This is the main woman who replied...she also has a TLC show
VIDEO: This Comedian's Fat-Shaming Video Sparked a Viral Take-Down from TLC Star Whitney Thore
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Dear Fat People
What we've all wanted to say to FAT PEOPLE
Posted by Nicole Arbour on Thursday, September 3, 2015
BY MARIA CODER
@mariacoder
09/07/2015 AT 02:00 PM EDT
The war over fat-shaming has reached a fever pitch.
Comedian and YouTube star Nicole Arbour has posted video rant in which she says that "fat-shaming is not a thing," claims obese people should be shamed into losing weight and compares people who are overweight to slow-moving zombies and Frankenstein's monster.
The video became a sensation, racking up more than 18 million views and 177,000 likes on Facebook alone. Arbour also came in for a massive social media backlash.
The most popular rebuttal came from Whitney Way Thore, star of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Her response has more than 10.2 million views and nearly 180,000 likes on Facebook.
Arbour's video was an open letter of sorts called "Dear Fat People." Early on, she does an impression of Frankenstein's monster. "What are you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do? You gonna chase me. Really?" she says. "I can get away from you by walking at a reasonable pace."
Thore, who heads up the No Body Shame campaign, responded with a video of her own, which included a point-by-point take-down of many of Arbour's claims (see it below).
• Arbour: "Fat-shaming is not a thing. Fat people made that up. That's a race card with no race. 'Yeah but I couldn't fit to a store, that's discrimination.' Um, no, that means you're too fat, you should stop eating."
• Thore: "Fat-shaming is a thing; it's a really big thing, no pun intended. It is the really nasty spawn of a larger parent problem called body-shaming, which I'm fairly certain everyone on the planet, especially women, has experienced."
• Arbour: "People watching this with a specific health condition, this is not aimed at you."
• Thore: "Oh, so you're not talking about me – good, because I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, while PCOS is not the only reason I turned from 130-lb. 18-year-old to an over 300-lb. woman. Right now, it is a really big contributing factor. So I'm so glad you're not talking about me, except you are talking about me because you can't see a person's health from looking at them. The next time you see a fat person, you don't know whether that person has a medical condition that caused them to gain weight. You don't know if their mother just died. You don't know if they're depressed or suicidal or if they just lost 100 pounds. You don't know. Let me hammer this one home. You cannot tell a person's health, physical or otherwise from looking at them."
• Arbour: "Are you going to tell a doctor that they're being mean and fat-shaming you when they say you have f---ing heart disease?"
• Thore: "Heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, these are illnesses that affect millions of people worldwide from skinny to fat and everything in between."
Shortly after Thore posted her response, many tens of thousands rallied around her to show their support though some continued criticizing her and even encouraged her to "kill herself."
Arbour claims her YouTube account was suspended over the video, though it appears to be live again as of Monday afternoon. She's since posted the clip on her Facebook page instead where it's amassed more than 18 million views. She took to Twitter to share the news.
Wow, I'm the first comedian in the history of @YouTube to be #censoredThere are graphic videos about murder and torture, but satire is
— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) September 6, 2015
We literally broke the Internet... With comedy. #censorshippic.twitter.com/m3wgf24Xtb
— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) September 6, 2015
Oh, and this too. pic.twitter.com/fqtfmUP2w5
— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) September 6, 2015
It appears Arbour is anything but sorry. Instead referring to herself as a hero on Twitter, cheeseburger in hand.
I'm a hero, so I had this burger. pic.twitter.com/hAqT035rNT
— Nicole Arbour (@NicoleArbour) September 5, 2015
Arbour also Tweeted that one person hugged her in appreciation for the video. She also claims she's received countless thank-you messages.
YouTube star Meghan Tonjes, who often posts body-positive videos also made a YouTube video in response to Arbour's comments.
Said Tonjes: "For every person that's gonna leave a comment on that video saying, 'I watched this and it changed my life and it made me go to the gym and take my life in my own hands and my health,' I promise you there's 5 more people that are, like, sinking a little bit more into themselves and feel worthless watching something like that."
No way PCOS causes all of this:
'My life is the best it's been in a long time': New season of My Big Fat Fabulous Life sees 380lb star finishing a 5k run and riding a bike for the first time in years
- Whitney Thore, 30, gained fame in 2014 after a video of her dancing racked up millions of views on YouTube
- She gained 200 pounds after being diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which also makes weight loss very difficult
- The North Carolina native talks living situations and fitness struggles in the season two preview of her TLC reality show
By VALERIE SIEBERT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:02 EST, 7 August 2015 | UPDATED: 15:28 EST, 7 August 2015
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The new season of Whitney Thore's My Big Fat Fabulous Life is being billed as 'bigger, better, and fuller than ever', and if the newest sneak peek proves that description is more than accurate.
The 380lb reality star, who shot to fame 2014 when a YouTube video showing her dancing went viral, will be facing some of her biggest challenges yet in the upcoming second season of the TLC show - including running a 5k race, getting back on the bicycle and even putting on a dance performance at a baseball game.
The 30-year-old North Carolina native also revealed that she is moving out of her parents’ house and looking to get back into the dating world in the new 22-episode season, which premieres on September 9.
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Back on screen: Whitney Thore, 30, tackles a myriad of new challenges on the new season of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life
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Big changes: Whitney moves in with her friend - and former flame - Buddy in the new series
Keeping active: Whitney first gained fame after a video of her dancing went viral on YouTube in 2014
'Moving out of my parents' house is closing one chapter and starting another,' reveals Whitney in the new season preview, adding that her 'life is the best it's been in a long time.'
But things are likely to get even more complicated for Whitney, as it’s revealed that she will be moving in with her friend, and former flame, Buddy.
'There's going to be a lot of temptation in that house!' teases Whitney's friend Tal in the preview, before Whitney is seen joining Buddy on the couch for a snuggle.
Love is apparently on the horizon for Whitney, as TLC reveals that she will fall for a 'fellow artist' during the season, but the question is: Will all the excitement hurt her long-term health goals?
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LA dance party thrown in honor of fellow plus-sized dance fanatic Sean O'Brien, who similarly went viral thanks to a video of him grooving to a band was posted online.
The show will also cover Whitney's increasingly-successful Big Girl Dance Class, as well as her No Body Shame Campaign - the former of which sees her perform in front of a huge crowd at a Greensboro Grasshopper baseball game.
'Maybe before was just the prologue, and now I'm getting into the good stuff, she says. 'And I can't wait to see how it turns out.'
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