21 Celeb Moms Who Epically Shut Down Fat-Shamers

When the I Know What You Did Last Summer star had the audacity to appear in public not looking perfect in a bikini, sites like TMZ teased her, saying, "I know what you ate last summer" while publishing the less-than-flattering photos. Jennifer Love Hewitt responded to the juvenile remarks by saying, "To all girls with butts, boobs, hips, and a waist," she wrote, "put on a bikini, put it on, and stay strong."

While many pregnant celebrities face public scrutiny for pregnancy weight gain, Kim Kardashian was all but vilified for whatever pounds she packed on while pregnant with daughter North. As a virtual "eff you," Kardashian posted a banging swimsuit selfie just six months after she delivered her daughter and had this to say about it: "I was trying on a bathing suit and I actually just sent that to my boyfriend [future husband Kanye West], and I was like, 'Babe, can I post this up? This is like my big middle finger to the world on everyone that called me fat.'" For the record, she did and looked great.

Since Jessica Simpson hit the pop music scene, she has been on the receiving end of some serious fat-shaming. But the meanness reached a fever pitch when the singer and shoe designer gained weight during her pregnancy with daughter Max. Simpson shut down the cruel comments by saying, "I'd been scrutinized about my weight before I got pregnant, so I refused to let anyone steal the joy of my babies. My husband and I were looking at old pictures recently, and I asked him, 'Babe, why didn't you tell me to put the brownie down?' He said, 'You looked great.' He's always loved every curve on my body. And we've always had a healthy sex life."

Just months after the American Idol alum had her daughter, River Rose, she traveled to England to promote her album. Snarky British TV personality Katie Hopkins tweeted a series of nasty comments about Kelly Clarkson's weight, including, "Did she eat all of her backup singers? Happily I have widescreen." Clarkson told Heat magazine, "I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing," she said. "And more so now, since having a family — I don't seek out any other acceptance." Wait, Katie who?

The Bridesmaids star didn't let the New York Observer writer Rex Reed's snarky name-calling get to her. When Reed referred to her as "tractor-sized" and "an obese hippo," she laughed it off, saying, "I just thought, that's someone who's in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs."

During her first pregnancy, The Good Place star had her fill of body shamers picking on her pregnancy pounds. Kristen Bell wasn't having it and shut them down by saying, "I am not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size."

The mom of two is also a busy actress, film producer, and businesswoman and doesn't have any time to deal with other people's opinions of her weight. The actress, 45, said, "But while I may not be tall and thin, I am capable." Yes, she is!

The Charmed actress decided to kill them with kindness when comedian Jay Mohr publicly tried to humiliate her about her postpartum weight gain by saying, "It seems like she had a baby and said, 'I don't really give a s**t' … I read it on her gut … Somebody sat in the director's chair and was not wearing Spanx and I was like, 'Jesus Christ.'" Milano gracefully tweeted at Mohr, "So sorry you felt the need to publicly fat-shame me. Be well and God Bless. Please send my love to your beautiful wife," who then apologized. Milano accepted the apology but continued to speak out on fat-shaming. Mohr, for the record, has two children, one of whom is a girl. Here's hoping Jay figures it out before his daughter has kids of her own.

The late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld caused quite a stir when he called Grammy Award winner Adele "a little too fat." He caused quite a stir that is, with everyone but Adele, who said, "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that." And then she went back to being fabulous — just as a queen should.

The Voice star and mother of two has been notoriously and publicly picked on for her weight over the years. She's even had to battle her own record label to focus on her voice, not her body. Aguilera, however, couldn't care less, saying, "I told (my label) during this Lotus recording, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.'"

Clearly they did.

The singer has never conformed to meet other people's expectations of her, which — other than her epic voice — is what we love about her. When she got some slack for looking fat while being photographed on the red carpet of a charity event, Pink slayed her critics swiftly by saying, "You're referring to the pictures of me from last night's cancer benefit that I attended to support my dear friend Dr. Maggie DiNome. She was given the Duke Award for her tireless efforts and stellar contributions to the eradication of cancer. But unfortunately, my weight seems much more important to some of you."

Incidentally, she looked amazing. More important, she always sounds amazing. Slay, girl, slay!

In May 2020, an Instagram user commented "SHE'S PREGENANT [sic] " on a photo of Kourtney reclining in a bikini. Kourtney did not hesitate to respond, "This is me when I have a few extra pounds on, and I actually love it. I have given birth three amazing times and this is the shape of my body."

Next, she took it a step further and recorded a POOSH YouTube video sharing, "We're all shaped differently…I commented back and said, 'This is the shape of my body. I gained a few pounds over this quarantine time and I love my body…I don't think I look pregnant at all.'" As a mom of three, she for sure knows what her pregnant body looks like, so a little change over time is totally normal.

Chrissy Teigen is not one to be shy about having a comeback for bullies on the internet. In 2019, a Twitter user made a meme with the caption, "When it suddenly hits you that your lady doesn't have any ASS." Chrissy tweeted her response and shut it all down, "It's been 13 years, and he knew the first night we met :)." Chrissy added, "Everyone so used to ass shots and photoshopped Instagrams. I've had no ass forever — is this new news to some of you?"

If you can believe, even Beyoncé gets hate comments from time to time. In an effort to respond to the negativity and encourage other women to love their bodies, Beyoncé co-penned the track "Bootylicious". Beyoncé shared in Shape magazine, "I wrote that because, at the time, I'd gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn't be thinking about that." She added, "You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun, and the song was just telling everyone to forget what people are saying, you're bootylicious. It's a celebration of curves and a celebration of women's bodies."

Gigi Hadid is a former volleyball player who has openly shared that she was told she didn't have a "runway body" because of her athletic frame. While starting her modeling career, she silenced her shamers by walking in Jean Paul Gaultier's last ready-to-wear show in Paris. Gigi told i-D magazine in 2020, "I knew how hard I worked to have those muscles, to be curved in those places — I kind of miss it now. At the time, people were hard on me and tried to say that I didn't have a runway body."

Gigi gave a message directly to the doubters she had in her life, "No, I don't have the same body type as the other models in shows… I represent a body image that wasn't accepted in high fashion before, and I'm very lucky to be supported by the designers, stylists, and editors that I am: ones that know this is fashion, it's art; it can never stay the same. It's 2015. But if you're not one of those people, don't take your anger out on me."

Jennifer Lopez has easily one of the best bodies in Hollywood, and yet that did not spare her from cruel comments early in her career. Like so many celebs, Jennifer told E! in 2016 that she was made to lose weight if she wanted to work at the beginning of her career. Jennifer told E! "They kept telling me to lose weight." She added, "I was like, 'No, I don't. If I lose any more weight, it won't be me.' You know what I mean?"

Supermodel Ashley Graham shut down comments in 2017 after she posted a video of herself exercising at the gym. Not one to mince words, she later replied, "Every time after I post a workout video, I get comments like, 'You'll never be skinny, so stop trying,' 'Don't workout too hard, you'll get skinny,' 'Why would you want to lose what made you famous?'"

In a second post she commented, "Just for the record, I work out to: Stay healthy, feel good, get rid of jet lag, clear my head, show big girls we can move like the rest of 'em, stay flexible and strong, have more energy. I don't work out to lose weight or my curves, because I love the skin I'm in."

And that is a perfect example of body positivity.

For supermodel and entrepreneur Tyra Banks, it was the paparazzi who posted mean titles about her after publishing pictures of Tyra in a swimsuit, calling her "Thigh-ra Banks" and "America's Next Top Waddle" in 2007. She took to her talk show that was on the air at the time exclaiming, "Kiss my fat ass." She added, "I love my mama. She has helped me to be a strong woman so I can overcome these kind of attacks, but if I had lower self-esteem, I would probably be starving myself right now. But that's exactly what is happening to other women all over this country."

Kate Winslet used her platform on WE Day in London in 2017 to talk about her history with bullies who teased her for being overweight. "They called me Blubber. Teased me for wanting to act. Laughed at me. I wasn't the prettiest. I was even told that I might be lucky in my acting if I was happy to settle for the fat-girl parts. [Casting agents] would say, 'You're just not what we're looking for, Kate.'"

Later Kate added, "I fought back. I had to ignore the negative comments. I had to believe in myself. I had to choose to rise above it all, and I had to work hard. You have to be indestructible to do what you love, and believe that you are worth it. And sometimes that's the hardest part. You are being your best and you own that. Nobody can take that away from you ever." What an inspiring story of overcoming negative comments.

Amy Schumer confidently covered InStyle magazine with a swimsuit. Unfortunately, she was not spared from nasty comments about her weight. She countered back with a photo of herself in an amazing blue bikini, showing off her healthy and fit body. She captioned that she was feeling "great," and added, "No haters can f with my baseline."

As the author of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling knows how to use her words. After a photo of her with tennis pro Serena Williams got comments from trolls saying that Serena "was built like a man," she replied with the best sarcastic response. She later tweeted a photo of Serena wearing a figure-hugging dress and added the caption, "She is built like a man. Yea, my husband looks just like this in a dress. You're an idiot."

And that is how you stand up for a friend.