Adele’s Weight Loss ‘Helped’ By Karl Lagerfeld, Insulting Designer Claims, Calling Adele “fat,” which Karl Lagerfeld didn’t actually do (he says), totally helped the singer lose weight, even though there was no fat calling … wait, what? Adele has gone on record in the past (rightly) explaining that as a musician, her job is to make music and not to be skinny — and in addition, the singer is visually stunning, so nyeh.
But Adele is a curvier woman, and as such, tends to attract trolls both famous and not seeking to ride her coattails to publicity — Karl Lagerfeld among them. Back in February of last year, Karl Lagerfeld got a bit of press attention when he ragged on Adele’s appearance in comments from which he rapidly backpedaled. Lagerfeld himself is a “former person of size,” and like many who struggle with body image after having lost weight, tends to excoriate overweight people with frequency and bitterness.
At the time, Lagerfeld is said to have remarked of Adele in general: “I prefer Adele and Florence Welch [to Lana Del Rey]. But as a modern singer, she is not bad. The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.” Lagerfeld later clarified, claiming his statement (to which he then presumably admitted) was “out of context.” Not inaccurate or misquoted, simply just taken out of its larger setting: “I’d like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer.
Sometimes when you take a sentence out of the article it changes the meaning of the thought. Adele is my favorite singer and I am a great admirer of her. I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off. I know how it feels when the press is mean to you in regards to your appearance.”
But Adele is a curvier woman, and as such, tends to attract trolls both famous and not seeking to ride her coattails to publicity — Karl Lagerfeld among them. Back in February of last year, Karl Lagerfeld got a bit of press attention when he ragged on Adele’s appearance in comments from which he rapidly backpedaled. Lagerfeld himself is a “former person of size,” and like many who struggle with body image after having lost weight, tends to excoriate overweight people with frequency and bitterness.
At the time, Lagerfeld is said to have remarked of Adele in general: “I prefer Adele and Florence Welch [to Lana Del Rey]. But as a modern singer, she is not bad. The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.” Lagerfeld later clarified, claiming his statement (to which he then presumably admitted) was “out of context.” Not inaccurate or misquoted, simply just taken out of its larger setting: “I’d like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer.
Sometimes when you take a sentence out of the article it changes the meaning of the thought. Adele is my favorite singer and I am a great admirer of her. I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off. I know how it feels when the press is mean to you in regards to your appearance.”
