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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Khloe Kardashian Speaks Out About Rob Kardashian"s Weight
Though Rob Kardashian is always happy to post adorable photos of North and Dream, he is personally camera-shy and spent years more or less hiding from his family"s spotlight.
A huge factor was his weight gain. He"s been honest about it, but the body-shaming that he"s received has been inexcusable.
Khloe opens up about that and more in this clip from Revenge Body, which you can see below.
In the Revenge Body clip that you can watch below, Khloe offers counseling to a married couple named Chad and Allison.
Allison laments being heavier than she would like — describing "worrying about" being 200 pounds when she and Chad were dating and now "worrying about" being 300 pounds as a married woman.
She believes that her current weight presents health risks, and that it would be unsafe to become pregnant with her current figure.
(We don"t know the exact date when this was taped, but in real life, Khloe just did her gender reveal, and is of course pregnant. And she probably knew that she was pregnant at this time. Her facial expression is interesting)
Chad, interestingly, also has body image issues.
He believes that he is too scrawny.
While the issues that Allison laments are somewhat more common, there is a stigma — arising from toxic masculinity — against thin or scrawny men, even though many people find their body type to be desirable or even ideal.
Khloe first addresses Allison"s desire to lose weight and her complicated relationship with her body and figure.
"I know how you feel."
That"s an interesting claim, since Khloe — though she was once less fit than she currently is — has never been what could honestly be described as "fat."
"You feel, like, trapped in your own body."
Before anyone assumes that Khloe is trying to say that her past issues compare to Allison"s, however, Khloe explains why she knows how Allison feels.
"I feel that way for my brother."
Khloe continues, discussing Rob Kardashian as an example.
"Who, you know, gained a lot of weight. It"s debilitating."
Rob Kardashian did famously gain a lot of weight and spent years in seclusion, rarely venturing into the public eye.
He was so self-conscious about his weight gain — which he has blamed on a milkshake habit that snowballed into other unhealthy habits — that he skipped out on Kim Kardashians"s 2014 wedding.
He just did not feel comfortable in his own skin.
Khloe has previously encouraged him to work out with her and with Tristan.
Khloe, of course, gets up at like 6am every single day of her life so that she can start her day with a workout.
Khloe also extends her sympathies to Chad.
"And I think that people sympathize enough when people are body-shamed for being too thin."
It sounded like a lot of Chad"s issues with his body were in his own mind — again, a product of toxic masculinity that pernicously seeps into men"s minds. But body-shamed or not, if he wants his body to be a different way, he"s welcome to pursue change.
Khloe continues:
"My sister Kendall … When she was growing up, she was very skinny. She used to get bullied all of the time for being "too skinny.""
To be fair, Kendall is a very slender woman even as an adult. But she"s also hot for a living — she"s a model. Some could argue that she"s skinny for a living, even.
While Chad"s body type likely presents zero health risks whatsoever, if he wants to live out his beefcake dreams (or just put on a little more muscle), good for him.
Khloe can likely connect more with Allison, even though Allison"s weight loss goals are a bit heftier than Khloe"s have ever been.
Different people, based upon genetics and body types and personal histories, will have more or less difficulty gaining or losing weight.
It"s important to realize that body-shaming, since even a literal supermodel like Kendall Jenner can be on the receiving end of it, is never about the recipient. It"s always about the bully.
If a guy like Chad has been body-shamed for being slender, it"s because someone wanted to ruin his day because of their own issues.
Allison, just like Rob Kardashian, should not be shamed for being overweight, and not just because she"s working to change it.
We only wish that Rob had realized that before he went off on Blac Chyna in a revenge porn attack last summer, posting her nudes and body-shaming her.
Take a look at this video. Do you like the advice that Khloe is giving out?
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Meghan Markle! Kate Middleton! Prince William! Prince Harry! All on Stage... Together!
A royally awesome and historic event took place in Great Britain on Wednesday morning.
As documented below, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ALL took the stage as a foursome for the first time at the inaugural Royal Foundation Forum.
The charity organization was initially set up by the two princes and Middleton, but after Markle officially joins the family on her wedding day, she will be a patron as well.
The only other time we’ve seen all four of these very famous people in the same place together was when they made their way to church on Christmas day.
The royals (and the one gorgeous royal-to-be) used this event to lay out various hopes and plans for their current and future work under the charitable umbrella of the Royal Foundation.
Audience members on hand got to hear them talk about why the foundation was set up, the projects they are working on right now and other ones in the pipeline.
“Ten years ago Harry and I were still serving full-time in the military, but we were starting to look to the next stages of our lives,” William explained in stage, elaborating as follows:
“As we discussed together the best way to set out on our official work, we looked to the values our family had instilled in us.”
He said he was “particularly happy” that Markle had joined the efforts and added:
“Both our parents had provided for us an example of diligence, compassion and duty in all they did.
“Our grandparents, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, had made support for charity central to their decades of service to the nation and the Commonwealth.”
After her husband said he wanted to “celebrate this spirit of togetherness” with others around the world, Middleton took the stage to talk about Heads Together.
This is a campaign meant to break the stigma around mental health and promote conversation around the issue, something Middleton has admirably been on the forefront of for years.
“The campaign set out to change the national conversation on mental health,” she said.
“We are all so proud of the work we did with our partners; to challenge the stigma which has prevented so many people from speaking openly about their mental wellbeing…
“I am sure you will agree that the mental health of children and adults is one area where a longterm view will make a huge difference to generations in the future.”
Finally, Markle addressed her old profession (entertainment) and the ongoing #MeToo movement and #TimesUp movement that are at least empowering women to speak out.
She wanted to make one point very clear as it pertained to this topic.
“I hear a lot of people speaking about girls’ empowerment and women’s’ empowerment you will hear people saying they are helping women find their voices,” she said.
“I fundamentally disagree with that because women don’t need to find their voices, they need to be empowered to use it and people need to be urged to listen.”
This said, the future Mrs. Prince Harry is thrilled that things are finally changing in Hollywood, and in other work places as well, she hopes.
“I think right now in the climate we’re seeing with so many campaigns, with #MeToo and Time’s Up, there’s no better time than to really continue to shine a light on women feeling empowered and people really helping to support them – men included in that.”
Speaking of men also playing a role in this battle, she said simply:
“It makes such a tremendous difference.”
It really does.
Markle will exchange vows with Harry on May 19 in London.
She is clearly very comfortable already on the world stage, likely helped over the years by the promotional tours she embarked on for the USA Network hit drama Suits.
We cannot wait for her wedding day.
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