Former UFC fighter Jake Shields has continued his onslaught against body positivity. He has fat-shamed another woman on Twitter. A few days back, Shields fat-shamed American singer and rapper ‘Lizzo‘. Current UFC fighter Paulo Costa also joined in on the comments of the post to body-shame the rapper.
Shields posted a picture of a model in a bikini. He captioned the post, “This b***h needs a gym membership, not a bikini.” Shields, a former American MMA fighter, is famous for speaking whatever comes to his mind. Most of the time those are hurtful thoughts. This time as well, fans were not impressed with the tweet. However, at the time of writing this, the tweet had received more than 24.5 million views.
So why don’t you gain some weight and look like her? Because you know it’s gross and disgusting but you won’t say it
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) April 13, 2023
He was also replying to many of the fans’ comments in an even worse nature. One fan commented, “That’s just mean.” He responded to the fan by saying, “So why don’t you gain some weight and look like her? Because you know it’s gross and disgusting but you won’t say it.”
It’s unhealthy and should not be normalized. She will die way younger than she Should. Also I don’t like looking at fat people
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) April 13, 2023
Another fan commented, “What makes you think she doesn’t have a gym membership? Why would you body shame someone?” Shields responded to this comment by saying, “It’s unhealthy and should not be normalized. She will die way younger than she Should. Also I don’t like looking at fat people.”
Here are some more fan reactions:
She’s gorgeous, why are you so mad? She wouldn’t look twice at you anyways lol
— Alter-⭕️lly (@TelaReadIcculus) April 13, 2023
What an unnecessary and hurtful tweet. We come in all shapes and colours.
— Susan Park -“Chaeyoung” 🐻🇰🇷🧡 (@Susan16Park) April 13, 2023
Gross, Jake.
We don’t body-shame people simply because you have a preference and want to be turned on by an ad selling women’s bikinis????
Let people be themselves, man 😮💨
— Hillary Nicole (@Pokket) April 13, 2023
Clearly, Shields does not care what people think about him and his thoughts. He speaks whatever is coming to his mind and hurts the sentiments of the people around him. Recently, he has been on a spree of body-shaming people. He has even asked the public to promote fat shaming and not body positivity. He is intentionally wanting to create controversy and stay in the limelight.
Who is Karah Katenkamp? Plus-size Model targeted by Jake Shields
Even though Shields did not post the face of the model in his tweet, the model was recognized as Karah Katenkamp. She is a Marion native and was never planning on taking up a career in modeling.
According to the Marion Star, she said, “a career in modeling was not even on my radar; it was not a career I even considered.”
Katenkamp finished high school and even went on to graduate from Miami University. Her first job was at a fashion startup, however, not as a model but as the firm’s operation manager. She was scouted by an agent who was persistently trying to get a meeting with her. She finally agreed and from there began her modeling career.
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Katenkamp, who is currently represented by Next Models, has traveled all over the world due to her career. She has been to Mexico, Denmark, and Canada among other places. Katenkamp now has more than 3,000 followers on her Instagram account.
Jake Shields, however, disrespected all she has worked for. He targeted her in his latest body-shaming post. We will have to wait and see if Katenkamp deems this worthy of reply or not.