Whoopi Goldberg and ‘The View’ address Kelly Clarkson’s weight loss backlash: ‘Nobody wants to be fat’
15.05.2024 - 19:41
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a weight loss drug. Goldberg, 68, said on Wednesday’s episode of “The View” that while she “had a great time” on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” earlier in the week, she was disappointed over the negative online response to Clarkson, 42.“Kelly is getting backlash over this from people who say she previously claimed she was losing weight by walking,” Goldberg said. “But here’s a point about that.
A lot of people are taking the show because they need it. There’s lots of reasons.”The EGOT winner continued: “She has been walking, but this has helped. They kick her behind when she’s bigger, they kick her behind when she’s lost the weight, and now they’re kicking her behind because she said it out loud.
Maybe she was more comfortable hearing somebody say that’s what I did.”Sara Haines, 46, said she has “no shade” for Clarkson but thinks celebrities need to be open about whether or not they’re taking prescription medication to lose weight.Joy Behar, 81, jumped in to declare that “diets do not work.”“I’ve been on diets up and down, up and down. You lose it, then you gain it back,” the comedian said. “Nobody wants to be fat except a sumo wrestler.”Alyssa Farah Griffin, 34, admitted that she could relate to Clarkson because she gained weight her first season on “The View,” which “was hard” for the Republican commentator.
“Wait until you hit menopause!” Behar said to her co-host.Sonny Hostin, 55, was also pro-Clarkson when she joined the conversation.“After 50 it’s really difficult to lose weight. If people are doing this to make themselves feel better then I’m all for it,” Hostin said. “If you feel good about yourself, then mentally you’re going to also feel better.