YouTube is sticking up for obese people everywhere by disabling the account of a controversial comedian.
Nicole Arbour caused quite a stir by posting a video titled “Dear Fat People”, a six minute rant in which she tore into morbidly obese people and said they should be ashamed of their “bad habits”.
“Fat shaming is not a thing. Fat people made that up,” said the Canadian. “That's the race card with no race. ‘Yeah, but I couldn't fit into a store. That's discrimination’. Uh no. That means you are too fat, and you should stop eating.
“Are you going to tell the doctor that they are mean and fat-shaming you when they say you have f***ing heart disease?”
Despite her denial that “fat shaming” even exists, Arbour then goes on to claim that it is actually a good thing.
“If we offend you so much that you lose weight, I'm okay with that,” she said. “You are killing yourself. I'll sleep at night. Maybe I am jealous that you get to eat whatever you want.”
Arbour also poured scorn on those who see obesity as a disease.
“Obesity is a disease? Yeah, so is being a shopaholic – but I don't get a f***king parking pass. It would make a lot of sense if I did. I am the one with all of the bags.”
She goes on to question why we are kind towards obese people, labelling it “assisted suicide”.
Soon after posting her video, Arbour disabled the comments, and tweeted: “It doesn't mean I'm scared, it means I don't give a f**k what you have to say”.
The video had received half-a-million views before YouTube decided that Arbour had violated their terms and then temporarily suspended her entire YouTube channel.
On Twitter, Arbour gloated: “Wow, I'm the first comedian in the history of @YouTube to be #censored.”
Whether she cares about the reaction to her video or not, Arbour is facing a huge backlash on social media, with some dismissing the comedian as “clickbait” while others have labelled her “mean”.
Plus size model Tess Holliday encouraged her fans to ignore the video.
“If you want to know what I think about a certain video going around: NOTHING. I refuse to watch clickbait like that. She doesn't deserve our clicks or our energy. Our existence doesn't need to be ‘proved’ or ‘validated’. We need to continue to hold our heads high. Plus, a life well lived is the best revenge.”
My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Thore argued that the video constituted fat shaming..
“You can't see a person's health my looking at them,” said Thore, who had gained 90kgs after being diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome.
“The problem with you prefacing your video this way is that the next time you see a fat person, you don't know whether that person has a medical condition that caused them to gain weight.
“You don't know if there mother just died or if they are depressed or suicidal or if they just lost 100lbs. You don't know.”
YouTube star Grace Helbig posted her own video in response to Arbour’s.
“It looks like you’re using a controversial personal subject to leverage subscribers and attention in a really negative way. Which really bums me out. I just consider you kind of mean.”
Entertainment Reporter