Ariana Grande calls for netizens to stop body shaming.

Ariana Grande (Getty images)

The incident started when pictures of her leaving a jazz club in London, where she is filming the musical Wicked, were taken. Her shoulders are visible under the bulky pink coat she is wearing. Some people felt she was too young, while others said she was ageing.

She feels the need to make it clear that she doesn't use eyeliner or fake eyelashes."Please don't worry about that too; it's just my face and my eyes," she said. Speaking to the camera, Ariana Grande. The American singer, 29, addresses the audience directly and without pretence in response to the numerous people who have taken the time to criticise her physical appearance.

On Tuesday, April 11, she posted a confession video on her TikTok account, where it has been viewed 44 million times in just 13 hours. an activity that she "does not frequently." It's just that she "doesn't like it." She explains, "I wanted to answer your questions about my body and discuss a little bit about what it means to be a person (...) to whom we pay so much attention. 

She insists: "I think we could, we could be gentler and less at ease with commenting on people's bodies, no matter what. There are methods to express appreciation for someone or to ignore anything that you find objectionable, she continues, urging cooperation "to make us all feel better and safe". Before her, several public figures had criticised the practise of body shaming—humiliating someone because of their appearance—including musician Billie Eilish.

There are "many types of beauty, there are many different ways to be beautiful and healthy," as Ariana Grande says. "You are beautiful no matter what, no matter what you're going through, no matter how heavy you are, no matter how you currently like to wear your makeup, no matter what cosmetic operations you've had or not," she says. to her admirers.

Many people have done comparisons between the recent images of the star and earlier ones and. Once again, the major interested party gives more of herself than she would have liked to admit because this body used as an example "was the most unhealthy version of her." I was drinking, bingeing on alcohol, and taking a lot of medications. I was what you would consider to be healthy when, in reality, I wasn't when I was at my lowest point in life, she admits.

"I know I shouldn't have explained that, but I think maybe this honesty and this vulnerability can lead to something good, I don't know." You "never know what the other is going through," as Ariana Grande puts it. Furthermore, even if you speak with the utmost attention, it is best to keep your opinions to yourself. You never know, so treat one another and yourself with kindness, she continues. An encouraging and responsible statement that has already gone popular on social media