Comedian Celeste Barber’s personal stance against body shaming
Comedian Celeste Barber has spoken out against body shaming, revealing she regularly refuses to work with brands she doesn’t feel align with her values.
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Comedian Celeste Barber has called for an end to body shaming.
True to her word, the Instagram superstar said she is regularly refuses when contacted by companies wanting her to promote their products because they don’t fit with her world view.
“Body shaming and healthy living are not the same thing,” Barber tells the latest issue of Vogue Australia.
“I say in my stand-up show that body shaming needs to stop dressing itself in healthy living’s clothing.
“I get approached by lots of detox tea companies for sponsored posts on my Instagram and I always respond the same way: I don’t promote any products that make women feel we need to look a certain way to feel a certain way. They are different things.”
The 37-year-old mother continued: “Those two worlds are very convoluted and when they are sold as the same thing they can be very dangerous. I make a conscious choice to ‘buy what I’m selling’.
“I’m on my third photo shoot in three days and that can be confronting for a person who has built a career based not on how I look.
“It gets me down if I start thinking the clothes don’t fit, my stomach looks massive in this or fearing that they are going to have to cut these pants so I can fit into them, so I put myself into a bubble and choose not to buy into that kind of thinking.”
Barber will on Thursday take over from Edwina McCann as editor of Vogue Australia for one day, leading a Vogue’ing flash mob event at Bondi Icebergs pool from 6.30am.
The activation is part of the prestigious magazine’s 60th birthday celebrations.
Originally published as Comedian Celeste Barber’s personal stance against body shaming
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