WHEN I first saw the pictures of Renee Zellweger wearing a fat suit for a new TV role, I was outraged. The Oscar winner must be a svelte size 8 in real life, but for her portrayal of 62-year-old ...

Why were they overlooked, and a fat suit considered a viable option? "For Zellweger to masquerade as a plus-size person is damaging, fatphobic and potentially triggering to other plus-size people.

Renee Zellweger piled on the pounds twice to play the size 12 heroine - once in 2001 for Bridget Jones Diary and again in 2004 for the sequel The Edge of Reason - before her character reached her ...

In response, Zellweger reflected on the praise that her character received, which she believed “nullified” the idea that women should be a “size zero”. “And did you know, I was told this ...

Writing for Metro.co.uk, commentator Sarah Alexander said it was ”potentially triggering to plus-size people”. Zellweger, who plays Pamela Hupp in the series, was asked about the controversy ...

Renée Zellweger has spoken out about the backlash ... actors donning fat suits was a way of taking roles away from plus-size performers. During an interview with the Sunday Times, Renée was ...