Gabourey Sidibe attacks shamers

Gabourey Sidibe has responded to critics who fat shamed her after she appeared in a love scene during an episode of Empire. The 32-year-old actress was seen on the show alongside her character Becky Williams’ love interest MC J Poppa — played by Mo McRae — in an opening scene that featured the two enjoying an intimate moment on a rooftop.

But after the episode aired, the Oscar-nominated actress found herself to be the subject of cruel taunts online, one social media user even created a meme that used a screen shot of the love scene next to the words: “Damn, some of you people can’t even get a text back”.

But in a blog for EW, Gabourey took the critics head on, saying that not only was she proud of the scene, but didn’t care in the least about anyone having a problem with it. “I, a plus sized, dark-skinned woman, had a love scene on primetime television,” she wrote.

“I had the most fun ever filming that scene even though I was nervous. But I felt sexy and beautiful and I felt like I was doing a good job. I’m very proud of the work we all did to make that scene a great opening for the episode. I keep hearing that people are ‘hating’ on it. I’m not sure how anyone could hate on love but that’s okay. You may have your memes.”

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