Lauren Alaina is calling for a change after a wave of online comments crossed a line. While her usual content shows off her bubbly, bright personality and life as a mom/singer/songwriter, the country star changed her tune in a new Instagram video as she addresses the way people talk about women’s bodies on social media.
“I am literally so mad right now. I’m seething.” she began.
Alaina explains that her anger was stirred up after coming across a TikTok of her performing that sparked a flood of comments focused not on her music, but on her appearance.
“All the comments were about my weight…People were saying that my tour needed to be sponsored by Ozempic and just horrible things and it really affected me.”
While she says she can usually ignore the opinions of strangers on the internet, some of these comments hit especially hard because she is currently eight and a half months postpartum and is in recovery from an eating disorder that she has battled for “a very long time.”
“This really upset me and I know better and I’m fine, but I’m also just ticked,” she added.
But it’s not just comments about her body that are fueling her anger. The Georgia native says she is seeing it happen to other, younger female artists too.
“This is what really has stirred me. A young, beautiful artist, she is literally taking over the world right now, and people are commenting and saying she needs Ozempic. I mean, she is perfectly trim and fit and very healthy and looks amazing and probably feels amazing because she should, and they’re saying that about her. So it just really ticked me off.”
As a new mom to a baby girl, Lauren Alaina is especially mindful of the ongoing issue of what she calls the public’s “obsession” with women’s bodies.
“I have an eight month old daughter and we can’t talk about women this way. This is bull crap,” she stated firmly. “And if you are a woman out there and people are commenting on your body and saying this, myself included, we got to ignore that and we all need to be better. This is crazy.”
This time, the “All My Exes” singer’s comment section was full of other women joining her in this push to eliminate the conversations over their appearances.
Tigirlily wrote, “HARD REPOST… just remember people throw rocks at things that shine 😘 you’re perfect.”
Ashley Cooke, Karen Fairchild and Caylee Hammack all simply agreed with her, stating, “yes.”
Carly Pearce added, “💯💯💯💯💯💯 PREACH.”
In the caption of her post, Alaina further called for an end to this kind of scrutiny in today’s world, and instead prompted people to focus on what’s really important to artists like herself, the music.
“If you care about the music…talk about the music. If you don’t…. well, that’s fine too. But this culture of speculating about women’s bodies? It’s tired. Do better.”
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