How Celebrities Have Responded to Body-Shaming

Kelly Osbourne

During Sharon Osbourne’s appearance on The Piers Morgan Show, Morgan showed a clip of daughter Kelly slamming critics of her weight loss in the wake of losing her dad Ozzy in July 2025.

“To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean by writing comments like ‘Are you ill,’ or ‘Get off Ozempic, you don’t look right.’ My dad just died, and I’m doing the best that I can,” Kelly said. “To all those people, f— off.”

The next day, Kelly posted a lengthy Instagram Stories video clapping back again at the “disgusting, horrible, mean, rude comments” about her appearance.

“What do you expect from me? What do you expect me to look like right now?’ The fact that I’m getting out of bed and facing my life should be more than enough, I should be commended for that,” she said.

To the authors of “sick comments” directed at her, she added they “need to take a strong, hard look” at themselves, “because those things you say … [are] how you feel about yourself.”

The TV personality continued, “Mean comments are helping nobody. They’re just making you feel big and clever and like you’ve achieved something, but all you’ve achieved is being a bully.”

Lizzo

The pop star has always been a beacon of self-acceptance and pride, even when — or especially when — people try to bring her down on social media. When someone on Twitter said America’s “obesity epidemic” was the only reason for her popularity, she immediately responded, “I’m popular because I write good songs and I’m talented and perform high energy hour and a half shows filled with love.”

In 2020, she landed the cover of Vogue, where she touted her message of “inclusivity” rather than “body positivity,” saying, “I would like to be body-normative … not just be like, ‘Ooh, look at this cool movement. Being fat is body positive.’ No, being fat is normal. I think now, I owe it to the people who started this to not just stop here.”

After starting what she calls her “weight release” journey in 2023 and reaching her goal at the beginning of 2025, she appeared on the cover of Women’s Health U.K. to share the ups and downs of her process. Above all, she wanted to remind people, “It’s okay to release weight. It’s okay to gain weight after you’ve released weight.”

She continued, “What you’re not going to do is shame me if my body changes again and I get bigger.”

Later that year, she shared her nuanced thoughts on weight loss in Substack essay titled “Why is everybody losing weight and what do we do? Sincerely, a person who’s lost weight.” In the piece, the pop star wrote that plus-sized women are being “erased.”

“We’re in an era where the bigger girls are getting smaller because they’re tired of being judged,” she explained, calling for society to “release ourselves from the illusion that there is only good and bad” regarding body positivity.

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande has faced scrutiny over her appearance throughout her career, and during one particularly noisy moment in 2023, she posted a rare TikTok addressing the comments.

“There are many different ways to look healthy and beautiful. And personally, for me, the body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body,” she said in the three-minute video. “You never know what someone is going through, so even if you’re coming from a loving place or a caring place, that person probably is working on it or has a support system that they’re working on it with.”

She concluded by asking everyone to “be gentle with each other and yourselves.”

Amid intensified body-shaming during the Wicked and Wicked: For Good press tours, Grande re-upped clips from a 2024 interview in which she said people have a “comfortability” in commenting on other people’s appearance.

“That is something that is uncomfortable and horrible, no matter where it’s happening, no matter the scale that it’s happening on,” she said.

In text overlaying the video, she wrote, “Friendly Reminder.”

Amy Schumer

The comedian is no stranger to receiving body-shaming comments — but she hasn’t allowed the hate to bring her down. The Snatched star opened up about body confidence in InStyle’s May 2017 issue. “What’s good about not being a model is that it’s not the thing I trade on,” she said. “I get enough attention from men that I feel good. I see pictures of myself now, and I look younger than I think of myself. It hasn’t scared me yet.”

Over the last few years, Schumer has opened up about her weight loss journey, revealing she had liposuction in 2022 and lost 30 pounds using a weight-loss medication. In December 2025, she addressed comments on her recent 50-lb. weight loss via Instagram Stories, writing that she didn’t do it “to look hot which does feel fun and temporary” but rather “to survive.”

“Sorry for whatever feeling it’s giving you that I lost that weight,” she said in response to people speculating about her body.

SZA

In December 2024, after SZA shared a throwback video from the 2020 quarantine, a commenter made a dismissive comment about her mental health struggles, saying she simply “got big.” The Grammy winner shut the body-shamer down by responding, “Yall say weird s— like this and wonder why I’m different and don’t feel comfortable w yall anymore .”

Kesha

In July 2024, Kesha showed off her figure in a bikini on Instagram as she confidently clapped back at comments about her body.

“i didn’t think in 2024 people still body shamed but i am so proud of my body,” she wrote. “she’s been through a lot. she’s torn her acl on stage and finished the show. she’s held my f—ing broken heart together.” 

The singer added, “to those who think you’re shaming me, you’re actually making me feel very powerful. so, to you, i hope you one day feel whole enough to not tear other women down. in the mean time, hate me harder b—- 🙂 💪🏻”

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez stays strong to serve as an example for others who are experiencing negative comments about their weight. In an appearance on Apple TV+’s Dear …, she admitted that she would act apathetic to haters online but in private, she would be in tears “because nobody deserves to hear those things.”

“I didn’t want it to bother other people who are experiencing the same thing, getting shamed for what they look like, who they are, who they love,” she said. “I just think it’s so unfair. I don’t think that anybody deserves to feel less than.”

During a 2025 On Purpose with Jay Shetty interview, Gomez explained her weight fluctuates due to medication she takes for lupus, but she would rather prioritize her health over her appearance.

“Everyone just has something to say and it’s really making me sad and — not even sad because, I’m not a victim, everyone — I just think it’s made me a tad bitter,” she said. “Not a model, never will be. I think they’re awesome, mind you. I’m just definitely not that.”

Ariel Winter

Modern Family’s Ariel Winter, who has spoken out about the criticism directed at her body as she went through adolescence on the sitcom, reflected in her 2025 PEOPLE cover story on how the experience “damaged” her self-esteem.

She has since moved out of Los Angeles and gone on a journey of “self-healing,” which made her realize she had to focus on moving on from the past to ensure a healthy future.

“Would it be nice if people would shut the f— up about how I look? Sure. Is it going to happen? No,” she said. “But do I particularly care anymore? No. I have so many other things that I’m doing that I want people to care about that have nothing to do with the way I look.”

Valerie Bertinelli

The Food Network star stumbled across some harsh comments about herself while “going through some recipes online,” she shared in an emotional video.

“Someone…decided to point out that I need to lose weight,” she said. “You’re not being helpful.”

“When you see somebody who has put some weight on, my first thought is that person is obviously going through some things, because if I could lose the weight and keep it off, I would,” she shared. “But since I haven’t been successful with that my whole entire life, at 61 I’m still dealing with [it].”

The actress continued, “You think I’m not tired of it, lady? Where’s the compassion.”

In the caption of the video, she added, “aren’t we tired of body shaming women yet?! Smh.”

Nina Dobrev

After posting a photo of herself in this gown to her Instagram, one fan commented, “I can’t believe no one is noticing she’s anorexic.”

Dobrev responded to the skinny-shamer, “Eating everything and working out (which I do) is the healthy solution for people who have problems. Body shaming people on the other hand is NOT healthy and very rude. I don’t do that, so you should also do the same. Have a wonderful day.”

Busy Philipps

The actress had the perfect comeback — and grammar lesson — for a troll who tried to criticize her body on Instagram. Philipps posted a post-workout selfie from her favorite LEKfit class, only to have a commenter reply, “Ughhhh, you’re rolls are showing.”

But, as Comments By Celebs noticed, the mom of two quickly took him down a notch with her reply.

“I feel like a man of your age should know the difference between YOUR and YOU’RE. YOUR is POSSESSIVE, as in ‘YOUR rolls are showing.’ (Get it? The rolls BELONG to me.) YOU’RE is an abbreviation for YOU ARE, as in YOU’RE CLEARLY AN A—— BODYSHAMING LOSER,” Philipps wrote.

Anne Hathaway

In a 2018 interview with Glamour, the Oscar winner admitted to having been body-shamed in the past and feeling like “there’s a storm to get ahead of.” So instead of dealing with the speculation and questions as she embarked on a press tour for her role in Ocean’s 8, Hathaway explained her body changes in an Instagram post on April 5, 2018.

“I am gaining weight for a movie role and it is going well. To all the people who are going to fat shame me in the upcoming months, it’s not me, it’s you,” wrote Hathaway.

Lili Reinhart

Over Memorial Day Weekend in 2018, photos of the Riverdale star circulated on social media — with fans wondering whether Reinhart might be expecting. That’s when Reinhart took matters into her own hands. “It’s unfortunate that one unflattering photo of my stomach circulating the internet causes hundreds of people to think that I’m pregnant,” she wrote on Instagram. “Nope. Not pregnant.”

Reinhart continued, “This is just my body. And sometimes I’m bloated. Sometimes an unflattering photo is taken of me. Sometimes I go through periods of time where I gain weight.”

“My body is something that I will NEVER apologize for,” the actress added. “My body will constantly go through change. And so will yours. And that’s fine. So let’s not put so much time and effort into caring about a stranger’s figure.”

Candace Cameron Bure

Responding to a comment left on a sweet picture of the 42-year-old Fuller House star cuddling up with her 18-year-old son Lev, Bure spoke out against an Instagram user who left a body shaming comment about her figure.

“All that excercising [sic] and you still look like you weigh more than your husband, did you change your diet?” the social media user wrote in a comment found by the @commentsbycelebs Instagram account, which seemingly mistook Bure’s 18-year-old son for her husband of over 20 years, Valeri Bure.

Although Bure chose not to correct the social media user on that point, she did speak out against their body-shaming comment. “If a 25 inch waist looks big to you … then you’re looking through an altered lens. Be well,” she wrote.

Gigi Hadid

In February 2018, Hadid shut down Twitter trolls who had nasty things to say about her appearance on the catwalk during New York Fashion Week. “Those of u who called me ‘too big for the industry’ were seeing inflammation & water retention due to [Hashimoto’s disease],” Hadid tweeted. She previously opened up in 2016 about being diagnosed with the autoimmune condition.

“Over the last few years I’ve been properly medicated to help symptoms including those, as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body’s ability to retain heat, etc,” she wrote. “I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out.”

Hadid has repeatedly said she loves her body, no matter what her haters say. “I’ve loved my body when I was just diagnosed and I loved [it] going through it and I love my body now,” she told E! News.

Jennifer Aniston

When it comes to dealing with body-shamers, the actress revealed to Vogue that it’s “hard” to face the criticism — but she is up for the challenge.

“If you’re going to walk out and have your nipples showing, or your belly is a little bloated, or you’re not at the weight you want to be … 7ou are perfect no matter what you are and no matter where you are and who cares!”

Kelly Clarkson

After British conservative media personality Katie Hopkins made a crude comment about Kelly Clarkson’s weight on Twitter, the American Idol winner reacted with apathy when Heat magazine showed her the mean tweets.

“Someone Tweeted something nasty about me?” she said. “That’s because she doesn’t know me. I’m awesome! It doesn’t bother me.”

Discussing the incident with Serena Williams on her talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show, the singer quipped, “I was like, ‘Look, I ain’t got time for you over the pond.’ ”

She explained that although she’s unbothered by comments personally attacking her, she worries about the “domino effect” it has on young women. “That’s what makes me mad and I feel like I have to keep talking about it every once in a while and stand up,” Clarkson said.

Serena Williams

A picture says more than a statement ever could, according to the tennis star. After critics picked apart her appearance during the 2015 Wimbledon tennis tournament, Williams took to social media and retorted with a carefree beach selfie.

Pink

After mean people on the Internet criticized Pink’s physique in a black party dress, the singer refused to be embarrassed. Instead, she took to Twitter to fire back.

“While I admit that the dress didn’t photograph as well as it did in my kitchen, I will also admit that I felt very pretty,” she wrote in a 2015 tweet. “I am perfectly fine, perfectly happy, and my healthy, voluptuous and crazy strong body is having some much deserved time off. Thanks for your concern. Love, cheesecake.”

Adele

The singer has shared that she would read rude YouTube comments about her body all the time — and has even fielded jabs from figures like the late Karl Lagerfeld, who called her “a little too fat” — but she keeps her priorities straight: “I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life, which it doesn’t,” she told USA Today in 2012.

Adele has since undergone a noticeable physical transformation, which a source tells PEOPLE includes a strict diet, cross-training and full-body Pilates.