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Middle-Aged White Men Need To Shut Up About Weight
We’ve listened long enough
As you’re undoubtedly aware, there have been a couple of high-profile media storms about weight-related comments this week. The first came from Steve Allen, a veteran radio presenter currently working on LBC. He described Tilly Ramsey, daughter of chef Gordon Ramsey, as “a chubby little thing”. As she is only 19 and in no way chubby, this is completely unacceptable. It’s also important to point out it wouldn’t matter if she were extremely fat! It is still not ok!
The second came from Lord Robathan, a former member of the House of Lords. This extremely privileged member of society who went to public school and is an alumnus of Oxford University and has likely never experienced a second of food anxiety in his life said:
“Is it not time, perhaps, to revert to the situation when I was young, when it was not socially acceptable to be grossly overweight and push individual responsibility?
The government’s policy should tell people they must not eat so much.”
Glory Alleluia! All of us who thought weight management was so complicated have been saved by a rich member of the ultra privileged.
What a complete load of shit! Has this man ever gone shopping for food? Does he have even the vaguest idea of what food…
