One of the most blunt and honest celebrities in all of Hollywood, Kelly Clarkson is an open book. For years, she’s been criticized for everything from her weight to musical genres, but if her success tells you one thing, “miss independent” doesn’t have time for anyone or anything that’s going to get her down.
In the 15 years since winning American Idol, fans and critics have watched as Clarkson released album after album, eventually got married, and publicly suffered through two very difficult pregnancies. And while being in the public eye is part of becoming famous, it seems people have forgotten that celebrities are people, just like us. Their weight fluctuates, they sport messy buns and they, too, have internal struggles that can only be seen from within.
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Still, Clarkson is no stranger to people calling her “fat” and making harsh assumptions about her weight. But through the years, she’s discovered herself better than anyone, and rather than taking the negative judgments of body-shamers, Clarkson turns it into “rocket fuel.”
“No one actually cares about your health. They just care about aesthetics,” Clarkson said in an interview with Redbook Magazine.
She told the publication that, contrary to popular belief that skinny equates to healthy and attractive, Clarkson actually feels better about herself when she’s not counting calories.