Kirstie Alley made her "Dancing with the Stars" debut on Monday, March 21. She rocked it, according to the judges, audience members, and viewers who called in and voted.
In spite of the popular opinion that Kirstie was the belle of the evening, unfortunately, the ugly reality of fat prejudice was not far behind. George Lopez to his late-night talk show on TBS and made crude jokes about Alley. He compared her to a pig.
He stated, "She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away. Before the show, she went to the market, and then she had roast beef and this is her going all the way home..." The show then cut to a squealing pig, as Fox News reported,
Lopez's fat hate continued the next night. Instead of apologizing to Kirstie, he made fun of Kim Kardashian's weight...as well as Shaquille O'Neill's. Some people justify fat hate, seeing it as a choice, but that is an uneducated and narrow-minded view of the reality that people who are not a small size face.
Contrary to popular belief, scientists have proven time and again that body size or shape is usually not a choice, as indicated in several studies, including one from the NCBI. .It's complex. Even if it was a choice, would that justify a prejudice? I think not! All sizes can be hot, and it's time people of all sizes got respect, celebs or not.
George eventually decided to apologize. He didn't apologize on-air, as his jokes had been, though. He made a small, 60-character (of the 140 characters Twitter allows) apology to Kirstie via Twitter, stating that he misjudged the joke. He tweeted on his @georgelopez account, " I misjudged the joke. No malice was intended, and I apologize to Kirstie." This left many to wonder...If you're going to insult someone on the air, shouldn't you apologize to her there?
Kirstie likened the apology to a man saying he simply misjudged infidelity. As she jokes on Twitter (via her @kirstiealley account) to George in response to his half-hearted apology, " I don't need or want your apology...I want your kidney, dude. On behalf of your ex and all the women you've insulted, give it back."
However, Kirstie posted on Thursday that she did forgive George, offering fans the advice that you should take life as lightly as you can, and then move on. I look forward to a day when we can all move on from prejudices against one another!
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