While waiting for the next season of Running Point, I was curious why Kate Hudson’s movie Song Sung Blue became an award show contender. Why was Kate Hudson nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars and Golden Globes? Why did she need to gain weight for the role and why is that the second most asked question on Google? I can’t speak for our weight-obsessed society, but I will say this true story is worth the hype.
Weight loss shows have been a hot topic since I launched Hot On The Street in 2010. One of my first posts mentioned the TLC spinoff series Say Yes To The Dress: Big Bliss. Followed by another article about MTV’s I Used To Be Fat. That year, I presented about weight discrimination at Western University’s Flaunting It conference as a Gender and Women’s Studies student. No matter what anyone says about Ozempic, obesity remains an ongoing concern.
