Valerie Bertinelli Singled Out a Doctor That Suggested She Lose Weight Before Her Pregnancy
- Valerie Bertinelli engaged with Twitter followers and fans in an exchange about body shaming and fatphobia among healthcare providers.
- The Food Network host shared a personal story about how an allergy doctor advised her to “lose a little weight” before her pregnancy.
- Hundreds of Valerie’s followers shared similar stories.
Editors’ Note: This article contains discussion of weight loss, and mentions calories, pounds, and/or other terms and external measures that people trying to recover from disordered eating or eating disorders may be seeking to avoid.
It’s been an emotional few weeks for Valerie Bertinelli, as the 61-year-old Food Network host and former One Day at a Time star has confronted some harsh realities about her past.
Earlier this month, Valerie took to Instagram to condemn a viewer’s comment about her weight, sharing an emotional plea for anyone listening to stop commenting on weight all together. “Aren’t we tired of body shaming women yet?!” she wrote in the video’s comments, almost a year after opening up about her long struggle to find self-love while working in the entertainment industry.
The former Hot in Cleveland star hasn’t backed down from being vocal about problematic habits and tendencies associated with diet culture. Responding to entertainment writer Wendy Molyneux, Valerie took to Twitter this week to make a point about how doctors and healthcare providers alike can be fatphobic in their treatment of patients.
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“Went to the doctor this morning for a broken toe. Guess what she wanted to discuss first [and] I’ll give you zero guesses,” Molyneux sarcastically shared on Twitter. The tweet racked up over 1,000 replies that centered around discussions of weight loss while in doctor’s offices and other clinical treatment centers. Later, Molyneux expressed a more genuine sentiment: “It’s really telling that so many people knew the ballpark of what I meant!”
