Lady Gaga Taking Heat for 'Pop Singers Don't Eat'
Apr 12, 2012 3:22pm
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Lady Gaga was likely joking when she tweeted on Tuesday about eating a salad while secretly craving a cheeseburger, and added the hashtag #PopSingersDontEat. But now, the singer, whos famous for preaching a message of self-acceptance, finds herself under fire for making that comment.
Many fans reacted negatively to Gagas hashtag. One wrote, Why would you even promote a message like that? Disgusting that youd joke about such a serious illness. Another added, I cant tell if youre being sarcastic or not, but if not Wow, thats an awful example youre setting. Yet another wrote, what a terrible example your setting miss gaga, RT if you regret saying that!
There was so much reaction to Gagas comment that the National Eating Disorder Association even took notice, posting on it! s Twitter account, Huh? This is the same person who recently implored girls to stop dieting? Indeed, at a conference held in February at a California school, Gaga confessed to being bulimic in high school, and told the teen audience, Im gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, its affecting kids your age and its making girls sick.
While some have pointed out that Gaga has expressed the pop singers dont eat idea before in a past interview, others say that Gagas frequent tweets about getting drunk probably set a worse example and nobody seems to be getting upset about those.