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One of the ‘Real Housewives’ is saying the quiet part out loud … Heather Gay is calling BS on all the talk about body positivity — flat out saying, “It is better not to be overweight.”
The “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member went off about weight issues during a sit down with “20/20” co-anchor and ABC senior national affairs correspondent, Deborah Roberts.
In the Friday night “Impact x Nightline” segment, Heather fired back at critics of Ozempic and other weight loss meds. She said, “I’ve sold out, I’ve given up the banner of you know, accept yourself. And it’s disappointing and sad to know that body positivity was all a big lie. It is better not to be overweight.”
She also admitted, “I didn’t want to show up at another party and see all of my friends 20 pounds thinner and just be resentful.”
Once she started shedding pounds, Heather says she noticed treating her differently — “For the first time, I was being valued by my castmates, by the public, in a way that I had never been valued before. And that felt to me … sad.”
Her overall message here is … people give a lot of lip service to the idea of body positivity, but the reality is society loves you more when you’re in better shape.
Fact is, even the supremely accomplished Oprah Winfrey has said how much better she feels having dropped at least 40 lbs while using medication.
Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Boy George and several other celebs are publicly embracing the use of weight loss meds — and, for her part, Heather’s saying why the hell wouldn’t you??
It’s a totally relevant point that the National Institutes of Health says obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in America, only behind tobacco.
