‘You’re Just All Fatphobic’: Twitter’s Most-Liked Tweet Calls Out People Gossiping About Adele’s Weight Loss

TOPLINE

One Twitter user suggested that British singer Adele “has always been attractive” regardless of her recent weight loss, in a tweet that received the most likes this week, according to data compiled by the social media tracking firm NewsWhip.

KEY FACTS

Crucial quote

“My hope is that people appreciate the hard work that Adele has done to improve herself for the benefit to her and her family only,” wrote Adele’s former London-based trainer Pete Geracimo in a May 7 Instagram post defending the singer. “She did not lose the weight to make others feel bad about themselves.”

Big number

$69 million. That’s how much in earnings Forbes estimated Adele to have made in 2017, clocking her in as number 18 on our Celebrity 100 list that year. 

Key background

Adele is a 15-time Grammy-winning singer who hails from the United Kingdom. Known for songs like “Rolling In The Deep” and “Hello,” Adele’s voice has been described as “stunning,” “bewitching,” and “massive.” Adele’s appearance has also commanded attention from the media and fans over the years. In 2012, Adele’s heavily-edited Vogue cover that appeared to chisel her face drew scrutiny, which followed remarks from fashion designer Karl Lagerfield that she was “a little too fat.” But the singer’s latest Instagram post was made on her 32nd birthday, and used to thank Britain’s frontline workers amid the coronavirus pandemic⁠. It was the latest image that showed her recent weight loss, which Adele has not publicly commented on. Rita Wilson, married to actor Tom Hanks, commented on the post: “Looking gorgeous!” Other users were not as psyched: “I want the old Adele. chubbier prettier,” wrote one. According to The Daily Beast, however, “Every opinion on Adele’s weight loss is trash. Including, probably, this one.” Even Vogue published a defense of the singer, eight years after the Photoshopped cover controversy, proclaiming “Why Adele’s Weight Loss Should Be Her Business Only.”

Further reading

Adele’s Weight Loss Is A Double Bind (Buzzfeed News)

Every Opinion on Adele’s Weight Loss Is Trash. Including This One. (The Daily Beast)

Adele’s former trainer addresses weight loss and “fat-phobic accusations” over photo that showed her transformation (CBS News)

Adele’s Vogue cover released: What do you think? (Washington Post)