10:51 pm - 05/01/2012
Jenna Fischer has called the pressure for women to lose weight after giving birth "unnatural".
The Office actress welcomed a baby boy named Weston Lee with husband Lee Kirk in September 2011.
In an interview with Celebuzz, Fischer condemned the industry for pressuring women to look a particular way after having children.
"I think it's unnatural. There's so much pressure on you as a new mom that the last thing you need to have hanging over your head is some expectation of what your body is supposed to look like. I actually think that the scrutiny of new mothers' bodies has gotten out of control," she explained.
"Every new mother just gets a free pass. I'm actually angered by the 'posing in a bikini six weeks after having my baby' [trend]... Who cares if our boobs are hanging low and we have a little more junk in the trunk? We created a human being, everybody. Let's celebrate!"
Fischer recently revealed that she and her Office castmates want a ninth season of the show but are waiting to hear whether the network has renewed their contracts.
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'The Office's Jenna Fischer: 'Pressure to lose baby weight is unnatural'
Jenna Fischer has called the pressure for women to lose weight after giving birth "unnatural".
The Office actress welcomed a baby boy named Weston Lee with husband Lee Kirk in September 2011.
In an interview with Celebuzz, Fischer condemned the industry for pressuring women to look a particular way after having children.
"I think it's unnatural. There's so much pressure on you as a new mom that the last thing you need to have hanging over your head is some expectation of what your body is supposed to look like. I actually think that the scrutiny of new mothers' bodies has gotten out of control," she explained.
"Every new mother just gets a free pass. I'm actually angered by the 'posing in a bikini six weeks after having my baby' [trend]... Who cares if our boobs are hanging low and we have a little more junk in the trunk? We created a human being, everybody. Let's celebrate!"
Fischer recently revealed that she and her Office castmates want a ninth season of the show but are waiting to hear whether the network has renewed their contracts.
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There were some comments shortly after Hilary Duff gave birth that while not vicious, were so fucking ridiculous. There were people expressing surprise/judgment that she hadn't lost the weight and it had been MAYBE a week.
That's redic.
it is time
Edited at 2012-05-02 03:16 am (UTC)
She is paid millions for her image/looks/performance/etc. She can easily take a year off and be a mom. But if she wants to jump back into work, then she shouldn't complain IMO.
Jenna just thinks that the pressure to lose weight is stupid, and she sees no sense in rushing to do so.
You're right.
There's also the issue of the industry putting more pressure on women in regards to their looks compared to men. Men in Hollywood gain weight (for whatever reason) but no one bats an eye. Unfair double standards.
lmao Um. No.
you think mariah and all those crazy bitches lost weight through exercise and eating right? it's all lipo and crazy dieting. not healthy or normal.
It's disgusting that after 3-6 weeks a woman is being judged for not looking the way she did before her pregnancy.