Kate Upton Gives ‘Skinny’ Haters Who Called Her Fat Something to Chew On (VIDEO)

by Jacqueline Burt July 17, 2012 at 5:34 PM

kate hamburger I'm so happy to hear that Kate Upton apparently responded to the recent, ridiculous criticism of her weight. ("Pro-skinny" websites called Upton "fat" and "squishy" with "floppy boobs" and "huge" thighs.) Considering the way other starlets have handled similar flack (by going mysteriously M.I.A. for a month or two and returning suddenly svelte), I'm happy that she responded at all, but I'm especially happy about the way she handled the haters:

"I'm not going to starve just to be thin," Upton reportedly said. "I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable."

Good for you, Kate! And good for girls in general. Make no mistake: Upton's simple, blunt reply is actually way more meaningful than you might think ...

Because Upton didn't defend her curves by issuing some sanitized, nutritionally-correct statement about how even though she's not a stick figure, she's still committed to (insert latest celeb diet/exercise fad here). She didn't stoop to somehow apologizing for -- gasp! -- wanting to actually ENJOY LIFE.

And that's a big deal. Why? Well, what most people don't realize is that eating disorders are about more than just being thin. Girls aren't making themselves sick simply to look good in a pair of skinny jeans. Eating disorders are about perfection. They're about control. If Kate Upton had responded to the body-bashing with a sermon attributing her voluptuous figure to macrobiotics or a strict vegan regime or weekly juice fasts, she would've been validating that same obsessive-compulsive drive to be superhuman. To be Gwyneth Paltrow. (Sorry to beat a dead horse here, but y'know?)

Instead, Upton was like, "Yeah, so I like to eat. What of it?"

There you go, pro-skinny haters. Chew on that!

What do you think of Kate Upton's response to critics who called her fat?

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Nonmember comment from Rosa!Rosa!Rosa!

July 17, 2012 at 5:51 PM

She's pretty but not "glamorous" ...page three model... Yeah, So What? At least she's not walking around advertising some eating disorder. She actually looks like a real girl with curves and all. I hope we won't see her in a couple of months... a size 00.

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Shandi80

July 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM

I think she's pretty. The "skinny girl" bashing her was just jealous. :)

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FellyScarlett

July 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM

First off, she doesn't look like a 'normal girl'. I'm not bashing her, she works hard. Most normal girls don't work as hard as she does for a nice body. Also these 'skinny girls' are just pathetic.

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LucretiaMcEvil

July 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM

Who cares?

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AllieTrueAllie

July 17, 2012 at 8:57 PM

I adore Kate Upton, so maybe I'm biased, but women, we are our own worst enemy. We pick apart other women so much for no reason because no reason actually exists for the cruelty except that a lot of it is jealousy and self-hatred and internal anger. It's projecting what we hate so much about ourselves on other people. So I'm glad she held her head up high. You rock, Kate!!

If I were her, I'd take the Kim Kardashian approach: get rich and laugh at your haters all the way to the bank.

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Nonmember comment from AnastasiaB

July 18, 2012 at 4:16 PM

You are missing the point. The blogger was discussing out how inappropriate Kate Upton's body was for the runway and serious fashion. I am sure Kate can make plenty of money being in Maxim or Playboy where someone with her figure belongs. Also, I would never say any woman of any size is a "real" woman. All women no matter what their sizes are real. 00-on. So to those people still referring to overweight women as real, if you find what the Skinny Gossip blogger said was offensive, then you are doing the same thing just in reverse. And this comes from a real women who is a size 00.

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Nonmember comment from DPP

February 19 at 6:30 PM

In response to @AnastasiaB -- are you serious? To model in high fashion you have to look like a skeleton? Why don't you look at the transforming catwalk and tell me if all fashion models who strut have to look startlingly skinny? I'd prefer to see how clothing looks on women of all shapes and sizes because then it would be most clearly "Real" world representative. I doubt this blogger or the comments missed the proanna's blog point. She was rude and negative and bashing a changing industry because she is slowly realizing women no longer have to starve themselves to look good on camera/catwalk/or in the real world--that would certainly render all the proanna bloggers unhealthy effort obsolete. And honey, we're happy you are a 00, but it doesn't mean women who aren't should be ashamed.

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