloid ( wich I have no idea if it is ) …
She doesn’t look as though she has gained. I think the outfits and bad angles are to blame. The only pic where she looks slightly bigger is the second one in the black outfit and I think it was just a bad photo. Her bosy still looks good
She didn’t gain at all. Stupid people talking and writing bullshits. Her body is okay.
looking good and performing good is her job. i don’t know about her performances now, but her bod could sure need less fat, considering she is NOT the average person with an average income. if she were my neighbour i’d say she looks fit and healthy, but as a stage singer i think she should look better.
Well I’d hate to see what you think of Aretha Franklin. The job of a singer is to sing. If you look outside of the corporate pop world you will find there are many people considered unattractive who sing and make money.
i sincerely doubt aretha franklin’s stage costumes looked like this…:D
i agree a singer should be judged for her/his singing, but when you go on stage dressed like this, be prepared to be judged for every other aspect than your singing
No one with even just a scant musical education thinks Britney is capable of singing. Her technique is poor. She just lipsyncs 99% of the time anyway. I can’t blame people for judging her looks because that’s truly all she sells. I don’t have much pity for her on that front but i don’t like the blanket statement that all singers as obligated to look a certain way. There are many genres of music, from classical to world. I doubt most people who go to the opera are that focused on the bodies of the singers.
i wouldn’t compare britney to aretha franklin, whitney houston or other great voices. in my opinion she’s more a singing performer, which explains, why she doesn’t dress accordingly to her figure – because there IS a “certain way” that she trying to look. That said, most singer/performers fail in choice of food/clothes sometimes and wether its beyonce, aguilera or madonna, they are all discussed here too
She is an entertainer not a singer. Don’t you think?
Sorry, but Britney is who she is because she’s a totally package (entertainer/performer)…not because she can sing. Aretha on the other hand is who she is because she can sing. The requirements and expectations are different. Britney certainly can’t rely on her voice.
That being said, trust me when I say Aretha could stand to lose about 100 lbs.
Jordin Sparks is not a skinny girl either, still she’s not half naked on stage. If you do that, IMO, you should make sure you’ve got what to flaunt. Britney’s body is not made for these trashy outfits, hence the criticism… but the article is still a little exagerated
If you’d think she’d look fit and healthy if she were a normal person, why does her job make a difference in how you judge her? She does look good, I don’t think holding her up to a stricter ideal is very good, especially not for the people on the receiving end of it. She’s probably more fit and healthy this way than if she were to try and look the way you think she should look, and IMO, that beats “looking better”.
yes, i think she should look better than “just” fit and healthy as it is her job to look stunning on stage. and she doesn’t look stunning to me with an estimated bmi of 24.
BMI doesn’t mean anything.
And it’s Britney’s job to entertain, not to look perfect.
Well, i know it’s not the most accurate thing ever, but don’t you think a bmi of 16 or a bmi of 30 do actually mean smth? Of course it depends on bone structure and so on, and that is why the healthy range is so wide. But i do think that it shows when smth is really wrong.
well, if it’s not about her looks, what’s the point of the discussion here then?
she would never have become famous, if she had a huge nose or a big butt when she started her career (at least not, if she can’t sing like a barbara streisand or an aretha franklin).
Uma I guess if we are talking extremes, but a BMI of 24 is pretty average height/weight ratio especially for someone as muscular as Britney.
What’s wrong with an estimated bmi of 24, for anyone regardless of their status?
nothing is “wrong” with a bmi that’s higher yet healthy. also, like others pointed out, the bmi doesn’t tell about muscle tone etc.
but my point is that britney doesn’t look her popstar-best (which is skinnier than just “ok”), which she should imo considering her job and her outfits. if i got paid millions to be on stage performing, i’d train not to be just healthy, but fabulously, admirably fit and pretty.
her body was better when she was younger. she doesn’t even look that fit. she looked kinda sloppy at times.
Most people’s bodies are better when they are younger!
I think she looks great! Maybe a little weight gain but nothing dramatic at all!
wow if shes getting criticized for looking like that i can imagine what they will say about me. lmfao! sure shes gained weight but what woman doesnt fluctuate. her legs are nice and toned thats for sure.
well,she is not in a great shape,as she was when she started her career but she had 2 kids and drug problems,so she cannot be the same..the media are mean,this is a fact and they press the celebrities to stay always fit and thin and this is really annoying..if you gain weight they make fun of you.i’m happy i’m not famous!hahaha but i guess that they made these comments,meaning that britney with all the money that she has and with the job that she does(sexy singer/entertainer)can hire personal trainers to become super thin again and fit.i guess that’s what they meant to say,that she should become anxious about her gain weight and do something,such as training
PEOPLEE!!!forget the way she looks!!!SHE CAN`T SING!!!that`s something reaaaal important…that`s a big problem,not the way she looks
i mean…i never heard her live in one of her concerts..and just because you HAD some hits and you HAD a look..it doesn`t mean you re an artist
Actually, she has a decent voice, but I think she’s just a bit lazy about it, she doesn’t exactly go out there and sing in a genre that demands a lot of work, IMO. She’s a pop star, and while I’m sure there are some really good pop singers out there, it just seems to be a genre that catches more people that just want to “look good” than people that want to sing good. I think if she were to go to country or rock, she would be excellent at it, but I don’t think she really wanted a career on her singing, just a career on her showmanship.
her singing sucks. that’s just the truth. there are way better singers than britney and the only reason why she’s famous because she has sex appeal, which i really don’t from her because she’s not attractive.
Well, that’s because you’re a woman, and I hate to say it but women in general just don’t judge too well on female sex appeal because they don’t listen to what men find sexy(all you have to do is read a lot of the posts on here about any of the women, especially the ones that aren’t model/built like models). To a man, she is probably fairly sexy(judging by what I’ve heard my guy friends talk about and what not), and I don’t think they really care if she’s carrying extra weight compared to what she used to be.
I guess her singing sucks(not a fan of that genre, to be honest), but her voice doesn’t, IMO.
Her voice isn’t really the problem. It’s the complete lack of technique. If she went to a teacher and dedicated herself to improvement i daresay she would sound better. Anyone on the planet can sing (saving tone deafness, being mute etc.) if given the proper resources.
I do have to agree with you in that most of the people here really don’t have a good grasp concerning what men find sexy. I don’t think men have crazy high standards. It depends on the man really. there is a huge swath of the male population in the U.S. that finds Spears attractive. I confess i don’t know any males in my circle that do find her attractive. Most young women today don’t even have a good grasp concerning what the human body normally looks like. We only see our bodies and those of the women in the media today. It’s a horrid comparison considering we don’t have hours a day to work out, money for personal trainers and food deliveries or access to all the drugs they take. A BMI of 24 is not overweight, many of you need to educate yourself concerning the human body. Education leads to a better discernment concerning what you are being shown. Most women do not have flat stomachs (this is due to a pad of fat that develops over the uterus to protect it from injury) . Most women store fat in their thighs and buttocks (due to increased estrogen and wide pelvic bones). The body most models posses is traditionally a male shape and it’s very rare in women. Furthermore the prevalence of cosmetic surgery in hollywood cannot be denied. many women in hollywood have taken advantage of the procedures.
i think any man out there will tell you, that he found the “old” (i.e. pre-pregnancy-fat) brit sexier. i guess there are women, that tend to be harder on other women coz they’re jealous on the sexappeal, but a lot of them are surprisingly supportive with other women in the limelight.
i for myself rather seldom do that and i wouldn’t mind britney being either very sexy with the average voice she has OR having a great timbre while looking average. being average in voice AND looks doesn’t fit the singer/performer-bill in my opinion.
“i think any man out there will tell you, that he found the “old” (i.e. pre-pregnancy-fat) brit sexier.”
Yes, there will be men that preferred her “before” stage, but there are also men that will still see her as sexy now(ie after-pregnancy-”fat”). That was my point, they generally really don’t care about “fat” the way women do. And there are men that find it even sexier that she’s had children because of how pregnancy changes a woman’s body(and that whole biologically programmed to seek out fertile mates and such
).
i honestly doubt that the majority of men would choose new brit over old brit. apart from that the fertility isn’t measured by bellyfat or kids strolling around, but waist-hip ratio and the right mix of young + mature features, which would apply to old brit as well.
anyways, it’s not the topic what men believe anyways, it’s about our personal opinion, right? and i still say she looks O.K. and just O.K. is not quite enough for those skimpy outfits and the average singing.
what does being a woman have to do with it? britney could never sing in my opinion. there are plenty of female artists i like can sing way better than her and i’m not hating on her because it’s my opinion and how i see her. all she’s famous for is her sex appeal and that’s it. beyonce has sex appeal but she can sing, same with christina. she can get the training she wants and she still will sound bad.
No she wouldn’t sound bad. Beyonce only sings marginally better than Britney. I could show you some of her strained top notes. Christina doesn’t do a good 70% of the vocal acrobatics she used to because she wrecked her voice doing them (the constant show cancellations due to laryngitis.) She’s stuck to a rather tame mezzo-belting style which i frankly find irritating. She’s never singing, she’s just screeching. Of course our public is so uneducated they believe off-key screaming is singing.
Britney would be able to sound better with training. It would improve her breath support (which is 80% of singing), technique and tone. You can argue about the sound of it all day but academically there could be no argument concerning the improvement one receives from vocal training. EX: Pre-Ray of Light Madonna and Post-ROL Madonna. There is no denying the quality of her voice improved drastically. The music is still nothing but 145 primary chord formula crap but she did sound a lot better.
BigV, that comment didn’t have anything to do with your opinion of her singing, but of your comment as to you not getting why she’s considered sexy. We women don’t judge too well on sex appeal, because we don’t listen to what MEN find sexy(which is the whole point of sex appeal, well, unless you’re a lesbian/targeting lesbians, but I don’t think Brit is/does
). That was my point.
fguhnn, i disagree because britney could never hold a note to anything and as far as christina, she is a better singer because she may yell at times but she still have that voice. like i sad britney is nothing but a sex symbol instead of a true singer. beyonce, christina, alicia keys are true singers. even if britney did have vocal training her voice will never be as good as other female artists. the only people that think britney can really sing are uneducated themselves because they don’t know real singers when they see one. plus whitney houston sounds way better than britney and she’s haven’t been came out with an album for years.
Christina can only hold those notes because she’s been trained to hold those notes. It’s training, pure plain and simple. It’s not some god like majical gift that falls from the heavens. They will sound different for certain and Britney will not be able to hold notes for extensive periods of time until she quits smoking but the simple fact of the matter is she is capable of doing it. Any human being barring tone deafness/ full deafness or a lack of vocal chords can sing. I have done vocal training for 4 years and have taught others to sing. Don’t tell me what can and cannot be done.
well i’m letting you know that britney can’t sing and that’s that. christina always had the better voice whether she’s yelling or not so i know what i’m talking about. britney is nothing but a sex symbol, not a great singer or dancer. hell rhianna sound way better than her and i didn’t think she can sing at all. even if you did vocal training for years, britney will never come across as the singing type.
@fughhn: singing is a TALENT, which means it IS a gift from God. I cannot believe you’d say you worked in this business and then say that!
Yes, I agree, anybody can sing, but how many do actually move you when you listen to them? That’s where the talent is and all the training in the world won’t be enough to actually reach into people’s hearts (and I’m talking here just with the voice, not lyrics or/and orchestra)
Oh, *beep* off with the “uneducated” horse apples people. Just because a person likes Brit’s voice doesn’t mean they are uneducated. In the move “Crossroads”, if that really was her singing, she belted out some really good tunes. Just because you don’t like her voice doesn’t mean you are superior to those that do like her voice. IMO, she wasted her talent, she could have been a lot better. Does that mean I’m ignorant? No, it just means I have a different opinion of this than you do. Jesus, you people are arrogant.
Discussion of “moving people” is entirely different from singing. Singing is a separate action.
And the discussion regarding her singing is done from an academic point of view. If you like it fine.
Well, watch the duet between Britney and Michael Jackson, you’ll tell her voice is not that good
Ew, she looks awful and gross!
Her thighs are chubby and huge!
she’s got to lose LOTS of weight
You are so delusional…
I agree that the article is offensive. They are claiming she really stuffed her face with unhealthy food and has basically been greedy. It’s ridiculous and humiliating. She’s looking really fit, unlike most people btw. Who cares about some flab (it’s not even much).. It’s not like having some fat on your body is unhealthy, it’s the way most of us are meant to be.
They should really shut up. Hope all the stupid talk doesn’t hinder her to get back on track, she’s doing so well recently. Like a lot of ppl here, I find her music awful, but I think that’s kinda off-topic. Putting her looks down like The Daily Mail did is just rude and unprofessional.
OK so maybe she gained a few pounds. Considering the Aretha Franklin comment… True, a singer’s job is to sing. But in the pop world today, a singer is much more than just a singer.
Aretha Franklin doesn’t have her own perfume does she? Her own tv show? K-Fed love affairs? Noooope. And if Britney were my neighbour, I’d think she looked curvy! Not fat at all ! She’s not fat, look at her legs, so toned! No cellulite. She looks great given the ugly as dirt outfits.
On the other hand, she is NOT my neighbour and not a regular person. She has expectations to live up to and if she doesn’t criticism will follow, like any job. Imagine I was a CEO of some multi-million dollar company, and was expected to come to work everyday wearing a business suit. One day I’m feeling oh-so-scandalous and I show up in jeans and a sexy top, I would be SO criticized regardless of how hot (or not lol) I looked.
Also, Britney could have been compared to Aretha if she took her singing more seriously and developed her musical career. She has a gorgeous voice but after all the stress she’s been thru, I doubt she’s been caring for herself like Aretha does. (PS Aretha stays heavy to preserve her beautiful deep voice). I respect Britney and everything she’s gone through but c’mon, the girl’s voice is no where near Aretha’s if she has to lipsync her concerts…. They’re incomparable. If Britney cultivated the respect that Aretha has in the musical singing world, people wouldn’t look at her in the same way.
Are we sitting here with pics of Aretha Franklin dissecting her body ? NEVER! Everyone knows she’s so talented and she’s respected for it. You go see Aretha and it’s at classy venues, she’s dressed these beautiful shiny gowns…
Just look at Britney’s outfits… her songs, if you seek amy???? She’s not aligning herself with the likes of Franklin or Ross… she’s just doing her own thing and being herself. Props Brit.
” But in the pop world today, a singer is much more than just a singer. ”
As you said, in the POP world. The more educated among us who don’t listen to manufactured crap don’t care about your hot pants wearing skinny popstars. Either way she’s not beholding to you. If you don’t like it just don’t buy it and STFU.
for that you don’t care and the manufactured crap by britney & co is far under your level anyways you actually take part a lot in discussing the shape of hot pants wearing pop-stars.
Simply because one makes a statement about something does not mean they necessarily care about it. Logic Fail child.
what investing time and thoughts into discussing an issue has to do with caring about it? alright, you gotta be very bored or logically challenged then i guess, child.
Fguhhn, ur right, you can make a statement without actually caring about that particular person.
But the POP world is the celeb class that Britney is part of. Like Paris, like HilDuff.. It’s the one she competes in. I don’t have to buy into it to see what it is and what it’s about. It’s not like i’ll take Britney and start analyzing her in a way I would a rapstar like lil Kim or Eve?
I actually really don’t like pop music and I waste my money on stupidities like Britney Spears perfume, but MILLIONS of people do. The media is always in our face, and its ignorant to turn a blind eye and say it has 0 impact on society, or you, whether you like Britney or not.
I don’t care about Britney … I don’t follow her every move, buy US weekly everytime her crotch is revealed, and I’m not consumed by celebrity buzz… but it is interesting.
Investing thoughts into stuff that’s superficial and captivatingly narcissistic, like the media and celebs, is the only way to keep your head from floating away =)
I didn’t say these people have no impact on society. In fact i daresay they have far too much impact on society.
I’m sorry ! I didn’t read all the previous posts! We share the same thinking…
damn its heartbreaking, i totally understand how it can get to your head. a lot of girls don’t realize how unhealthy some celebs are. Have you read up on Britney’s laxative abuse? not sure if its true, but with all that crap like master cleanse, it wouldnt be surprising.
I’ve also researched actress heights/weights and calculated their BMI …. even the hottest, like my fav Megan Fox, have bmi’s of 17 … underweight.
Do you think that some celebrities compensate for a lack of talent (I mean true, Oscar worthy talent) with their looks? Kate Winslet never seems to succomb to media pressures and she’s an amazing actress.
I’m happy to see not everyone has completely lost their grounding YAY
I’d daresay most hollywood celebs are following really unhealthy lifestyles. One of my closest friends acted on the original 90210 show for 9 years. (i refuse to name him, he wasn’t a major character) I remember him telling me about how freaking insane women were in hollywood. Laxatives are commonly used. Laxative abuse is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. It causes dependency in that you will get to the point you won’t be able to crap without a laxative. Cocaine abuse is also common. Plastic surgery is prevalent. He told me pretty much every woman on that show had work done (this guy is militantly against it, he even dumped a girlfriend for getting implants). Tummy Tucks to Breast Implants.
As for the lack of talent, well i blame that on the public. If the public really wanted to see vibrant women with full personalities we would buy it. We are satisfied with eye candy. Most actresses are just eye candy. It’s why they disappear after 25 for the most part. If the public wanted to see natural women who looked like what most ordinary women look we would see that. Vote with your wallet, don’t buy it. I haven’t watched TV, bought a magazine, cd or watched a big budget flick in ages. I’m happier for it.
Oh get a hold of yourself. I’m your regular metal chick and i alternate it with jazz and clasical but i come to this site for the fun of it, not for showing how ehm educated i am by attacking everyone. boring
What does being educated have to do with taste in music?
That’s what I was thinking. To say an intelligent person only likes certain types of music is either close-minded or following a sterotype (e.g nerds like classical music).I’ve met some pretty dumb people who liked indie, classical, jazz music or other “deep” music, and I’ve met chemical engineering majors who thought Jay-Z was awesome. There’s no correlation with intelligence and preferred musical genres.
I feel for any girl who’s under this much media scrutiny about her body all the time. It’s enough to drive a gril to eat!
Amen to that! now there’s a girl that’s not afraid to tell it like it is! thats how it should be! we are human! we are all extra sensitive to body critisism seeing as tho its such a hot topic for women in this day and age, having all of these ‘perfectly’ distorted images telling us how to look! I knwo when i get sad i look for the choccies…and the cake…and the lollies…and anythin/ anyone else who gets im my way! lol
how much weight can make a person in two weeks? is ridiculous!!!
she is singer, not a model, her job it’s to sing good, not to look perfect. she looks fine imo, u can tell that she’s working very hard for that.
She may have gained a little bit of weight but she still has a figure that most women would kill for, She looks great, surley we should focus on the fact she’s recovering from the problems she had and getting her career and life back on track?
if she looks happy that’s good enough for me, after seeing her in the paper contantly looking miserable.
i don’t want her figure.
I agree with some of the other posters that this girl cannot sing…her entire career has been built around looking a certain way. So, i think it’s alright for the media to focus on her looks, BUT, it is not okay for them to call her fat!!! this by no means represents fat, and the implication that she is stuffing her face with croissants is just plain offensive. Somebody could have made a much subtler point that she gained weight without turning it into a personal insult to her.
Would it have been ok if it had been starbucks and mcdonalds they had implied- most of the candids taken when she was in the uk she was either going to or coming from somewhere like this…
She’s ill and the people around her should be slammed for putting her in this position- not the papers who do what their paid to do…
This girl needs a break from the ‘celeb’ world before it chews her up and spits her out…
I think she looks great! And I like her dark hair so much better.
So which is the before and which is the after, because frankly I don’t see any weight gain….just different outfits and angles. Save skinny v curvy for the weight gossip, the dailymail should stick to reporting on more important issues!”
None of them is an before or after picture, they are both from the same night, just different outfits and angles.
I think she looks great!! Better then ever in my opinion!
Her body looks quite different when she’s wearing tighter outfits. That said, these outfits aren’t very flattering for her figure in any way. But she seems comfortable wearing them so…
all i can say…with the sh!t that media and general public throws at stars such as Brit who were forced into their careers at such a young age (and probably continue to do that because they have no sense of self outside of performing)…its no wonder Michael Jackson died so prematurely. When will they learn. they are people as well, and just because they have lots of money does not mean they are better off…thats quite evident that they are probably worse off…
How did they notice her weight gain? I have no idea, because pictures can’t be obvious evidence of that. BTW, I think it’s just the wrong outfit which makes her look a bit fuller (well, I reckon she always wear some awful outfits on stage) but her body is ok!
Sure, she is not as slim as she used to be when she started her career, but damn… She was a teenage girl, now she’s a mature woman but she is still supposed to have a teenage body which is ridiculous, IMO.
I guess it’s so hard to be in a public eye, too much pressure… Especially, when someone is counting every single extra inch of your body. It’s pathetic.
The only pic where I can see any gain is on the swing. That being said, sure, it looks like a few pounds in which I will fondly refer to as ‘love pounds’. With that new man of hers, we all know what it’s like to pack on 5lbs cause we’re too busy basking in the glow of our new found love. Damn those men.
Her legs look great though
She looks fabulous. Rags must be getting bored with the MJ stories…
The Daily Mail is bullshit… she looks hot
yeah, maybe she gained 5 lbs, but not much, and she still is not FAT. the outfits are bad. i would look like that in those outfits too, prob.
I really like Britney’s new body. I don’t really like the long lean look. nice legs, full c cup not too flat tummy. she could dress so much better though.
I eat croissants and I don’t gain weight from them. I’m 110 lbs. So stupid to assume that eating the occasional fatty food will cause a person to become fat.
She looks great!! Do we really need to do another “Leave Britney aloooooooooone!!” ??.. It is so sad all those magazines have so poor ideas and subjects, all they do is trashing at people.. Do any of those fake journalists remember we all are human beings whether you’re a star or not?.. They’ll never stop doing what they do and that’s really a shame. I’m french, i love croissants and fresh bread. Here, almost everybody eats at least one a day and french women are the slimest of all Europe..
i don’t like her. she try’s to look sexy but she’s just not. she looks like a dirty pig to me.
Dirty pig?! Come on… You can say she’s not your type, but saying she’s a dirty pig is offensive.
lol. well, i think she has always looked dirty, even when she was really skinny. and those outfits make her look like a pig. so to me she looks like a dirty pig x’]
I think she needs to sack her stylist and make-up artist- and well anyone around her at the moment as they are doing her no favours…
Like come on at 8 my make up was better applied than that…
Yes, she’s gained some weight and the dodgy outfit does her no favours but her body is nowehere near big. It’s just that before she was very slim (not skinny but very toned and slim) so now she looks bigger only in comparison. The slate Britney but praise Beyonce and J’lo or are bigger (and fabulous!).
They just do it because Britney’s downturn is money to them so they nit-pick on everything.
I’ve seen docs about the media that comment on celebs’ bodies and most of them are on the chubby side themselves! Perhaps they should look at themselves before they start on Britney
There is nothing wrong with her figure..
She is a healthy size compared to size o. Im sorry but if i had a body like that id feel amazing, i dont think the press realise how ill they make young people by reporting that what britney looks like is fat.
Im guessing but i presume many teenage girls now suffer from body dsymorphia due to such immature comments.
agreed. but i think the press do know what they are doing and how it makes ppl feel! i think that’s their ploy! so they keep selling the mags cuz girls keep buying them to keep up to date with how they ’should’ look and ’shouldnt’ look and who is ‘perfect’ and to keep tormenting themselves and comparing themselves with healthy images such as britney- being called fat- therefore trying their darndest not to look that way, and also comparing themselves to the ‘perfect’ models and celebs which are basically computer images. so they will never add up to them (not realising the celebs dont look like that either) then they will keep buying the magazines, fake tan, diet products, laxitives, makeup, skin care products, cosmetic surgery etc etc etc and the companies just keep getting richer and richer!
something people don’t understand is that there is a distinct difference between “fat” and “thick”. Shes a bit bigger in hollywood size, that I get. Britney spears is thick. She has a larger frame with muscle tone. She looks great!
I agree Emily!
She’s not fat or chubby and so what if she gained a few pounds the big problem isnt so much her body its those hideous stage outfits that arent suited for a women with her frame..the lil outfits are what makes her look stocky but other then that she has a beautiful body
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I went yesterday eve to Brit concert in Antwerp (Belgium) I was in the front line:seeing these pics I tought she must have gained some weight since paris, so I was looking for her when the show started…..after a while with all dancers etc I see a slim ballerina with sparkling custome (there were several women dancing on the circus..) it took me one minute to realize it was Brit!!OMG I swear she is tiny and super fit, pictures are really delusional sometimes and she was great during the show (the voice of course not top and playback) but the overall show and her was cool.
Britney is at a healthy weight and is very toned! She looks fabulous! But she has to remember that these costumes don’t work for someone her age who has had kids.
The Daily Mail has a large newspaper staff… are we automatically supposed to assume that all of its writers, editors, and corespondents are more toned and fabulously fit than Britney? Of course not! So what, exactly, gives them the insane power to put her down? She has come so far from when she used to be a total train-wreck… she is very successful these days, and looking hot. Obviously she does not have the same body she had when she was sixteen, back in the “…Baby One More Time” days. So please, people, get a life… Britney is an icon, give the woman some respect and please stop being so freakin jealous!
I’m a little torn regarding this thread. My opinion is sort of all over the place.
I think old Britney was a lot sexier, but I don’t think new Britney is necessarily fat.
I think it IS in Britney’s job description to look her best, and I don’t think she’s doing that. I think she could put in more effort. But at the same time, I don’t think she looks bad and NEEDS that much change. And has her weight really affected her quality as a performer? Not really, she still puts on great shows.
I also feel sorry for her. Every time she fluctuates people assume she stuffed her face with food. Sometimes you can drink water and limes and you’ll still gain weight, because it’s more to do with hormones. genes and metabolism than diet.
But at the same time, she’s payed millions and she has all the resources and time to look better. I have to do 8 years of post-high school education to make a small % of what she makes, and no time and resources to look as amazing as I possibly could. I feel that in that field, to warrant getting so much money for doing so little, you are bound to higher expectations than normal people. Otherwise, anybody can and should be payed millions for anything. My body is not amazing, why does she get the millions and I don’t? Who’s to decide? Then, her success is simply luck. I think that’s why I and other people hold her to such incredible standards that we wouldn’t hold normal people. (and those normal people need to understand that celebrities are judged harshly; if Britney is fat, it doesn’t mean those people would see you as fat, there are 2 different standards that are being used). Some people don’t agree with that, but that’s how it is, and I can’t change my opinion to hold people who are capable of looking better to look better, and people capable of being smarter to be smarter…etc
But it seems unhealthy for her to continue to diet over-exercise just to fit a certain image. I really feel like her body now has changed. She seems to have a chunky natural body type. Right now, she’s really trying hard to stay in shape, but it’s just going to get harder and harder and at some point I don’t think it’s worth it because she’ll have to sacrifice health for a certain image.
So because of all of that, I’m confused as to what to say about Britney. I think she should finish this tour, take her money, and live her life as chunky as she wants to be with her 2 kids, happy and out of the media. That way everyone’s happy.
i don’t see the weight gain. i mean, yes i def see the weight gain from her pre-baby body, but then again she had kids really early. she’s now like 28? of course she’s not gonna have the same body she had when she was like 20 yrs old and bump n grinding in the “i’m a slave 4u” video. she’s a woman now…it’s different. and yes, while i agree that celebrities have to be held to a higher standard than us normal people, we have to remember that britney is still recovering. there was a time for many many years that she DID have probably one of the best bodies in hollywood by far. there was a time when her abs were worshipped. there was a time where i would have killed to have her body because her figure was so amazing that no one in the NORMAL world could achieve that. now, 2 babies later, a nasty divorce and custody battle as well as mental illness and her entire life and all her faults being plastered all over the media for our entertainment at her expense…i’d say she looks pretty damn good for having survived that (and is STILL going through it). she is no supermodel, she’s an entertainer. her music is still selling and people still like it! her concerts are still amazing (i went to one of her circus tour shows) and she still has it. i’ve always been a britney fan, so maybe i’m a little biased. but i just wanted to point out that she hasn’t ALWAYS had an “okay” body. if her body looked like this when she just started out then she def wouldn’t have made it this far. but the fact is she’s already established herself as a pop icon and her true fans are sticking by her and watching her get better and better. Even personal trainers are not miracle workers. she’s on tour which means she is traveling everywhere and probably does not have that much time to work out besides her shows. she looks great