The multi-talented entertainer expressed her displeasure with the statement when appearing on the most recent episode of Red Table Talk.
In a preview clip of the upcoming show,
the Equalizer star speaks with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and
Adrienne Banfield-Norris and discusses how she recently began working
out with a new trainer who she described as “scientific and mathematic.”
She explained, “I hooked up with this trainer, Janette. She’s showing
me different body types, and she’s like, ‘This is what your BMI [Body
Mass Index] is, this is what your weight is, and you fall into this
category of obesity.'” Queen Latifah continued, “So I was mad at that.
That pissed me off,” she said with a laugh. “I was like, what? Me? I’m
just thick!
Latifah recalled the trainer saying, “‘you are 30% over where you should be.’ And I’m like, ‘Obesity?'” Latifah and Pinkett Smith went on to discuss how obesity and BMI is based on problematic racial, and societal biases.
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