Listen, You All Can Have Heart Attacks in the Comments …
October 20th, 2008 by Evil Beet
… but Raven-Symone needs to lose some fucking weight.
I’m sorry.
She’s 22 years old now. She has fully surrendered any immunity she had by being a child. Homegirl is huge and I will point it out if I want to. She was never a tiny adult, and that’s fine, but she’s ballooned recently, and is now treading dangerously close to the territory of obesity. Obesity is not healthy.
Raven, you are a grown woman and a role model for countless young children who are already at a high risk for obesity. Pull your shit together and get to a healthy weight.
And I know you guys are going to jump on me in the comments, but look at it this way: Everyone is so quick to criticize Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears and Paris Hilton when they go out and snort lines and do shots and drive drunk and otherwise engage in reckless, self-indulgent behavior that is widely recognized by medical science to be dangerous. “What a terrible role model,” we all say. “How awful!”
While I don’t expect everyone in Hollywood to be at Karen Carpenter BMIs, Raven’s weight is also the result of reckless, self-indulgent behavior that is widely recognized by medical science to be dangerous. The whole country insists Lindsay Lohan drag her ass to AA meetings. Why don’t we also clamor for the Ravens of the world to put in a half-hearted appearance at OA? Why is it that overuse of alcohol and drugs is fodder for such social scorn while pointing out the overuse of food is practically treated as hate speech these days?
I’m just saying.
At the premiere of Tinker Bell in LA.
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I personally have always had an issue with her eyebrows. Every since the Cosby Show…those things just scare me. They’re just so oddly shaped….
As for her weight…I’m about the same size as her…but I’m 31 and just had a baby 4 weeks ago. So yeah. I can sorta see your point.
I agree with you 100%
She is NO where near being OBESE you fucking idiot cunt. I will NEVER look at your fucking STUPID website again.
and then people wonder why stars become FUCKING ANOREXIC!
Yeah, sorry, as someone who has lived an active, healthy lifestyle her whole life, and still gained 25 pounds as a result of medication I had to be on, I don’t agree with you, Beet. Weight gain and obesity are not always the result of reckless behavior. They’re not even always the result of eating more and exercising less. If only it were that simple…I have no idea what Raven-Symone’s lifestyle entails, but I am not going to jump to conclusions about it.
She looks like the Jolly Green Giant in that shot. True, what is offlimits on this… there was an article somewhere a few months ago where she threw a diva-fit over her fashion line geared to larger sized women. Maybe Mr. Cosby can talk to her.
How do you know she isn’t taking a medication that has caused her to gain weight or it isn’t her thyroid? Don’t jump to conclusions with out all the facts.
I totally agree!!! She needs to lose a little weight to be HEALTHY.
I think her weight is why her career has tanked lately. She was not in the latest (ugh) Cheetah Girls movie. What has she done lately?
Helga:::::: the CORRECT way to criticize
Bean::::::: the INCORRECT way to criticize. You sound like a bigger douche than you claim Beet to be.
i think sleeves would help…
I think she is clearly not a skinney minney but you think “she is now treading dangerously close to the territory of obesity.”
In these pics her arms look pretty chunky but the rest of her just doesn’t look almost obese to me.
There is a big differences between driving drunk and over-eating.
And, my feeling is that if Lohan or Hilton want to drink or drug it up, that’s their prerogative. They’re not good role models even when they’re sober.
she’s NOWHERE near obese!
you fat fucking cunt. let’s see a picture of you, sans that ugly face of yours.
I could care less about her weight. Perhaps Evil Beet has some weight issues too?
It just seems you’re allways pointing out how skinny or over weight someone is. The finger you point is pointing back at you. Just saying….
She is definately not obese. No where near. She is overweight. And also I’d like to point out, as a medical fact, that someone who is overweight who is fit and has a good lifestyle is much much more healthy than a thin person who never excercises. Don’t jump to conclusions.
People who are jumping down Beet’s throat are a little immature. Can you not see that Raven Symone is ridiculously overweight. YES it is in fact CORRECT she is borderline obese. Someone of that age does not look healthy. For all we know we might not even be excercising which I really doubt that she is… because when people put effort into going to the gym, you can see it. ( just depends how dedicated you are)
Beet, I think I have figured this out. Your readers are allowed to call people fat, i.e., Jessica Simpson, but YOU are not allowed. That makes you a c*nt. Puhleease people, some of you need to grow up.
OK that dress is hideous. That can be an issue we can all concede.
As for her weight.. yes, it is true that she is overweight, but in this dress I just can’t get an accurate picture. She has always been a little ’squishy’ but I agree with Beet that she doesn’t look healthy.
Although, going as far as to say that she is in the same category with Lindsay Lohan et al is a little extreme. Do you guys remember that she was actualy going to LIVE with Lindsey Lohan at one point, so we should just be thankful that she isn’t addicted to heavy drugs either.
Honestly, she’s probably already treaded into ‘obese’ territory. A BMI of 30 looks thinner than that on most people. It’s not an issue of being mean or anything vain- the fact is, she is NOT healthy at that weight and should really try to lose some. Even 10% of your body weight lost has drastic effects on positive health outcomes in most people. Love you Beet!
I don’t think she is “obese”.
It’s one thing to talk about someone’s bad habits and bad choices, but when we don’t know the cause for her weight and what her overall health is – I just don’t think its anyone’s place to say.
This is such an obnoxious obsession: stick-thin figures are being told to “eat a burger”, while overweight women are being told “pull your shit together”.
Teach your children that perfection does not exist, to play outside, to eat their veggies and fruits and to find role models in people that they can touch.
I think the drunk driving/drugs thing is a bad analogy.
A GOOD analogy would be to the public’s eagerness to attack Hollywood starlets for being too skinny. We could compare this post one (of many) imploring Keira Knightley to eat a sandwich.
Personally, I think both ideas are a waste of time. Everyone is shaped differently. A person’s health is their own business. End of story.
dress does not help but I will say her skin lots oh so soft like a brown marshmellow.
Yeah – I definitely think you hit a nerve with certain people here… perhaps too close to home.
I agree with you Beet. I moved from the suburbs where her weight would be normal to a city where a lot more people walk, bike, hike, and enjoy real food in reasonable amounts. I’ve become much more critical of people who carry a lot of weight if they are not suffering from type of thyroid/health problem. I agree we need to be sensitive to that type of concern, but it’s typically rare.
As a Hollywood celebrity, I believe Raven Symone would use her celebrity power to publicly exempt herself from harsh accusations and judgements about her weight while bringing attention to a physical disorder/ disease blah blah blah. If she hasn’t, it’s not unnatural to assume that yes, she falls out of the healty category and is prob. unhealthy for a 22 year old girl who prob. hasn’t given birth.
Queen Latifah, though she could lose a little weight, carries that weight well. Raven doesn’t look like she is meant to be that heavy. Just some thoughts.
She could lose 10 pounds just by wearing better clothes! She has no sense of what looks good on her body.
I may be wrong , but I think a breast reduction would change her over-all ‘large’ image. From the side view, the rest of her does not look ‘obese’ to me. She’s not rail thin, that’s for sure. Compared to someone like Nicole Ritchie, she is huge, but then I’m sure most of us would be.
I don’t think she looks horrible overall but then again I tend to lean towards people who are ‘normal’ sized, like Queen Latifah or Jennifer Hudson as opposed to the super skinny ones.
I would say that she could probably lose a few pounds and get toned, only because she’s so young and it would be healthier for her overall.
She is in the public eye and so she has a lot more to account for. Sucks but she did choose it.
Well spoken!
What the people who are yelling that she’s isn’t obese seem to be missing is that Americans have a very warped sense of what normal weight is. A very large portion of American’s are overweight and unhealthy, yet we idolize skinny women (also unhealthy). From the pictures Beet has posted on this site I’d say she is a healthy weight, and she is still trying to better herself by working out and dieting. And before you all start screaming that I must have weight issues I’ll have you know that at 5′7″ I’m a health 130.
In my opinion, obese wouldn’t be the best word to describe her weight. shes on the big side, so what? and assuming she takes drugs, binge drinks, and partys hard like other celebrity makes little sense. how would you know what she does or how she acts when shes not in front of a camera? obviously, unless you just so happened to be at a wild party she attended and seen her ”reckless” behavior firsthand, you wouldn’t know. and even if you did, its not your right or anyone else’s for that matter to judge. you bash others for criticize stars like paris and lindsay. . . meanwhile your doing the same thing.
wow guys……….
you all are idiots.
Raven is fairly short *googles it* she is 5′3
thats short guys.
for her height, she is most certainly obese. ask a doctor dumbasses.
it all has to do with where you carry your weight.
she is a big girl, and you guys should know that, unless you all have lived the last 10 years of your life blindfolded to her giant ass.
she has gained alot of weight, but she isn’t a little girl roll model…..she never has been. she isn’t hannah mon-fucking-tana……… her show is aimed at older girls anyway.
so really, who gives a shit?
if she wants to die of a heart attack at 25, thats her choice!
She isn’t a Cheetah Girl, more like a Cheeto Girl.
you are right Beet , she looks like a fat ass jelly bean, I guess Jelly Beans got her into thid trouble in the first place!!
Jessica, what does her height have to do with it? It’s not like we have a number to go by for her weight, just a picture.
I’m not saying she looks healthy, but if we’re gonna call people idiots, lets have our argument make some sense.
Not that anyone will actually read my opinion but yeah, her weight has gone critivally up in a small amount of time, yet I find her a healtier role model than Lindsay or Brit Brit. If this is the size she chose to have, then she should maintain this size. If she is out of control and wishes to be thinner, then yeah. She should loose the weight. Don’t talk shit about her, saying that she’s a jelly bean and stuff, she’s a young woman and us discussing her weight issues on the world wide web is probably not superfun.
Seriously, we’re so fucking obsessed with weight, if she had bones protruding from her body, Beet MIGHT call that unhealthy, but since Raven has a little bit of fat on her body she’s all the sudden border-line obese?? I think Beet has major issues with weight and needs to be shown the difference between what’s obese and whats fucking healthy and normal. Get a fucking grip…
Sorry but the stars who prance around driving drunk and practising other forms of reckless behaviour are a DANGER and threat to my life. Raven having slower metabolism/eating more/weird genes doesn’t risk any harm to me. Which is why I’m not gonna give some poor girl a hard time about not looking the way you want her to. Especially since we don’t know what is preventing her from looking like a fucking emaciated twig.
I don’t know what point you were trying to make, Beet, but I think you were really out of line. Why the fuck do you care anyway~ there are tons of girls three times the size of Raven and I kind of have to applaud Raven for staying semi-relevant even though she’s ~~~~OMG MORBIDLY OBESE~~~~
Not that I even like Raven, but whatever..
ok, it’s fine to make fun of people and stuff, since you’re a celeb gossip blogger, I’m OKAY with that, but unless you’re an actual doctor that has examined her, lay off with the diagnoses. I don’t care if it’s Raven, claiming she’s obese, or if it’s Nicky Hilton, claiming she’s anorexic.
if you are a doctor, or have a degree in nutrition, fine! But it is JUST AS DANGEROUS to say someone is obese when in fact, they aren’t. Because girls, women will compare themselves to her and think that they are obese when in fact, they are not.
Oh, and I just noticed Kevin Smith. As a young man in an impressionable position as director, he should take better care of himself. he is OBESE!!
*sarcasm*!!!
seriously though, he’s way bigger than Raven.
Harsh much? Homegirl just needs to work out! Some girls are blessed, and some aren’t, and those of us who aren’t just have to work a little harder.
for you to say that she is as guilty as those fake hookers who are out underage drinking and probably doing drugs, because she is overweight, is stupid.
I’ve always thought she needed to lose weight. :( I’m glad someone finally has the nerve to say it so blatantly, though. :) Thanks.
What a fascinating insight into your psyche, Beet. It would never have occurred to me that you would do anything less than point out what ever you want to.
Raven has always been top heavy, but I think it might be overstating the situation to accuse her of reckless, self-indulgent behavior because she has large breasts. The rest of her body just isn’t that big.
Sure, she could lose a few pounds, but I don’t understand the need to judge her and call her names. Obesity and/or near obesity is a complex medical issue, and to talk of it as if it were a moral failing is inappropriate.
As for Lindsay, etc., I was not aware that the entire country wants her to go to AA meetings. In my world, the person who is most concerned with whether or not Lindsay is drinking or doing drugs would be you, Beet, presumably because it makes good fodder for your gossip blog.
I would say she is borderline obese and i understand your comparison. She needs to get healthy and people do need to speak out against obesity as it is a reckless behavior towards our health and future and our country has a very high level of it.
I agree with the majority. She does not look obese. Even if she is, though, there could be medical or psychological reasons why she doesn’t lose weight. Not all obese people are lazy, overeating slobs. Someone who drinks is potentially putting other people’s lives in danger if she decides to take a joyride in her car. Someone who overeats (if we ASSume she overeats) only does a disservice to herself. Bad analogy.
I agree with Beet. I worked on the first Cheetah Girls movie, and at 17 that girl was pretty much eating anything that wasn’t nailed down. So, while it may be fair to say that the weight gain is a medical problem, I think its unlikely. And as for they eyebrows – she draws those on (that was for ‘Ugh”)
Shes fat; she needs to lose weight. She always has been on the larger side, but shes starting to put her health at risk. And how much do you want to bet that everyone that posted saying how horrible beet is and insaulting her… theyre probably larger than Raven. Just get over it and stop being a lazy, fat person!
Damn girlfriend is gettin hella fat!
I’m with you all the way, beet. She’s not a whale, but I noticed it on the last few episodes of her show.
First, I lost a little respect for your opinions today beet. As a fellow “well endowed” female, natural DD’s, they add the apperance of some weight, Raven also has broad shoulders, she is top heavy, if she carried that extra mass in her ass/hips she might look like Bionce. To assume all people who are over weight are unhealthy or unhappy or have some self controle problems is also an uneducated assumption. Some “”overweigt” people live well into their 90’s, live active and happy lifestyles. To add to that some men are very attracted to women her shape. In fact I think most men prefere a women with bigger, rounder “assests” and a little extra elsewhere to skinny flat chested or flat assed bone thin girls. Raven may be very happy, healthy and appriciated just the way she is. Thats what I am trying to say, but Beet this post does show you in a bad light.