As any woman in the public eye knows all too well – when it comes to magazine coverage of your body, you can’t win. You’re either deemed too fat or too skinny and it is always, always something to be ashamed of.
Ruby Rose is one star who has – according to the tabloids – been “too thin” for years, and the Aussie actress has had enough of it.
The 31-year-old responded to dietitian Lisa DeFazio’s opinion of her weight printed in Star magazine, where she estimated Rose weighed 44kg and said her “family and management team need to encourage her to gain some weight before it’s too late”.
Rose hit back on Twitter, telling DeFazio she was "reckless", "maddening, and irresponsible" for speculating on people's weight without any knowledge of them.
"Do you actually have any ‘celebrity clients’ or just gossip magazines? You comment on people who you deem are too big or too small and even go so far as to guess why.
"You are reckless and no Hollywood expert would behave the way you do."
"I eat so much amazing food ( I can't believe I even have to write that sentence) I just don't drink alcohol or eat processed food, or meat or dairy and I train every day.
"I'm plant based and stupidly healthy. I trained my ass off for 3 action films, I used to be a boxer. My body is just my body. It fluctuates and it changes depending on how hard I train. The end."
She specifically addressed those who said she looked best when she was a presenter for MTV in the late 2000s, countering that was when she experienced poor health.
"When you say I looked the best in the MTV days in my early 20s...You guys.. that was a horrible time in my life health-wise.
"I drank every day, ate junk food all day and McDonald's at 4am when I was stumbling home from work.
"I know I wasn't healthy despite being bigger than I am now, because I got sick every month with pneumonia and chest infections. I get sick maybe once a year now.
"So please take care of your body and your mind and your soul and stop judging others."
Hear, hear.
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