Gabourey Sidibe is actually one of the funniest characters on the hit show Empire. Unfortunately, One of the main reasons a lot of people think she’s funny is because of her weight. During last week’s episode of Empire, the show started with Gabourey engaging in a sexy scene with her rapper boyfriend, MC Poppa J.
From Wednesday till now, meme’s have been flying left and right all over social media. Gabourey took to the blogs to hush the critics who keep fat shaming her.
“I, a plus sized, dark-skinned woman, had a love scene on primetime television. I had the most fun ever filming that scene even though I was nervous. But I felt sexy and beautiful and I felt like I was doing a good job. I’m very proud of the work we all did to make that scene a great opening for the episode. I keep hearing that people are ‘hating’ on it. I’m not sure how anyone could hate on love but that’s okay. You may have your memes. Honestly, I’m at work too busy to check Twitter anyway. #Booked. Hope you enjoy next week’s show.”
BOOM! *drops mic*
The night of the show, Gabourey tweeted after the scene saying,
“I’ve always enjoyed a nicely lit rooftop. #Empire #GettinThatBecky.”
In contrast to the fat shaming, a lot of Empire fans actually loved the scene and rooted for her!
You go Gabourey!
Source: BET