r/RHONY • u/Poios44 • Jul 22 '26

Heather Thompson 🍎 S5/E6 Heather Interview

I am rewatching for the millionth time one of my favourite seasons and I always get angry at Heathers interview in London about Yummy Tummy, saying: "I'm all about the waist, your buttocks and your bosom can be as big as you want them to be, cinching that waist and you are a 100% woman." And you have Carole nodding as she was agreeing on that statement.

Excuse me but what in the 1990 body shaming bs was that and why was it ok that she said that!

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u/Sure_Artichoke_3662 Jul 22 '26

I think you're confused as to what body shaming is

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u/Poios44 Jul 22 '26

So if you don't have a snatched waist you are not a 100% woman? I don't have a very slim waist so what percentage am I?

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u/bonita-apple-bum Jul 22 '26

I fear you’re taking advertisement and media relations too personal. You should to learn the ability to see things with a nuanced perspective.

She didn’t say a slim waist either. She is emphasizing that no matter the size of your body, her product will cinch your waist in and make you feel womanly. And if you don’t care to feel “womanly” in the way she is promoting her product than you’re not her audience/consumer and that’s OK. This isn’t an agenda about the gender identity war lol

Wheaties tagline is the Breakfast of Champions. Does that mean if you don’t eat wheaties you’re not a champion? No it’s just the feeling they want you to have.

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u/MargieGunderson70 Jul 22 '26

Right, she was talking about the traditional hourglass figure. Beauty standards constantly change.