Jennifer Love Hewitt Speaks Out

So a few days ago I posted Jennifer Love Hewitt’s bikini pictures which the paparazzi shot while she vacationed with her fiancé in Hawaii. Actually, me and about 1,000 other websites featured those pictures. The fascination for me, and others, was that JLH was no longer a thin girl as she had been for so many years. That image was replaced by wide hips and cellulite. Anyway, this weekend Jennifer fired back a response to those pictures and wrote:

“This is the last time I will address this subject.

I’ve sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women’s bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.

A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn’t make you beautiful.

What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles. I know what I look like, and so do my friends and family. And like all women out there should, I love my body.

To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini — put it on and stay strong.” (source)

But unfortunately here’s the problem with her heartfelt statement: It makes those of us who are a Size 2 want to shout, “YOU are not a Size 2 Ms. Hewitt!” Okay, well it has that effect on me. I’m totally hung up on the statement implying she is a 2.

Anyway, it’s pretty kewl that Jennifer has spoken out and that she loves her body the way that it is, despite the mud that we bloggers drag her through.