Kim Kardashian made jaws drop when she arrived at the Met Gala donning an iconic dress once worn by Marliyn Monroe, but she has received ample backlash for her comments about rapidly losing weight to squeeze herself into the ensemble. Several celebs have spoken out against Kim’s unhealthy attitude toward weight loss, and Bethenny Frankel is no exception.
Bethenny took to Instagram to criticize Kim’s drastic weight loss while explaining how her bragging about such an extreme weight loss can have a negative impact on those who look up to her.
Bethenny Frankel Slams Kim Kardashian For Bragging About Rapid Weight Loss At Met Gala
“So, regarding the Met Gala drastic weight loss by Kim Kardashian, if you need to lose weight for a role, it’s your body, your choice,” Bethenny began. “But when you are the most photographed famous person to walk this planet, who young women and mothers look to everything that you do and wear and say… to publicly say that you lost 16 pounds in two weeks to fit into a dress… the most superficial of reasons, is all wrong. Young girls hang on every word and effort and lip gloss. And it’s incorrect,” Bethenny declared.
The ‘Skinnygirl’ founder continued her critique by saying, “what we look like is the most unimportant thing in the world… Young girls are currently googling what the 16 pound weight loss diet is used to fit into prom dresses”.
But Bethenny didn’t stop there. She then took aim at the Kardashian’s penchant for Photoshopping their photos to make themselves look better.
“And while I’m at it, to deceptively post pictures that is not what your body actually looks like. To filter your body to the point that it doesn’t look like what your body actually looks like is deceptive, aka lying,” Bethenny said.
In an interview with Vogue during the Met Gala, Kardashian revealed that she could not fit into the dress and vowed to shed pounds in record time. Give me 3 weeks. “I had to lose 16 pounds down today. It was such a challenge,” she said.
“When it didn’t fit me I wanted to cry because it can’t be altered at all,” Kim explained before revealing the rigorous regimen she followed to lose weight at an expedited rate.
“It was this or nothing. I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein,” she explained. “I didn’t starve myself, but I was so strict.”
