‘I’m no less talented because I’m heavier than a Hadid’: British singer Self Esteem blasts ‘outdated’ Americans for ‘calling her fat on the internet’ following appearance on James Corden’s The Late Late Show
British singer Self Esteem has hit back at comments made about her weight following her appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden.
In a string of tweets published the day after her performance on the US chat show aired on Monday night, the rising star, whose real name is Rebecca Lucy Taylor, said she’d been on the receiving end of negative comments about her appearance.
The ‘I Do This All The Time’ singer, 36, tweeted: ‘American people are calling me fat on the internet. Which is whatever but I really do feel like it’s a time warp here in terms of cultural societal expectations of femininity.’
She added: ‘I’ve struggled with disordered eating my whole life and I cba to feel sh*** anymore about a body that is.’
Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, performed ‘I Do This All The Time’ on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden; she revealed that she’d been the target of criticism about her weight after the performance
The star, who hails from Rotherham and has seen her popularity soar after performances on the UK festival scene last summer, added that she was ‘no less talented or excellent because I’m heavier than a Hadid etc’, referencing, it’s assumed, US stars Bella and Gigi Hadid.
‘I may gain or lose weight but jfc I dream of a day where it isn’t a talking point.’
She continued: ‘The thing is, it’s not hard to get really thin. It just makes life something a lot less lovely. My inner wiring certainly sees my reflection as something that needs “sorting” but then I remember the lovely vs less lovely toss up and get on with my day.’
The singer, 36, from Rotherham, tweeted ‘American people are calling me fat’, and calling the US a ‘time warp’ on cultural societal expectations of femininity
The singer said: ‘It’s not hard to get really thin. It just makes life something a lot less lovely.’ (Pictured in July last year at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards)
Hundreds of people responded to the ‘I Do This All The Time’ singer, telling her to ignore the hurtful comments. UK DJ Jo Whiley wrote: ‘Gaaaahddd this makes me soooo angry
The singer’s tweets were met with a deluge of positive responses telling her to ignore negativity.
Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley responed: ‘Gaaaahddd this makes me soooo angry.’
@PREEYAKALIDAS wrote: ‘I saw your performance live here in LA yesterday and you looked and are amazing.’
@straightgirluk added: ‘I relate to your experiences with EDs and I’ve had body dysmorphia my whole life. We share Ithink a similar body shape and all I see when Isee you is how powerful and magical you are.’
In a previous interview with Women’s Health magazine, the star said she loved the control being a solo artist brings, after years of being in the band Slow Club, saying: ‘With Self Esteem, I have full creative control, and it’s been important to me to celebrate my body: it’s not plus size; it’s not small; it may go up or down a stone. It’s a healthy size 14 and, for some reason, that feels radical.’
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