Other examples included Martine McCutcheon in Love Actually whose character Natalie was told she had ‘thighs the size of big tree trunks’. such as Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones Diary, who famously put on 30lbs to play the character.Īccording to the book, Bridget weighed 9st 10lbs which is nowehere near overweight for a woman of average height like Renee – who agreed in interviews that her character was a ‘perfectly normal’ weight.
‘Anyone who grew up in the early thousands and have body image issues because of it, do you remember how we were made to believe she was fat?’ she asked.Ĭommenters were quick to share other examples. in which she pointed out that American Ferrera was portrated as the ‘fat, funny friend’ in her hit show Ugly Betty. The trend was highlighted in a viral TikTok video by user Marielle Greguski, from the US, entitled ‘early 00s fatphobia’. Popular films and TV shows from the noughties are being called out by fans who are waking up the fact that female characters were presented as ‘fat’ despite being a perfectly normal body size.
