A Beth Ditto Post
October 5th, 2009 by Rian | Filed under Celebrity Flab & Bulges, Misc Celebs & Diet News.I got a few requests for this post! Beth Ditto was spotted at the Bardot Lounge on Saturday night as she attended a party thrown by blogger Perez Hilton…
Photos via PacificCoastNews
Tags: beth ditto, event, overweight, red hair
who is she?
awful hair and makeup!!!!
Some chick the fashion world is courting at the moment, in a vain attempt to prove they accept women in all their forms. It’s bs.
Oh my eyes!!! What a bad combo of hair, makeup, and outfit.
ewww. why? she looks really unhealthy and overweight.
Honey when you’re that big, you have to do big hair and makeup. She said she makes her own clothes. I think she sings in a band and she’s openly gay.
It’s so funny that we have all of these new rules, and Beth Ditto is posted. It’s so tempting to go overboard with the comment. I’ll make it short and say she’s overweight.
I’m kinda afraid of her…this look is definitely not very flattering.
Anyway I like how comfortable she is with her weight
Oh Rian, how could you! Putting a picture of Beth Ditto on a site dedicated to skinny celebrities!
Poor beth.
I think I’ll defend her while the comments toll is low.
She is big but is a real breathe of fresh air.
I know many of you are going to talk about it being unhealthy – is Gisele and her skinny legs healthy? As goes for all the emaciated celebs that are practically canonised by commenters.
Go easy! She’s making millions of slightly bigger people feel a lot better, which is a good thing.
Im not one to rag on girls who are a little bigger than the traditional models, celebs, etc.. but being unhealthy and obese is different. and i dont think it sets a good example at all. not to mention she cant seem to find an outfit that compliments her at all..
People on this site will tear this chick to shreds. She’s the lead singer of the band Gossip. I feel like she could have a pretty face under the wild hair and makeup. Unflattering outfit with cheap-looking fabric.
Jade is funny.
Not overboard. . . honest. She is obese.
She looks happy though – who wouldn’t be, heading to a Perez Hilton soiree? Over the top is mandated!
OH.
…can’t say i like her. her performance outfits are outrageous and if her goal is to promote different body types, in this case “big girls”, she’s doing it the wrong way. she makes herself look foolish, her wardrobe alone leaves her open for public mockery,
I’m going to defend Beth while the comments are few — she might be a bit bigger but she’s making lots of body concious curvy women feel a lot better.
You think it’s unhealthy to be this size? Angelina, Nicky hilton, Jessica Alba, Gisele – they’re hardly glowing with health are they?
I like her and the message she sends
@Kim – How can you be so sure that she is comfortable with her weight? She may be miserable inside, but she’s not going to let that effect her public persona.
Soon she will have to realize that losing weight will not be a matter or vanity, but of health!
There is NOTHING good to say about how she looks. She is morbidly obese. That is not healthy in the slightest, now should she be praised for it.
@Kim: how nice of you to post something positive about Beth
I do agree with you, it’s great that she’s comfortable with the way she looks. But it’s still not healthy to be overweight. She’d be healthier if she lost some weight. Looks aren’t that important, but your health is. But I’m sure Beth knows this; she’ll lose weight if she decides to do it.
I think she would feel far better at a lower weight but I also think it’s good to try and accept where you are now while looking toward the future. Self hatred will not bring about change
You just end up eating cookies in the dark….
I can’t believe she went to that jerk Perez Hilton’s party.
It’s good that she’s comfortable with her body, however she is obese. She should lose some pounds, not in an attempt to conform to societies standards but purely for her health. A 30 lbs weight loss would benefit her immensely, but still keep her curvy figure. Hell, even 50 lbs.
She has mentioned a few times in interviews, etc that she’s comfortable with her body…
Rian, are you testing us?
(joke)
@Lechuga: She LOOKS comfortable with her body. The way she dresses makes one think that she doesn’t want to hide her body. But of course we can’t know whether she’s comfortable with herself or not.
@Miss Jessie, LOL, no, people really were requesting her! @UK_Elle, people have been mostly nice so far. I think you may be surprised. (And of course I’ll be moderating comments per the new comment rules and won’t let any horrible ones through!)
I love her voice and The Gossip but you have to admit that she does look quite bad.
She is a friend of Perez Hilton. i think she is a singer/dancer.
But, I agree with others that this extreme is also very unhealthy.
over and under weight are equally bad. Loving your body is great, but trying to be healthy is even better!
LOL Beth!! She is who she is and doesn’t give a ship what anyone thinks. Though I wouldn’t want to look like that…..I like her attitude
I’ve been overweight and the only time I felt comfortable was in the swimming pool
I feel bad for her because I can’t see how she’d feel comfortable. This overweight screams struggle to me.
I don’t think she IS that comfortable with her body, hence the garish makeup, hair color, and clothing. All used to draw away attention from her body. I think on the inside, she’s not that happy.
…but I like her funky hair color. The Amy Winehouse eyes are too AmyW to be interesting. Are they meant as a distraction from the weight? Should this be a forum thread?
Nah, can’t be bothered.
Is this theskinnywebsite.com or theihavenoneckwebsite.com? who is this unfortunate woman? my health insurance $$ keeps going up because of people like this.
to the posts above who said she makes larger women feel good – huh? who would aspire to look like this? that’s not curvy, it’s called unhealthy. seriously.
this is not REAL OR OK. No one is NATURALLY OVERWEIGHT (besides the select few with thyroid or other medical conditions) I’m not saying that anorexia is healthy either but that’s why there are healthy bmi ranges. This girl is not overweight she is probably morbidly obese and NEITHER of these body images are good ones to be sending to young girls. In the United States being overweight may be a reality but it should be one that we are working to change in order to not only cut healthcare costs, but to better everyone’s quality of life. People saying this is “real” enforces the idea that being overweight is ok when it is just as unhealthy as being underweight and it has nothing to do with the way that she looks.
You sure that isn’t Perez Hilton in drag?
She’s a really good singer, love the gossip. You know, I actually think she would look really good if she lost some weight, she has great eyes and a pretty smile. She has potential, and her weight is defo not healthy
You’re kidding me right? She’s morbidly obese, come on!!! Is everyone else just being to PI???? This is crazy.
OK! NO! She is overweight in an extremely unhealthy way.
P.S. When people this size say they are comfortable with their weight they are lying.
Who is this person?? Clearly obese and unhealthy!! And FUG…
I think Gisele is naturally slim. If you look at her old pictures, you can tell that she’s always been slim. That’s just how she’s born.
@Christinaberry Great minds think alike
@ everyone pls feel free to disagree, the board is fun today
Oh snap, this post scared me and I forgot the only be positive rule. She looks like she is having fun.
oh dear, im sure she was requested as some sort of ego-booster!
anyway shes a really good singer, and although i think this whole fashion thing is a bit of a stupid cliché, i can respect her for her music, i mean her bands been around for a while, and only recently in the past few years, been recognised.
I think she would feel and look a little better if she lost some weight, but I don’t think she looks any worse than certain overly skinny starlets. I see people bigger than her in real life every day. I’m not saying she’s at a healthy weight, but I doubt she is any more unhealthy than underweight girls who starve themselves, smoke, drink excessively, do drugs, etc. Its easy to pick on someone who is overweight because its obvious. Just my 2 cents
P.S
Curvy IS NOT fat, so please take the tag off.
obviously she’s over weight but in way i like that she doesn’t care. and shes got an awesome voice so what does it matter what she looks like really?
She needs to drop 150 pounds. Even then…
I’ve never seen a zebra cow before, legendary!
I adore this woman. She makes no apologies for who she is which I always admire in people. She’s spunky and talented in her own way. When I heard she was coming out with a fashion line I was dissapointed that it was only for plus sized ladies.
Moving right along I can’t help but feel this weight in unhealthy for anyone. That said, I think the emaciated celebrity bodies that is so highly praised and coveted on this site are also unhealthy Yes there is a double standard – there is no happy medium.
It’s great that she is proud of who she is. But this is not a good thing to look up too, neither is looking up to someone who is really thin. I feel like she could lose enough weight to be healthy, but still make a great role model for girls.
It’s great to be who you are and inspire girls to enjoy who they are and for the size they are, but there is a fine line with not caring about your health and being proud of you natural body shape in a healthy way. Women shouldn’t try and be a size 2 and 6 feet tall if thats not their body but that doesn’t mean not caring about what your body in going thru on the inside when you are that overweight.
Okayyyyy…I understand accepting women of all sizes and promoting a healthier body image (one that does promote stick thin as an ultimate ideal)…but this is just as unhealthy, if not even more unhealthy, that being super thin. If you want to promote women of all sizes, good for you…but you should be a healthy size your self, for I doubt very many people would take you seriously.
a zebra cow! made me laugh…
just because she is overweight doesn’t excuse her from using an iron on that dress.
She is bigger than before.
Rian – please post the Ashlee Simpson birthday pics. Both Ash and Jessica are in them!!!
Someone this size has no place on “www.theskinnywebsite.com”… this is NOT why we visit this site.
I adore her!!!! So pretty!
well she put some weight since the last time I saw her
still
I love her music, so I really dont care how she looks, still I think she is not healthy at this point, I hope she loose some weight by right eating and exercise, not to be thin but to be healthier
I thought it was theskinnywebsite? If people have to look at overweight celebrities here all the time maybe it should be thefattywebsite.
BETH ROCKS. POINT BLANK.
I don’t have any problem with her body, but I totally don’t see the appeal of her style (hair, eyes, wrinkly dress). Same reason I don’t like Agyness Deyn’s style…doesn’t look good on a person of any weight.
the bright hair, too much eyeliner, and animal print combination makes her look like a fat scene kid. On a serious note, she’s painful to look at, soooo unhealthy. I’m not sure if it’s because she’s just left a party, but shes looking rather sweaty for just walking…
I have to disagree with the statements that it is just as unhealthy to be at Giselle’s weight than at Beth’s weight – thing is, Giselle might be 15 lbs underweight, but Beth is 300 lbs overweight. You do the math.
Let me say something: you all talk about her being unhealthy, but come on, are you really meaning that? Aren’t you all hiding behind the word “unhealthy” meaning rather “impossible to accept”?
She is just outside those modern (and very questionable) beauty “criteria”. So? Is people like L. Lohan healthier? I don’t think so.
Say the truth, that you don’t accept her cause she doesn’t give a ship what the other people thinks, and while me and all of you are striving to stay normally slim (and in some bad cases, skinny), she does just what she wants. Just because she doesn’t suffer like us (and we don’t know that anyway), she is no less worth our respect.
I wouldn’t like to be this big, but hey, I admire her for not forcing her to some beauty criterion decided by some stylist at a certain point in history.
And for those that think that she may be “a bad example”, I honestly don’t think that anybody in nowadays society wants to be fat just because a singer is. The world’s beauty “criteria” are already too spread and too deeply rooted in our minds, and after all, deep there, we are all little Victorias, and in my opinion, that’s sooo bad.
WE need to change, not her. And by changing I mean starting having a more open mentality.
W Beth!
I hate animal prints
I have no idea who this chick is..hot mess
beth ditto is utterly gorgeous- beautiful face & skin (not like we can tell with all that makeup!)
i think if she’s in acceptance of who she is, then good for her. obviously she is overweight but she knows that.
it’s funny how people get all worked up over beth ditto’s weight on the internet, i don’t think the woman herself could care less.
She is overweight, yeah. But that shouldn’t mean she should be dismissed as a person and certainly not as a performer. Love her voice!
she kind of looks insane.
She looks like a caricature of Perez Hilton.
Caricature Definition : any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous. The orange hair. The crazy print tent of a dress. Just so wrong.
It’d be fun to see all the deleted comments.
Wow’ She is skinny!:D
@Jade: LOL. You’re so right! If it weren’t for the rules it’d be dead easy to go overboard. The 80s just called and they want back the outfit and make up!!!
Of course shes going to say shes comfortable with the way she looks!!
Surely she wouldn’t admit to being uncomfortable in her body… its easier to say ‘I am happy how I am’ so that people can just stop pestering her about it, no?
Not much point in discussing her weight, as that would be too obvious. What I would say is, judging by her smile and flamboyant outfits she must be at least a bit happy in herself, which can be more than is said for all the 110lb “beauties” out there.
Perez Hilton in drag, very funny, Draccae. And I know it’s a little mean, esp. since I like Beth Ditto, she’s a really great singer and all around cool person, I just can’t stand Perez Hilton and I don’t get what Beth is wearing here.
But I’d sure like to know what that fashion line of hers looks like…
one more step and she’ll have a heart attack!
I suggest dropping of the pounds, woman.
Dear Rian,
its great to see celebrities in every size and shape in here, keep up the good work. Beth Ditto is a celebrity just like Megan Fox and it was great to see her BUT i dont think she should be in the “Curvy Celebrity” category.
HONESTLY.
Think about it. thats why everything’s so wrong with hollywood right now. she’s not curvy, she’s fat. really fat. and there’s nothing wrong with being fat as long as its what you want, as long as you take responsability for the consequences in your health. but she’s not CURVY. she’s plain FAT.
beyonce’s curvy, the red haired girl from madmen is curvy. beth ditto is FAT. dont mistake both things.
i think she should be featured here as well but dont mix up labels because being curvy doesnt equal FAT and Beth is obese.
Interesting comments.
She looks great. Seriously, this is her thing and more power to her. Of course being that heavy is unhealthy, but being depressed and/or starving is also unhealthy.
She makes most of us feel thin compared to other celebraties.
This looks so unhealthy, I’m putting away my chocolate bars right now (and I’m at a very healthy weight, but I don’t wanna even go in the direction of this. OMG.)
ok she’s overweight. So what? If you haven’t heard her sing or seen her perform you really missed out on something. She’s an amazing artist and that’s all there is to it. Anyone can get skinny if they really want to, but not everyone can be a great artist.
Screw girl power and big and beautiful, this is so disgustingly unhealthy. How anyone looks up to this is beyond me. Having a role model like her is just as irresponsible and unhealthy as idolising skinny celebrities in my opinion.
@ Eden Olivia: well said! I completely agree.
… at least she’s confident about her weight?
Just read the new rules…
umm…atleast she’s wearing a smile?…yea
OK…
Being emaciated or obese is NOT healthy. Yes our nation is obsessed with being skinny, but it doesn’t make any sense to go to extremes on the other side of the spectrum and say obesity represents “real women.” We should focus on being healthy and fit!
I actually like the eyemakeup, pattern (not fabric) of the dress, and the hair color combination. If it were on Milla Jovovich or whomever the “Girls Aloud” lead singer (never listened to them) is, it could be touted as “fierce,” though there would be naysayers.
Does it look just as fierce here? Depends on your definition of the word, I guess. Personally, I’d rather see it on a model, but that’s me, and overall, I still give credit for coming out in your own style.
Agreed, neither rail thin nor obese is healthy. That’s called common sense,… nice to see it’s still around!
wow, beth ditto has so much confidence and is completely secure with herself! it’s so refreshing and beautiful.
she’s really unique and pop culture is better for having her.
Uh, who is she? And uhg, the hair, the dress everything is all wrong! She is very overweight, but there are women who are this size who look classy which is NOT what Ms Ditto looks like :/
Seriously, who requested her?? You cannot call this girl “curvy”…I love the Gossip and think she’s cool and comfortable with herself but that doesn’t mean she belongs on this site.
ps i wonder why do so many people rag on kelly clarkson but not on beth. it’s kind of surprising.
@ carro: in the states there is a serious obesity epidemic. Being that she is a celebrity and people look up to her as a role model she can make a positive impact. The message doesn’t have to be or even shouldn’t be “lose weight” but BE HEALTHY. Both being under weight and over weight has serious effects on the body. Take someone like Lohan – she is skinny but the poster child for unhealthy living where as some like G Palthrow (although a little extreme) really tries to promote healthier living.
@holdoll007 – kelly clarkson made a huge fuss about not conforming then lost all sorts of weight (only to gain it back plus) which is why I think a lot of people give her a hard time
Bottom Line is BE HEALTHY not be skinny. Beth is a unique and precious talent but what good is that if down the line she is plagued with health problems.
You guys are right – she shouldn’t be in the ‘curvy’ category, I’ll remove her.
who is she !!
and she’s soo overweight
I have no comment on this girl’s personality or career, since I know nothing of either, but since this site is a weight speculation site, I will say I find her weight offensive. It promotes the idea that this unhealthy, obese figure is something that’s OK. It’s NOT OK. It looks like she’s on the verge of a heart attack.
Woah-Jade, I agree! Um. let’s see if I can say this tastefully: Gross, obese, and a HOT MESS. Oh, and btw, she’s a celebrity??? Hardly.
This is pretty gross, and I’d hardly call her a celebrity. Oh, yeah, and there is NO WAY on this earth that she is healthy being this fat.
Her hair color makes me think of a clown. She does have a beauty to her though. Obviously, she must be unhealthy at this weight. Remaining this heavy has to take a toll on her heart, joints, and even emotional well being. Not that it’s impossible to be happy and fat, but when you are physically uncomfortable you will suffer emotionally as well. The main thing about her unhealthy weight in comparison to “skinny” celebrities who are the other extreme i.e. Angelina, skinny runway models is the risks involved. It is also physically easier to gain weight than to lose hundreds (plural in her case) of pounds. While emotionally someone who is suffering from an ED may have more of “struggle” gaining.
It’s a nice change on this website though.
She is a well known singer, over here at least, she doesn’t care about her size, she also was on the cover of vogue June 2009, i think.
Weight aside (because we are all going to say the same thing), she looks really cute and happy in the first photo.
This woman is not attractive in the least; everything about her is all wrong!!
hmmm, if she is comfortable with who she is then good for her.
@J-girl and Oksana- THANK YOU! My thoughts EXACTLY! I was thinking to myself “uhh, I thought I was on theskinnywebsite.com…clearly I clicked on the wrong link”.
Hmm something positive…she is smiling.
I don’t think she should be proud of her weight at all. That weight is not healthy or attractive at all.
@MsT… a zebra cow. LOL! That would be a zow…
Somebody above made mention that she ‘doesn’t suffer like us’ and I have to disagree. I bet she isn’t happy about the way she looks and deep down she suffers just as much as the next girl. She puts on a very brave face and tells people to shove it because that is easier than facing her demons and taking control of her weight and her life.
And her size has become such a talking and reference point that it is now a part of who she is in the public eye. She isn’t just ‘Beth Ditto’ she is ‘Betto Ditto – loud and large’. But ultimately it needs to be about more than self image – she clearly already has a strong one – it is about health. And she is unhealthy.
Never heard of her before. Pretty smile!
I am shocked she is on this site. I heard that she is very proud of the fact that she is obese. I heard that she doesn’t like to take baths eww.
RIAN thanks for showing a post on the other side of the scale!!
why are some ppl so quick to defend the fat and afraid to say anything bad about them? its like they feel sorry for fat ppl and wont say anything to critisize them. but on the other hand if some girl is way too thin ppl look down on them and critisize on the website. its the same thing, both are things the person cant help. so im going say what i really think- shes fat and needs to lose some weight, she looks horrible and is unhealthy. im all for healhty and normal looking women with real bodies, but this is not that this is obese and unhealthy!!
Alright, im obviously not here to make fun of anyone…
but in all honesty, is ANY celebrity… walked out looking like her;
the media would absolutely make life hell…
I mean there are stories constantly about everyone else’s weight, or weight gain…. jessica simpson, micha barton, etc etc.
Look at this women…
other celebrities are absolutely nothing like this.
@ coco : for ONCE, a woman is not juged on her looks or weight but on her talent. And you think it’s a bad thing?
As far I am concern, I really like the way most media don’t see her only as a fat girl but as a singer.
I think she gets on by eating the skinny models on the runway.
I hate how everyone thinks it’s o.k for her to be that size just because she says she’s “happy”. The fact is, she’s a terrible role model at this size, she’s so incredibly unhealthy. She’s killing herself with food in the same way that a heroin addict is killing themselves with smack, and that’s just not o.k!
yeah shes huge but really thats her problem and hers alone. Gossip are a good band and there is no need for her to look stunning, however for her health quitea few pounds should be shed.
@ mars in velvet: There’s no meat on the runway-models – how could she be this overweight if she fed only on them… still, funny thought…
As someone already said discussing her weight would be way too obvious.
She’s really creative, makes her own clothing, is a famous singer, is happy with herself, her body and her sexuality – that’s some awesome things to have achieved in life. Props to her.
I accept people of all shapes, but I have to admit that Beth’s current weight isn’t healthy. She should do something about it. And no, I don’t mean she has to be stick thin (which is also unhealthy), but she just needs to get her weight to the healthy area.
She is obese and must be eating more than she needs to.
i Love Beth Dito
love how she is so proud of her figure
it’s an exception to the hollywood rule that fat girls don’t exist
having said this, she is obviously overweight in a not healthy way
I really like her body and find her attractive (don’t care what other’s think), yet the stupid orange hair does her no favours.
Why are we looking at her again??
well she has an awesome voice ! and if she is happy with her figure then good luck to her. personally i feel horribly ill if i gain 2 kilos myself !
Unhealthy and ugly. I’m sorry for her.
obviously overweight, and has an unhealthy lifestyle…
however on the outfit, which is hideous… even if you are overweight, you should still put an effort into presenting yourself, (eg. pre weight loss Queen Latifah)
Beth Ditto is morbidly obese – not curvy, and not healthy.
Not everyone should be a size zero – there should be many images for women and especially girls to enjoy -and there is something in between Li-Lo and Ditto.
We are either skinnies obsessing over 2 lbs or people with no idea about diet, exercise or health.
Well said, Livia.
I think it’s fairly obvious to anyone who sees these photographs that this Ditto gal is, yes, quite obese. And of course that isn’t healthy. However…I don’t know that I mind seeing a photo like this on “The Skinny Website.” There are so many different types of bodies/builds out there, it is almost refreshing to see someone THIS large on this site…even if she isn’t very healthy. I don’t know that she’s any less healthy the starving models we see on some runways.
and who is this person?
Being overweight isn’t healthy, but neither is starving, and you all rave about how great the starving ones look, instead of saying THEY look unhealthy. Tsk tsk tsk.
I do agree that her hair and makeup need some help, and I don’t like the dress either.
Her entire look is atrocious.
guys
look at it from a positive side, 99% of us feel so skinny right now!
Being morbidly obese is no better then being skeletal and anorexic.In either situation why would you want to do this to yourself? Your killing your body! People on both sides of the fence will say im happy with my body im beautiful ,even claim there perfectly healthy.But a skeletal body or a severely obese one is not healthy,or beautiful.Killing yourself is not beautiful.Instead of larger woman coming out to inspire other larger woman and put out a message that big is beautiful,which its not,sorry but its true.Why dont they focus on improving there health and show that even if your larger you can get fit and be an inspiration that way.If your a larger person take small steps to improving your health so you might live a longer, healthier, happier life???Dont inspire other large people to feed there face more,to destroy them self more! People really should focus on being a healthy weight.The too large and the too tiny.Having a healthy body should be the main focus.And i find very few would disagree that what is “A BEAUTIFUL BODY” is a healthy fit body.Beth Ditto has an eating disorder not one that keeps her painfully thin but one that makes her painfully fat.She can claim shes happy but i could never believe a woman of her size is comfortable in her own body.And i dont even mean mentally comfortable i mean physically comfortable.Carrying around hundreds of extra pounds can not be easy,or comfortable.Whatever thats my oppinion and i do realise my post is long but well you dont have to read it do you lol
Good for you! Be fabulous in whatever way you want, girlie.
I am not trying to defend whatever unhealthy lifestyle everyone here thinks she follows, nor would I ever want to look like this at all, but she looks confident and happy. Don’t suck all her joy, peeps.
People change their lifestyle when they are ready…not because people here call them anorexic sticks or obese. Hopefully people with eating issues have people in their lives who love them and will guide them. That is not my job. Be healthy and be well.
@ Livia,
I totally disagree with you. I’m also very against the too-skinny celebrities. Here’s a good brightline rule: You should not be doing anything to your body to affect your health. Beth Ditto, I’m SURE, has high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and probably couldn’t run a mile. Period. I do NOT condone society’s “acceptance” of fat people. Curvy, zaftig, thick? YES. But obese? Absolutely not!! It is not okay to be sickly and to “eat whatever you want”: read, 5000 cal/day in the name of “not caring what people think.” B.S. Someone made a great point about the woman in Mad Men and Beyonce–they are STUNNING. I love to see a healthy, voluptuous woman. But this? No good.
I like Beth Ditto !
Mdr!
@ Kim : she’s kinda frigthening, i agree
no need to comment on how she looks, she just loves shocking…
Ew, yuck.. I don’t have a clue who this is, but I thought this was the “skinny” website?
I know she’s all about being “who she is” and not giving a %@&$, and that’s great, but she could stand to lose like 50 lbs, for her health’s sake, and still be “big and proud” and whatever. But, at least we know right now that she’s not on drugs or anything, right?
Walking heart attack. The only up side is at least she appears to be happy. I bet she has a big personality!
I think she adopted this attitude of “I don’t care how I look” because she really had no choice. Either she wasn’t able to slim down when she was younger or she was too lazy to do it. Her only alternative, besides hiding, was to embrace it. I really doubt that she looks in the mirror and thinks she’s beautiful. I know people say it all the time, but I doubt anyone ever really means it. I’m not anywhere near her size and yet I can’t say I feel beautiful.
Maybe I’m wrong, maybe beauty is really in the eye of the beholder. For now, I say she needs to slim down…a lot, for her own good (healthwise of course).
Super-skinny, or super…NOT skinny; it’s all unhealthy.
This makes me kinda sad. She’s like the new role model in the fashion industry, which is weird on so many levels. She’s not healthy and I just dislike unhealthy, whether it’s too skinny or too fat. But like someone said before, Gisele might be 15 pounds underweight but this woman could easily be 100 pounds overweight. You do the math.
This woman, whoever she is, is morbidly obese. I think there is a big difference between saying that Hilary Duff is healthy and we shouldn’t judge her extra 10lbs and saying this person is okay at this weight. While some celebrities have definately gone too far with their weight on the reverse side, they are still only about 10 to 20 pounds underweight (and I don’t think it is okay either). Beth is pushing over 300 pounds, she is easily 140 pounds overweight. Just like alcoholics obviously are not generally happy with themselves, obese people have a serious problem too and she can say she is happy with her weight all that she wants but I would bet money on the fact that she is not. My cousin looks slightly better than this and in public she will make comments about celebrating curvy figures but in private she is an unhappy mess.
reminds me of kelly osbourne.
yuckk…..
HMM
surely being this overweight is just as unhealthy as some of the ’scary skinny’ celebrities on this site…
The Gossip=awesome
I LOVE Beth Ditto. Amazing talent and a wicked set of pipes.
Sometimes I think it’s sad that overweight is dangerous, because it’s so cool to see that somebody is happy of being fat.
@ Tofu: “I heard that she doesn’t like to take baths eww.”
Grow up. So if Beth Ditto isn’t your body ideal, who cares, her very existence is not encouraging people to get fat. But to take her physical state and then make up ridiculous childlike rumors just because you make assumptions that a person of a certain size must be a certain way is simply ignorant.
I am not going to state the obvious.
If that dress is from her line, I wouldn’t be interested in wearing it. There are very few people that would look good in that shape of a dress. I applaud her for making clothes for bigger women, but she should take into consideration that most women like to wear things that actually look pretty on them.
Why, oh why are we being subjected to this horror? If I wanted to see such a spectacle I’d go to Sea World.
She obviously likes her food… a lot.
Don’t like her, or her hair, but she is a good singer!
If we’re going to talk plain and simple fashion sense… No one, no matter how deathly thin or morbidly obese would look good in this getup.
i don’t care if it’s been said before, it definitely a possibility that she is not unhealthy even though she is that big. yes, she could be out of shape and get winded easily, but i have met many people who are that obese and have no major health problems. she is a performer so if she had all the normal obesity related health problems, she could not perform as she does. my point is this may be unattractive to most people, but don’t say it’s unattractive and “unhealthy”, because it is not always the case.
and if people are going to come on here and make negative, asinine comments, please learn how to spell! i’m driven to insanity when people have a comment that is so far in one direction and leaning toward the offensive and they don’t even know which “there, their, they’re” to use!
this is just as unhealthy as people who starve themselves.
however i admire her for wearing what she likes, despite her size. great voice too.
thanks for the post btw, rian. put a fat girl on the skinny website and you see everyone’s true colors.
now, as to everyone’s comments on this being “the skinny website” that may be the name, but read the tagline underneath. it’s about celebrity weight. if a skinny celeb is no longer skinny, should her weight change not be mentioned on this site? i think people come here to see celebrity weight struggle because it is entertaining, this is not a pro-ana site to come to gawk at the super skinnies and use them as “thinsipations”.
In reference to who is healthier a super skinny chic or an overweight person. Well my anorexic friend is dying daily in front of me and just fell and broke her hip she weighs 92 pounds.
My experience you can be healthy at any size people die daily at all weights and sizes.
However being overweight usually means one is unhappy in there life and they use food like others use smokes and drinks to handle their stresses in life to stay skinny. So both ways is bad.
*”thinspirations”
too big…just, too big. way too over the top. yes, the likes of victoria beckham and lindsay lohan may be at the lower extreme, but this…. this is the upper extreme, and is putting a lot of strain on her body.
she may be making overweight women feel better about themselves, but it still doesnt make it right, or any healthier, to be at this absurd weight, does it? it just makes it more acceptable …. which is probably worse.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit
This site is about weight, diet, exercise & body gossip…I don’t remember it saying it was ONLY about SKINNY celebrities but any celebrities weight/body. I always took the name “The Skinny Webiste” to be a play on words – as in, giving us “the skinny” as common phrase meaning information or gossip. I love seeing ppl of all sizes. I get bored with just the same old skinny celebs.
Love it and keep it up!
I like the hair, but it doesn’t fit her…
I think she has become too big.
I’m going to agree with Annie’s statement.
Also, I’d like to say that I’m a naturally tall & thin woman, who enjoys being healthy. Lately due to health issues unrelated to an ED or mental problems, I’ve dropped a lot of pounds. Guess what though? I’m not any more attractive, perfect, or happy now that I can fit into a size 2 instead of a 4-6! Actually, I’m less happy with myself. I don’t think that I look any better, and miss my curvier self. I’d be happy to wake up tomorrow and have an extra 10 lbs on me. I too used to be like many women who thought growing up, that being thinner would make my life happier. But, it doesn’t. The truth is that it boils down to being healthy, not thin! Take it from someone who knows.
i actually had to look her up because i had no idea who she was and then i realized i do know her. what’s with that hair cut and color?! she looks so much better with long dark hair!
I haven’t heard her band, I will have to check that out.
I can’t comment on her weight we all know she is overweight and looks unhealthy. Sorry but she could not have a pretty face whoever said that she is very unattractive.
How many zebras died for that outfit?
god dang it.. shes just not AS aware as most of us are bout our bodies.. the intelligence of a person shows thru the image they project onto the world. hence the smarter u r the better u look ..well on most cases..’ignorance is bliss’ .. mhm.. weird ppl make me feel normal, and .. grateful..
I thought this was the skinny website … ?
Before I made a comment I wanted to see who she was, I had never heard of her. I watched a few videos on you tube and some live shows. This girl KICKS ASS! I dont see any sign of unhappiness with her weight, she wears it well.
300lbs is not curvey… 170-190 maybe… but not 300…
This is getting ridiculous!! People like that are not ‘curvy’; they are ‘fat’. There for some reason this movement for women to embrace their bodies. YOU SHOULD NOT BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR BODY IF IT’S THAT BIG!! Being that big is SOOO incredibly unhealthy. She should really do something about her weight. Not to try to be stick thin like a runway model (ew!) but to be healthy and live a long, happy life.
Maddy, relax, I took the “curvy” labels off this post yesterday!
I think it’s funny how some people go on and on about how “unhealthy” she is as if they’re drs. Plus, most people also don’t realize that actual drs consider skinny as healthy without any adequate proof (“cut of thinness” good book, read it).
The fact that she’s curvy (that’s right CURVY, not fat) has nothing to do with her health. The fact that she’s happy has nothing to do with her weight (and I think that upsets people the most, because a lot of people who are “prettier” and skinnier than she is will never be half as happy as this curvy chick)
Thanks to this post I have sought out their music, watched several videos, and am now buying their album. Effective media at its best!
I think she looks special, and I like her.
But I honestly think she should loose some weight because as everybody knows it´s unhealthy to be either too skinny or too fat.
Anyway she is big here in Europe now and IMHO I prefer her look way more than all the skinny and bony, boring-looking girls outa there. All of them look so similar and emaciated.
Her music is great and so her own clothing-line.
She is trendy, funny and behaves selfconfident and not arrogant.
holey moley! she looks dreadful
I don’t think it’s possible to accurately sum up a person’s health simply by looking at them.
People always equate fat with unhealthy, and it’s just not always true. Simple as that.
Well it goes without saying she needs to lose some weight as she’s at an unhealthy size.
That being said, I love her music and am greatful that there are women like her to remind us we don’t have to be perfect to be happy with ourselves.
who is she?????, i dont like her, she is faattt
I dont like her, she is so fat
I think it’s hilarious how some of you are getting so worked up over her weight. . Beth ditto is a really great singer and has her own style. She is openly proud of her weight, proud to be a lesbian and happens to be an extremely intelligent individual (read her interviews). Hef weight may not be the healthiest, but why shouldn’t a person embrace themselves as they are?
:-/ Oh my goodness-this outfit is hideous (sorry!) and I have no idea who the woman is…..
@DIDI “I dont like her, she is so fat”
So you dislike all fat people? Just making sure. Any other types of people you dislike across the board?
I like her. She’s really positive and happy in herself. But at the same time, being overweight, as she is, is probably as unhealthy as being super skinny. I think she’s great though, she really is a fantastic woman for people to look up to and to encourage people to be happy and proud in their own skin, regardless of their size, shape, or anything.
grossly overweight – screams health issues galore
Just focus on who she is- it’s obvious she’s bigger than everyone on this website- It’s The skinnywebsite” for God sakes. It was nice to see some difference for once.
Oooo i love Beth Ditto and The Gossip, she such a good singer! And i like her attitude, that she doesnt care about being big!
In her case I couldn’t care less about her weight.
“Heavy Cross” for the win !!
FOR THE RECORD:::: There is NOTHING unhealthy about being skinny, even REALLY skinny, provided that you get good nutrition. If you’re skinny b/c you eat a ton of vegetables and you have a fast metabolism — you are MORE healthy than less skinny people. There is a DIRECT correlation between rising weight and rising illness and mortality. That’s why those Japanese women live so long and stay so healthy, even when they’re 90 years old – b/c they’re skinny their whole life.
I’m just so sick of people excusing overweightness or even obesity by saying, “Oh, but it’s better than being too thin.”
I feel sorry for her b/c I am sure that secretly, she wishes she could just be normal and didn’t have to always stand out and be different whether she likes it or not.
Somewhere, a country of people is starving from food shortage. But as long as she’s “comfortable” with her weight and has a “good voice,” its all that matters ..
this is hilarious (not the person/pics, the comments) i knew as soon as i clicked that there would be a multitude of “omg thats so unhealthy!” comments and “wow she’s obese!”. why state the obvious?
but good to see a change to see someone different for a change! Even thought i have NO IDEA who she is :S theres my ignorance…
elizabeth, what else were people supposed to say?
Are there even other women as big as she is? I know plenty of overweight people, but she’s bigger than any woman I’ve ever seen in person. Who’s she making clothes for?
I <3 the gossip. She is their lead singer. Great band.
Who is this awful creature… put it back where it came from.
Such a good singer. Love her music, couldn’t care what she looks like when she sounds so good
Vlada, well said. Couldn’t agree more.
I like Beth Ditto and I love her music but she recently admitted of not being happy about her figure. She’s clearly overweight. She needs to lose weight.