Wow, there’s a lot of weight-related cattiness going on in Hollywood this week, and it’s coming from both ends of a spectrum. So who’s the new scapegoat of the National Action Against Obesity? And who banned triple-digit gals from her Memorial Day fiesta?

The answers: Jordin Sparks and Nicole Richie. You’ve probably already figured out which is which, but just in case…

First, Meme Roth from the NAAO slammed American Idol champ Jordin Sparks for being too fat. On a Fox News catfight—er, broadcast—she sniped, “When I look at Jordin, what I see is diabetes, I see heart disease, I see high cholesterol. That’s what’s so sad about this. She is not the vision of health. She’s the vision of unhealth.”

I don’t think “unhealth” is a word, and my spell check wholeheartedly agrees. Moreover, Jordin is slightly overweight, but not exactly enormous enough to merit a point-counterpoint on the news. Remember Ruben? The 400-pound victor from a few seasons ago? That was an obesity problem. (Although the Velvet Teddy Bear has since lost 100+ pounds on a strict 1,500-calorie vegetarian diet.) Point is, Jordin will inevitably go on tour, she’ll slim down, some tabloid will accuse her of losing “too much too fast!” and she’ll ultimately balance out somewhere in the middle. It’s practically the AI Code of Weight Fluctuation.

Either way, Jordin shouldn’t be too hurt, because Meme Roth also hates Shrek. No, really.

And, of course, Nicole was the one who closed her Memorial Day invite with the warning, “There will be a scale at the front door. No girls over 100 pounds allowed in. Start starving yourself now.” ‘Course, her reps insist that she was making a funny: “

She was responding in a joking manner to the constant untruths printed about her in the media.”

What do you think? I'm casting a vote for "not-so-hilarious."

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written by Mia, June 08, 2007

I'd rather have junk in my trunk than spewing out of my mouth. MeMe is shedding light on a new discrimination -- discrimination against overweight people. Government incentives to lose weight would be the solution, not publicly flogging overweight people -- which will only succeed in making them more depressed and likely to eat more. It costs more to eat healthy. Phy Ed and sports programs are being cut. Why isn't MeMe going to the school boards and screaming at them to not cut sports. Eating sweets is not the problem. Lack of time, money is the culprit.