I'm a little late to the show on this one but, she got into a bit of controversy over some comments that she made about pregnancy.
She's quoted in Women's Health as saying that she's not going to have biological children of her own and that:
"I'm going to adopt," and, "I can't handle doing that to my body."
Some media outlets took that and misquoted her as saying that she said something along the line that she "Won't ruin my body with pregnancy."
Okay fine. She was misquoted. But quite frankly, I don't think her actual comment is much better.
As someone who is in the spotlight, has had weight issues in the past, and has a rather large following of her weight loss programs from young women that do not have kids yet, she needs to be careful with comments like this that could greatly influence (or terrify) them into wanting to have a child.
Besides, just because you have a child doesn't mean a woman's figure is ruined. In fact I would almost go as far to say that for the most part, women that I know that had great figures before getting pregnant returned to that figure after a little bit of time after they gave birth.
Bottom line, I think she could have easily said "I'm going to adopt" and ended the sentence there and no one would have blinked an eye.
Thoughts?
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2 comments:
Totally agree with you Mike. I think it was out of line for her to say that. She is a role model and can influence a lot of women. If anything, being a new mom prompts some women to get going and start exercising to shed the weight where they may not have before.
oh and just to add, I am a new mom, postpartum 8 weeks now, and picked back up a daily exercise regimen again. Feel much better and more energy (so important with the demands of motherhood).
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