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Ariana Grande opens up about her ‘unhealthy’ appearance

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Ariana Grande opens up about her ‘unhealthy’ appearance: ‘Healthy can look different’

Peter Andrew Acierto

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande took to social media to address the comments netizens have been making about her body. On the social media platform TikTok, Ariana uploaded a three-minute video on why people shouldn’t make comments about the appearance of others.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div><br/></div><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@arianagrande/video/7220884832472026414" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7220884832472026414" id="v71080212245294180" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><iframe name="__tt_embed__v71080212245294180" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7220884832472026414?lang=en-PH&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-04-13T09%3A31%3A37.019344%3Ac2ec7dbe-3122-4653-86a4-554014fbe645%26action%3Dedit" style="width:100%;height:721px;display:block;visibility:unset;max-height:721px"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ariana maintained that people have different—and healthy—body types. She urged her followers to “be gentler” in commenting about the appearance of others. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/12/15/fresh-scoops/ariana-grande-follows-lea-salonga-on-instagram-197442" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Ariana Grande follows Lea Salonga on Instagram</strong></a></span><span><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I think we should be gentler and less comfortable in commenting on people’s bodies no matter what. If you think you’re saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is—healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, not sexy—we should really work towards not doing that as much,” she said.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The American superstar added how netizens have pointed out that her body that was at her “unhealthiest” stage in her life. Ariana revealed that during those times, she was at the “lowest point” of her life.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly and at the lowest point of my life when I look the way you consider my healthy but in fact it wasn&#x27;t my healthy,&quot; she added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 29-year-old actress continued to explain in the video how netizens shouldn’t judge others based on their outer appearance as they never know what that person is going through in their life.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“You never know what someone is going through so even if you&#x27;re coming from a loving place and a caring place, that person is probably working on it or has a support system that they are working on it with, you never know so be gentle with each other and with yourselves,” she continued. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/3/21/fresh-scoops/ariana-grande-reacts-to-filipinos-singing-her-song-199165" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/3/21/fresh-scoops/ariana-grande-reacts-to-filipinos-singing-her-song-199165" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Ariana Grande reacts to Filipinos singing her song &#x27;Break Free&#x27; in Pasig rally</strong></a></span><span><strong></strong><u></u></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ariana gave her followers on TikTok some words of encouragement to uplift their spirits. The award-winning celebrity encouraged her fans to continue sharing their feelings and maintain the body positivity culture on social media.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Sending you guys lots of love and I think you&#x27;re beautiful no matter what you&#x27;re going through, no matter what weight, no matter how you like to do your makeup these days, no matter what cosmetic procedures you had or anything. I just think you&#x27;re beautiful and just wanted to share your feelings. Have a beautiful day and I&#x27;m sending you a lot of love,” she said.</span></div>

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Ariana Grande opens up about her ‘unhealthy’ appearance: ‘Healthy can look different’

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Published Apr 13, 2023 07:40 PM PHT

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