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Demi Lovatois not happy with a “fat shaming” video game ad that appeared in her Instagram feed.
The 26-year-old singer called out Instagram and the makers of the Game of Sultans, a game app, on her Instagram story.
In the ad, there are two types of women — one “obese” and one “pretty.” Users appear to choose what the two women can eat, and feed the “obese” one a “controlled” diet of broccoli.
“Why is this fat shaming bulls— on my feed?” Lovato asked. “So many things wrong with this ad.”
Lovato circled the two labels for each woman, adding that “you can be ‘pretty’ at any weight.”
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And Lovato,who is recovering from an eating disorder, pointed out that the idea of a “controlled” diet is particularly problematic to people with eating disorders because they’re “all about ‘control.’ “
She ended her Instagram story with a plea to Instagram and Mechanist, the makers of the game.
Kim Kardashianapplauded Lovato’s stand.
Lovato opened up about her past eating disorder and herdecision to give up dietingand “food shaming” herself last January.She told PEOPLE in Junethat she still deals with body shamers, but she feels “a lot more free.”
“There are some people who body shame me, and sometimes it’s difficult, but I say to myself, am I happy? and that’s the most important thing. And I want my fans to be happy too,” she said.
Lovato is back on social media after she washospitalized for an overdoseon July 24, andposting on occasion. This is the first time she’s mentioned body shaming since the incident, thoughher older sister Dallas, 30,defended Demi from online criticsin December.
“To all the f—ing tabloids out there right now calling my sister fat, go f— yourself because she’s the most beautiful, strong, amazing person that I’ve ever met in my entire life,” Dallas said in an Instagram live video. “I’m sorry, my sister is beautiful, she’s alive, she’s conquering a lot of really hard s—. So. Bye.”
source: people.com
