She’s on the cover of Self Magazine this month, and admits that she eats junk food and healthy stuff in equal amounts. She works out for her sanity more than she does to keep her weight down, and says her weight fluctuates but she doesn’t pay attention.

Clarkson says, “When people talk about my weight, I’m like, ‘You seem to have a problem with it; I don’t. I’m fine!’”

She certainly has never looked fat to me, and I’ve heard these rumors about her weight for several years now. One on show several years ago, I heard someone ask if she was going to go on a diet, and she said, “No, I weigh 120.” And they said, “Don’t you think you need to lose a few pounds?” and she laughed, “No. I’m fine.”

As long as she’s healthy and feeling good about herself, that’s all that’s important.

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Kelly Clarkson on Weight Loss

Here’s the video:

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Kelly Clarkson’s Vitamin Water Commercial

This wouldn’t be particularly exciting, since she seems to be on Fox News constantly, except that this time, she said that Jordin Sparks should not be named the American Idol because she’s overweight and, thus, a poor role model for children in America.

Yeah, I know.

Here’s the video clip (feed readers click here):

Jordin’s already taller than your average teenage girl (she’s 6 feet and wears a size 11 shoe, according to Yahoo Answers), which I’m sure has made her self-conscious in the past if it doesn’t now (despite the fact that she’s stunning, and it’s no surprise that she’s done some modeling), and now there’s a skinny blonde chick from a national anti-obesity calling her a big fatty on TV on the same day that she’s about to have all of her dreams come true. Uh, thanks for the buzzkill, MeMe.

Yes, it’s true that previous American Idol winners have slimmed down after snagging the title. Kelly Clarkson did it, Carrie Underwood did it, Katherine McPhee did it (even though she didn’t win), we get it. But I suspect that they would have lost weight anyway, because they all came into the spotlight at the same time that teenage girls lose the baby fat or the awkward angles and start to look like real women. They also had to handle grueling tour schedules and endless travel for months afterward, which would take it out of anyone. Do you think maybe there’s a connection between those factors and their weight loss?

It’s not right to paint Jordin as an eating disorder waiting to happen (my words, not MeMe’s) just because previous female idols lost weight after winning. And despite the fact that people are also calling Kelly Clarkson fat these days (Is bashing American Idol winners fashionable all of a sudden? Why did no one tell me?) now that she’s back to looking like a woman (you know, with boobs and, heaven forbid, a butt), this is just not cool, even if it’s apparently quite trendy.

Saying that Jordin needs to lose 40 lbs. to have a lasting career is unfair, unkind, and flatly inaccurate. I think Diet Blog hit the nail on the head: “It appears Roth has confused a singing show with America’s Next Top Model.”

Thoughts?

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Is Winner Jordin Sparks Too Fat to Be the American Idol? NAAO Says Yes!

I’m not going to lie: I’ve noticed that Kelly Clarkson has put some weight back on. When I was watching her performance on the American Idol finale last week, I turned to my husband and said, “Jeez, her weight is really fluctuating, isn’t it?” I’ve noticed, I admit it. But that doesn’t mean I think she’s fat! In fact, I’m relieved that she’s putting on a few pounds. I think she looks better now than she did not that long ago, when she was too darned skinny.

Unfortunately, I might be a minority there.

Celebrity gossip sources say that Kelly’s getting pressure from her label, among others, to slim down, and it sounds like she’s starting to believe the hype. Hollyscoop reports that “She’s always moaning about how she can’t find a boyfriend and she blames this dry spell on her weight.” Celeb blog I’m Not Obsessed reports that Kelly’s depressed over her weight and is committed to dropping 25 lbs. before her summer tour kicks off. Fitness blog Starling Fitness reported last summer that Vitamin Water denied Kelly an endorsement deal because she’s “too fat” (way to promote healthy body images, Vitamin Water!), and Hollywood Headache mocks the poor girl’s knees!

What do you think?

And get this: Apparently brand new idol Jordin Sparks is too fat to be a role model! (Thanks, Jeanne) Should auditioning for AI come with some kind of disclaimer? “Enter the public spotlight and be berated for having a normal woman’s body”?

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Is Kelly Clarkson Too Fat?