Recently, former Disney star star Demi Lovato got upset over an anorexia joke made in the Disney show ‘Shake It Up’. It’s common knowledge that Demi herself has battled anorexia, bulimia and self harm. She lashed out at Disney, who took to twitter saying “I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress’ from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make [a] joke about [it].” Disney responded by saying, “It’s NEVER our intention to make light of eating disorders!”
Here’s the joke in question.
However, Demi went on to say that Disney Channel stars have been “getting THINNER AND THINNER.” I used to watch the Disney Channel all the time as a kid but to be honest, I didn’t really notice a change. Then again, the last time I watched Disney, Gordo was after Lizzie, so needless to say I needed a bit of recapping. After looking through all the disney stars throughout the years, I came up with this:
Above you see three disney stars both past and present- Raven-Symonne from Thats So Raven in 2003, Demi Lovato from Camp Rock in 2008, and Bella Thorne (from the show in the center of all this controversy,) Shake it Up in 2010. Now all of these girls girls are gorgeous in their own right, but I can’t help but agree with Demi. I mean, whens the last time you’ve seen fuller-figured disney stars? If these pictures are any indication, it’s been a while. The saddest part is I didn’t even notice a change… The stereotypical image of what a young starlet should be has been so deeply engraved in the minds of the public over these past few years. It’s truly disheartening that many lovely young talented girls will probably not be able to appear on these shows because they don’t fit into that size 4.