From criticism to confidence: Celebs speak out against body shaming

In Hollywood lots of celebrities deal with a lot of pressure about how they look. People often criticise their weight, shape or appearance as some stars like Lady Gaga and Demi Lovato have talked about how this pressure affects them. 

They have shared struggles with body image and eating issues because of Hollywood's strict beauty standards.

Here are few celebrities who have spoken out about being body shamed.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez has talked about facing body shaming in her career as she struggled with feeling like she was not thin enough because of the entertainment industry's standards.

People in the industry even told her to lose weight but Jennifer did not want to change herself. Now the Marry Me actress is happy with her body and thinks feeling thinks beautiful is about how you feel about yourself. She thinks the industry is getting better at accepting different body types.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift also spoke about body shaming and criticism about her appearance. The pop icon has been open about how comments on her weight and body shape have affected her. 

Taylor has spoken out against body shaming and has encouraged fans to love and accept themselves as the Blank Space songstress used her platform to promote body positivity and self acceptance.

As per Scary Mommy, Taylor said, "Can we all agree that it is invasive & irresponsible to comment on a woman's body."

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence has opened up about body shaming and the pressure of beauty standards in Hollywood as she has talked about how women in the industry face intense scrutiny over their appearance.

In 2012, Jennifer told the Elle that in Hollywood she was considered as a "fat" actress but she got back at the critics by working hard to look fit for her Hunger Games role.

Jennifer has emphasised the importance of self acceptance and being comfortable in one's own skin and the American actress also spoken about the double standards women face regarding their looks versus men in the entertainment industry.

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande has been spoken about dealing with body shaming comments throughout her career. The Everyday hitmaker faced criticism about her weight and appearance and she has talked about how these comments can be hurtful and affect people's mental health.

Ariana encourages kindness and self acceptance as she believes everyone deserves to feel confident and valued regardless of societal expectations about their looks.

Earlier this year on Tik Tok the Into You singer address the body shaming comments that fans had made about her slimmed down shape. She said " I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies no matter what, there are ways to compliment someone or to ignore something that you see that you don’t like that I think we should help each other work towards. We should aim toward being safer and keeping each other safer."

Emma Stone

Emma Stone spoke out against people saying she was "too skinny" as she told USA Today that " I firmly believe that nothing really affects you or can really bother you if you don’t already feel that way about yourself. I have seen a lot of comments that say, eat a sandwich or she looks sick. I’ve been looking at myself in the mirror being mean to myself. I’m not sick. I eat sandwiches….In no way is it my intention to be a bad example.”