While the vile tosh that escapes Katie Hopkins' mouth on a minutely basis often leaves most of the victims of her verbal abuse riled up and ready for battle, American singer Kelly Clarkson has proved she isn't about to sink to Hopkins' pitiful level and has defended herself against the reality star's recent fat jibes in the most poised way possible.
Last month, Hopkins, who is deemed the “most hated woman in Britain,” body-shamed the Heartbeat Song hitmaker, who has proved time and time again she's one of the most talented singers on the planet, after seeing her on The Graham Norton Show.
"Jesus, what happened to Kelly Clarkson? Did she eat all of her backing singers? Happily I have wide-screen. #grahamnorton," Hopkins tweeted. At the time, the singer's fans came to her defense, and on March 3, Hopkins addressed her comments once again. "Look chubsters, Kelly Clarkson had a baby a year ago," the 40-year-old TV personality tweeted. "That is no longer baby weight. That is carrot cake weight. Get over yourselves.”
Clarkson, who unsurprisingly does not follow the big-mouth on Twitter and probably had no idea she even existed until she unnecessarily began to criticise the mother-of-one, was unaware of the bullying until British mag Heat brought the Apprentice rejectee's comments to her attention.
After she was informed of what Hopkins wrote about her, the three-time Grammy winner responded to her in the best way possible. "That's because she doesn't know me. I'm awesome! It doesn't bother me. It's a free world. Say what you will. I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing. And more so now, since having a family—I don't seek out any other acceptance,” she wrote. You go, Clarkson!
We're #TeamKelly all the way! (WENN)
But while the American Idol winner chose to take the high ground, the same can't be said for Katie — surprise, surprise! "Kelly Clarkson is now a chunky monkey, if we're putting it kindly," she told ET. "She does look like she's eaten her backup singers. My advice: she needs to get out there with her stroller and do some pushing and get some of that weight off."
But despite using a string of offensive slurs to describe Kelly's size, the Celebrity Big Brother star has argued that her critique comes from a good place, and instead threw the blame at Clarkson's fans for not also encouraging their idol to shed some weight. "We give fat really cute names, don't we? We have baby weight, puppy fat, love handles, muffin top, chunky monkey—ultimately these are all nice names for something that's not very nice...You're supporting Kelly Clarkson because everybody likes to have a fat friend, because the great thing about a fat friend is it makes you feel slimmer," Hopkins said.
Of course, Katie's remarks didn't end there, as she also brought up the size of the singer's 8-month-old daughter River Rose. She said: "Every fat child has a fat parent. And that's—for me—why Kelly Clarkson is an important example. She needs to allow her daughter to grow up knowing that it's not great to be fat. It's much better to be healthier.”
