Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan was stunned after Kaye Adams made a surprising comment about her weight.
The ITV panellists were discussing Victoria Beckham's comments about body image, as the fashion designer called the desire to be thin an "old fashioned attitude" and said that more women want to be curvy.
The former Spice Girl told Grazia magazine: “It's an old-fashioned attitude, wanting to be really thin. I think women today want to look healthy, and curvy. They want to have some boobs - and a bum.”
The Loose Women panel sat down to discuss the new magazine profile and the star's comments, before Scots host Kaye turned to Coleen and unexpectedly asked her about her weight, saying: “So where are you at then? Because you go up and down…”
A shocked Coleen gasped and replied: "Alright Kaye!," before laughing off the comment and detailing her journey with body image, writes the Mirror.
Coleen explained: “Every season is like a different me. I’ve done everything. And I always ended up being back to where I was at the beginning.
“Since it’s been about health, I’ve dropped a lot of weight. I don't ever count calories, it’s not a diet, it’s about health.”
Kaye also noted the way that body image ideals had permeated her own life.
She said: “I was brought up for most of my adult life thinking thin is good. And I’ve got to be honest about that.” Saying “I have to be careful with what I say here.”
She added: “I’ve got to be honest - I still think skinny is good for me.”
Panellist Katie Piper added about Victoria Beckham’s comments: “Body shaming is body shaming. If you’re calling someone out for how they look you’re shaming them.
“I think what Victoria’s referencing is that in the 90s, they called it heroin chic. And now we have this Kardashian style body.
“But it’s still a struggle to get to that body type. What we call curvy now - it’s still difficult to get to that body.”
Panellist Brenda Edwards said: "I’m somebody who has always embraced my curves." She added: "I think we should always be inclusive of women's bodies from the start.
"Things that stick out for me is people like Adele, where she looks great now, and yes she's lost some weight, but I think she looked great then.
"It's interesting that reading the background, a lot of what she keeps saying is she's talking about her bum. Why is there so much emphasis on a bottom now?"
Loose Women airs weekdays at 12:30 on ITV.
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