Millennials shocked by celeb ‘fat shaming’ in early 2000s: ‘I want to scream’

nypost.com:

flip phones, tramp stamps, low-rise denim and an unfortunate case of body shaming.Back then, Kate Moss chic was in — if you weren’t sickly thin, you were considered egregiously plus size, even if you were barely midsize — and millennials will never forget how the body standard scrutiny maimed their formative years.On Twitter, users have dug deep into their pop culture psyche to regurgitate the regrettable remarks about celebrities made by commentators and media alike, rebuking mainstream fatphobia.“If gen-z wants to understand millennials they first need to understand that for the entirety of 2008 we were told that this was the most disgusting a person could EVER look,” tweeted Caroline Moss alongside a photo of Jessica Simpson in 2009.At the time, Simpson was crucified as “Jumbo Jessica” for her curvier appearance.

But the skinny was she weighed an estimated 120 pounds and donned size 4 mom jeans.Moss’ tweet garnered 141,000 likes and a chorus of responders, who offered further examples of the so-called “thin woman who was victim to 2001.”if gen-z wants to understand millennials they first need to understand that for the entirety of 2008 we were told that this was the most disgusting a person could EVER look pic.twitter.com/DnYWRsJfdANext up, Renée Zellweger, most iconically known in the early aughts as Bridget Jones.“I accept your Jessica Simpson and raise you a Bridget Jones,” tweeted Tiffany Katz, who shared movie stills from “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” featuring the actress in a Playboy Bunny-esque costume.At the time, the talk of the tabloids was that the actress gained nearly 30 pounds for the flicks, which often made her waistline the butt of the joke and even included a plot line that revolved around her shedding.