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2FM DJ Louise McSharry can’t bring herself to look at singer Adele since the singer’s dramatic seven-stone weight loss.
The popular broadcaster admitted that she had been struggling to process the pop star’s change in body shape, after she made her first public appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
On the show, Adele recognized her new slim figure before introducing the show, even releasing a tantalizing mix of her biggest hits.
But the radio DJ, who now has two children with her husband Gordon Spierin, spoke of her disappointment in Adele’s new slender figure, as she had been a role model for plus-size women around the world.
“I feel like I have to say this, personally I’m having a really visceral response to Adele’s body change,” she told listeners on her Sunday morning show.
“I was trying to make sense of it this morning and I tweeted about it and that helped.
“I have loved Adele, ever since, I remember they sent me a pirate of her song Home Town Glory, even before it was released.
“She was on the BBC’s submission list that year. She was with 20 other people that the BBC said were going to be massive that year.
And when I saw her and realized that she had a body like mine, I loved her even more.
“Because at the time, there were hardly any people in the public eye who had bodies like mine, none.
“I feel a certain affinity when I see a woman like me because there just aren’t that many of us.”
Louise admitted she was in conflict when it came to talking about her idol Adele, given the media’s obsession with body shapes.
But she said she felt she had to address the problem because she believed other women like her should feel the same way.
“The media are obsessed with people’s bodies, that’s why I didn’t want to talk about it until now, because I don’t want to feed that culture,” he said.
“But what I do want to say is, because for a long time I had this connection with her, I felt… If Adele is beautiful, fabulous, great and funny and everyone loves her, then maybe she is okay.
“And 12 years ago, I was not where I am now in terms of how I feel about myself and society was not where it is about the discourse of bodies.
“I’ve been struggling to even look at Adele and it’s not like I feel like she owes me something or that she should have a certain body type.
“I passionately feel that people should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies …
“I’ve found it difficult, it’s about me, she was one of us and it feels a bit like a loss.
“And it’s not about her at all, it’s about how women like us are represented in the media. I just wanted to mention it because I know there will be others who feel that way.
“Good for Adele, you do it girls, you do what you want with your body … I don’t think an article should ever be published about how thin or fat a person is.”
World Sunday
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