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Howard Stern Calls Gabourey Sidibe ‘Fat Black Chick’

Howard Stern has decided to add his two cents on Gabourey Sidibe, who he keeps referring to as the “fat black chick“, being nominated for an Oscar and what kind of future career she could have. Well as far as he is concerned she couldn’t have a career because she is too fat.

Stern and his sidekick Robin Quivers talk about Oprah being a liar for saying Gabourey will have a successful career. They then go on to call her an enormous woman the size of a planet and discuss how everybody in Hollywood is pretending that she’s going to succeed and that they have roles for her. He then says the only part she could play is the big football player in The Blind Side 2.

The two of them also go on to say that she should use her money from Precious to get thin, because she is sick and it’s a terrible thing what she has done to herself (they mean it’s terrible she is fat). They also say that she was seated in an aisle seat because she is too big for regular seats.

Now I’m not going to pretend that Gabourey Sidibe won’t have a hard time in Hollywood because she doesn’t look like the rest of them, but to say she won’t have a career is ridiculous — there are a lot of roles that she could do. The things that Howard Stern is saying disgust me. It takes a lot to pick on an easy target doesn’t it?

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I listened to his comments live. I think, though a bit crude, his (and Robin’s) comments have quite a bit of truth to them. A person of her size will have a very hard time finding additional roles in Hollywood. Would audiences buy her as a romantic lead? Probably not if you look at the types of people they put in rom coms. Also, to be fair, what’s her big role? Playing a young, troubled obese person. The question stands, where can she go from here? The only one that can answer those who wonder that is her. We’ll see if the “system” is set up for someone who is morbidly obese like that to succeed. Hollywood being what it is, right down to every last wrinkle needing to be abolished even when you’re a senior citizen, is not really set up for an “alternative” non-comedic actor to succeed. Also, one last comment in regards to the Stern show’s comments… They are also dead on about commentators taking it extra easy on the kid, right down to no jokes at her expense (her being fat or otherwise), and right down to not saying anything but positives about her outfit and how it looked on her. So there are some benefits for her in this PC world as well…

Posted by Bill Loguidice | March 9, 2010 | 12:19 pm | Permalink
 

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