#whose sorry now

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Yesterday, actor Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) responded on Facebook to a fat-hatred post by the LAD Bible about weight gain he experienced during a battle with suicidal depression. The LAD Bible originally posted a picture of his thin body taken while his TV show was still airing, juxtaposed with a newer picture of him with a fatter body. To his credit, Miller’s response was eloquent, honest about his struggles with crippling mental illness, and dismissive of haters. Today, social media is abuzz with headlines pointing to his response, and many of them say a variant on the same thing: Wentworth “shut down body shamers”. No, he didn’t. While his post was moving, personal, and eloquent, and openly discussed mental illness and the stigma, shame, and dangers it brings, he might have distracted the body shamers, but he didn’t really shut them down. In fact, he responded to body shamers the way many of us have felt forced to respond to body shamers and bullies throughout our lives: he offered them an excuse for the size of his body. The offered excuse, in this case, was mental illness. I can’t speak for you, but I’ve heard them before: “I know I’m fat, but I’m trying to do something about it.

You’re right of couse. Still, I enjoyed these bitches getting a slap down in langauge they’d understand.

Basically, they lost.