Ouch! 'Precious' Director Makes Gaffe About Star Gabby Sidibe's Weight
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When the film Precious took home the lion's share of trophies at Friday's NAACP Awards in Los Angeles, the cast and crew were in a celebratory mood -- even when director Lee Daniels made an excruciating boo-boo regarding celebrated star Gabourey Sidibe's weight.
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"No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350 pound black girl who had HIV," Daniels said at the podium. Immediately realizing his gaffe, Daniels noted, "She's not 350 pounds, Gabby...but the book says...before you were hired."
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A mortified-looking Sidibe, 26, was filmed shaking her head in the audience as Daniels sputtered and tried to bounce back from his faux pas.
But when the entire cast went up to accept the best film award, Daniels once again corrected his mistake. Sidibe laughed and said "OK. I wanted that in there. Thank you," patting him on the shoulder.
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Sidibe won the night's best actress award -- and she laughed as presenter Chris Rock squeezed her bottom.
"It's an honor to be nominated, but it's awesome to win," she said tearfully at the podium.
The actress admitted recently on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she "had to work at" accepting her body image. "My first diet started when I was six years old," she said. "I've never been a small girl. One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body."
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74400# looks more like it. She got to act because they needed a morbidly fat girl and she was most likely the only one who fit the bill. This does not make her a celebrity or great actress. She needs a counselor and a good diet.....in no way is she beautiful or a role model for anyone. It is really a bit disgusting. Get 200# off and then lets see if she can act!
She maybe a good actress but she very heavy and if she doesn't lose some of the weight ,she will die young. and that would be very sad and preventable.i am not knocking her,i live with a obese sister and i see what weight does to a body.
Everyone has the freedom to live their live the way they wish,let her live hers.If she's going to loose some weight it should be her free will descision.Sidibe has done nobody any wrong by looking the way she looks.She interpreted her role in the movie well and got a nomination period!People should mind their own business.
I hear she's doing a Playboy shoot next week
I love how "everyone"seems so concerned with her weight she is a stranger to us.It's her life I loved the movie but can care less what she does.Too each his owm!!!
What knd of mother lets her daughter look like this? OH I forgot the mother is overweight too. How anyone can call her beautiful is blind! She is morbidly obese. Look at her face - its so fat that her eyes are slits. If she continues on like this she will only get fat girl roles in the movies and on TV and will be the laughing stock of the world. She does not have to be a size 5 but a healthy 12 would look better - which will probably mean she will have to loose over 250 pounds! Her potty mouth is also very unattractive right now - especially when she said she wanted to "HIT" on Gerard Butler. I will bet Butler is having nightmares! Stop calling fat people "beautiful inside" - when their "insides" are shutting down (liver, heart, kidneys) because of all the body fat!
Obesity IS totally insane. To glorify it and keep telling an obese is 'beautiful inside' is insane also. It only makes all obese people who don't want face their problem to continue to be in denial of their insanity. These people ARE UGLY not because their are bad or mean but because their are INSANE.
350lbs??? She looks even closer to 400lbs. I see her next major acting role on Biggest Loser. She is a fat slob and has no business being in movies. I will say that I was impressed when I saw the movie clip where she was running with a bucket of fried chicken. She probably ate the whole bucket.
She is 350+lbs, She is a "ONE HIT WONDER" and there is nothing healthy about her, she needs to lose weight period!
The older we get, the harder it is too kee the weight off. Gabby is only 26; she better get started. She can't be healthy being so fat. She'll feel and look better, when she loses about 100 lbs. I hope Monique or Oprah persuades her to get healthy.
She'll be dead by 35, but at least she was nominated for an Oscar right?
Listen. As a formerly obese person, people WILL talk about how fat you are. Sometimes they'll do it as if you're unaware. Some people have tact and many others do not. It comes with the territory. If you're tired of it and your brain is in the right spot, you can lose the weight but it's nobody else's timing that will work. It has to be on your own time. When she's ready to lose, she will. I can almost guarantee that she's not happy being that heavy. I spent A LOT of years trying to convince myself of the same thing and wondered why others wouldn't accept me. It's b/c I never truly accepted myself. Anyway, we all know what she needs to do and so does she. She'll realize that obese and healthy only go together for so long before the healthy part goes away. It will happen. As someone once asked "how many 90-year-old obese people do you see?"
Awww...good for her! I saw her on Oprah and she seems so adorable :) Great job Gabby!!! I really really wish other's would just look at the talented sweet soul that she is and not judge her for how she looks. She is beautiful - all of us are no matter our size! I am trying to get in better shape myself. We all have work to do on our bodies bc not one of us is perfect. I am trying to drink more water, take my Vidazorb probiotic everyday and I really really want to start an exercise program. I am trying - and you know, she might be too. We all have our struggles and I wish our society would look at other things aside of physical status. Anyway - Kudos the Precious!!
Poor girl, she really does need to lose weight for health reasons. People don't need to be a size zero, but good Lord, being that large is putting a huge strain on her heart. She probably has high blood pressure and everything else. It's sad that anyone would allow themselves to get that big.
You people are DISGUSTING! America is so obsessed with body image that even the slightest celebrity gets dubbed as 'fat'. Accept this woman for who and what she is: an AMAZING actress, role model and most importantly - human being. If Ms.Sidibe can accept herself for who she is, who are you to judge otherwise? Congratulations on your win & good luck at the Academy Awards Gabourey!
she's morbidly obese and probably weighs close to that 350 lbs if not more-the girl can barely open her eyes-
i like the girl as an actress and think she's headed for more great roles. that being said, I do think she weighs at least 350 lbs if not more. maybe now that she has made some real money acting, she will get herself a personal trainer aqnd get serious about weight loss. and before you think i am mean to say she weighs at least that much, i am just speaking from personal experience, i am 5 3 and once weighed 299 lbs! she CAN lose that weight!!
Um, are you sure she's not 350 pounds. And yes I know it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside and all that, but it really is quite nauseating to look at her. She is SO OBESE and I really think it sends the wrong message to all the girls out there who are overweight, that it's ok. It's not. She better get in all the acting that she can now b/c if she doesn't do something about her weight she won't be around for long.
@Elsa Caceres you are not that hot lookin either, and you look like you could be carrying a wide load on you a$$! So STFU piano teeth!
Congrats to Gabby and everyone associated with the production of Precious! Good luck at the Oscar's!