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After People magazine referred to Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively as “curvy”, on- and off-screen boyfriend Penn Badgley offered his thoughts on body types. Penn tells PopEater that he’s “never been proponent of the thin L.A. girls.” He’s glad, he says that the girls on Gossip Girl “aren’t bone-thin.” His advice for the 90210 girls? “I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something.”
Me too, Penn. For one, I think they look just plain awful. Shenae Grimes, above, is disproportionate to the point of grotesque. Despite the loads of frills in her dress, her head is nearly as wide as her body (and no, it’s not just a bad photo, every one of her in that dress looks similar). But more importantly, it sets a terrible example. It’s an impossible – and unhealthy – standard.
(More chat and photos after the jump)
It’s not just Penn who has noticed the bobble-head phenomenon on the show. If you believe the rumors, the CW has asked reps for Shenae Grimes (Annie), Jessica Stroup (Silver) and AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi) to talk to the starlets about their weight. Apparently, not one of the girls on the show weighs in at more than 110 pounds (um, really? Try 90 pounds.)
Barbs have been flying fast and furious about whether the girls are just “naturally skinny” or whether there might be outside pressures to remain super skinny. In the meantime, both Leighton and Blake seem to revel in their curves. And I think they that both of them look amazing. Here’s Blake last month at the Teen Choice Awards:
And Leighton at Fashion Week:
I think both look far more beautiful and healthy than their 90210 counterparts. What do you think?
And, for the record, I’m glad that Penn had the guts to speak up. You hold onto him, Blake. I think he’s a winner!
First off, I have a thing or two to say about all the criticism Shenae Grimes is getting for being a thin girl. The fact of the matter is that she is a very petite girl and is certainly not one to fit in the “thin L.A. girls” category- she grew up in Canada and lived here up until this summer when she moved to Hollywood to do 90210. I have been a big fan of hers since her debut in Degrassi: the Next Generation, a few years ago, and have seen her downtown Toronto many times, and more recently a few months ago. All this to say that she did not appear to be grotesque, she’s a lovely girl. Assuredly not like those tiny skeletors you have walking around in L.A.
Thanks for your comments. I will say this – most of the criticism has been leveled at her in recent weeks, not months ago.
I understand that some girls are naturally thin (I went to an all girls’ college, I know thin) but most folks in the know believe that Shenae is starving herself. Dr. Joyce Peters places her weight at below 90 pounds. For her height, a healthy weight would be, at the lowest end, assuming a small frame, 107 pounds (though more appropriately 115 pounds). So, at the low end of the scale, she is 15% below what’s healthy. Her current BMI puts her BELOW the 5th percentile, which is classified as “underweight.”
Additionally, numerous cast and crew have volunteered to media outlets that they’ve never seen Shenae eat. One source told Us: “The girls were all skinny when they started, but they’re definitely thinner now.”