Lauren London Trends After Some Men Body Shame Her Upcoming Netflix Comedy With Eddie Murphy & Nia Long

Lauren London started trending after some men tried to body shame her after scenes of her from an upcoming Netflix film hit the Internet. Netflix revealed a trailer of 28 films set to premiere on the streaming platform in 2022, including an upcoming Netflix comedy film starring Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Jonah Hill and more. It's a comedy based around an interracial couple going to visit each other's families, and Kenya Barris (“black-ish”) is directing. After Netflix dropped the 2022 trailer, some users decided to hope on social media to body shame her"No wayyyyyyy this is Lauren London," one man wrote with a screenshot of Lauren from the traileFine women gettin fat this is a real pandemic," another user wrote. Peep the tweets below:

A woman can change physically and still be beautiful. She can gain or lose weight and still be talented. She can return to work after a difficult chapter and deserve attention for what she is creating rather than having her body become the headline.

For Lauren London, the conversation ultimately brought more attention to the film—but it also raised a familiar question about how women are discussed when they step back into the public eye.

When a female celebrity changes physically, why does social media so often make her body the headline instead of her work?

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