Bebe Rexha is a pop singer and songwriter with a lot of good songs. When her names comes up and I picture her, I think of her hair color — she’s been platinum blonde for a while, but I remember her with dark hair from when she was in a band with Pete Wentz 10+ years ago. I don’t think about her weight at all, but apparently a lot of people do. Bebe posted about the fact that when you type her name into a TikTok search bar, one of the suggested searches is “Bebe Rexha weight.” Ugh.
Bebe Rexha is opening up about feeling “discouraged” after seeing comments about her weight on social media.
On Sunday, the 33-year-old singer posted a screenshot from a TikTok video of her where the search bar — which automatically appears based on searched content that’s trending — read “Bebe Rexha weight.”
“Seeing that search bar is so upsetting,” she tweeted. “I’m not mad cause it’s true. I did gain weight. But it just sucks. Thank you to all the people who love me no matter what.”
“I’ve always struggled with my weight. A bitch likes to eat,” she added.
One of Rexha’s followers then revealed to the singer that her photos have recently been used for weight loss ads, which she said was “just messed up.”
“As long as YOU are happy then it doesn’t matter!!!!” one fan assured. “Don’t starve yourself and lose your happiness!!!!!!!”
Rexha responded, “I’m working on myself every day. Just discouraged a bit right now.”
She’s so talented and yet her appearance — specifically her weight — is what people are thinking about. Of course Bebe feels discouraged and upset; it does totally suck. She says she’s not mad because it’s true, but whether or not it is true is besides the point, people just should stop focusing on the weights of others. Whether people are typing it in to search weight gain or to search weight loss, it needs to stop. I imagine this stuff gets to Bebe — it would get to anyone — because she’s also talked about her body image struggles before. She posted encouraging body positivity and promoting a lingerie collection for all sizes back in summer 2021. And she also posted an emotional message about her body image struggles and feeling unconfident later that year. It sucks all around that people are focusing on Bebe’s weight and still doing so despite her honesty about her struggles. As a bitch who also likes to eat, I hope she doesn’t let this get to her.
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