
Jameela Jamil got into an ugly Twitter spat with Victoria's Secret model Sara Sampaio and the war of words went on and on for everyone to see. The duo lashed out at each other in the heated debate which went on for a couple of hours and all of them were nasty tweets and insults thrown at each other.
It all started when Jameela Jamil shared a clip of plus size models walking the ramp at the Vienna Fashion Week and her caption stirred the hornet's nest as she praised the plus sized models and insulted skinny models by saying that slimmer models look like they are ''long-starved terrified teenagers.''
Oh my god ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ this looks like the most fun, and not a long-starved terrified teenager in sight. Beautiful. https://t.co/hck5n6e9Xu
— Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) October 13, 2019
The comment did not go down well with Victoria's Secret model Sara Sampaio and she hit back against Jameela Jamil by saying that her words were ''extremely offensive.'' She replied to Jameela's tweet, ''How about celebrating someone without bringing other people down? Calling runway models "long-starved terrified teenager" is extremely offensive. From someone that is always preaching for body positivity this just screams hypocrisy.''
Jameela immediately shot back at Sara and tweeted: ''I didn't say all models in my tweet so try to calm down. But I will say there is a *vast* majority issue with young girls starving themselves, and using drugs and cocaine to control their weight, to meet the very small sample sizes. If you don't see that, then you are in a bubble.''
How about celebrating someone without bringing other people down? Calling runway models “long-starved terrified teenager†is extremely offensive. From someone that is always preaching for body positivity this just screams hypocrisy. https://t.co/JOBtY0yrui
— Sara Sampaio (@SaraSampaio) October 16, 2019
However, Sara wasn't impressed with Jameela's defense and accused her of being biased against slimmer women and tweeted another scathing attack on her by saying, ''You didn't say all models, sure, but you still chose to attack girls just so you can celebrate others. Eating disorders, drugs and cocaine use aren't a exclusive problem of models, it's a huge problem is society as a whole. And when you talk like you know for sure majority of.''
You didn’t say all models, sure, but you still chose to attack girls just so you can celebrate others. Eating disorders, drugs and cocaine use aren’t a exclusive problem of models, it’s a huge problem is society as a whole. And when you talk like you know for sure majority of https://t.co/4hAIf379WP
— Sara Sampaio (@SaraSampaio) October 16, 2019
Sara made her followers understand in simple terms that Jameela is celebrating plus size models by bringing skinny models down and doing that is not a good thing for women as a whole. She tweeted, ''It's very simple to celebrate someone without having do drag other people. And make general negative assumptions about a whole group of people. Most of these girls are teenagers! And they don't deserved to be constantly put in a negative box like you just did.''
It’s very simple to celebrate someone without having do drag other people. And make general negative assumptions about a whole group of people. most of these girls are teenagers! And they don’t deserved to be constantly put in a negative box like you just did.
— Sara Sampaio (@SaraSampaio) October 16, 2019
All I point out was that she didn’t need to bring other people down to celebrate others! https://t.co/n1itJ0ueJR
— Sara Sampaio (@SaraSampaio) October 16, 2019
I also don’t preach “body positivity.†I talk about moving away from all talk of body, in order to combat our current pervasive issue of eating disorder culture, which is in NO small way perpetuated by the extreme thinness demanded of girls by the high fashion powers that be.
— Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) October 16, 2019
SO TRUE. So many girls I know had their MOUTHS WIRED SHUT to be able to maintain liquid diets to stay thin enough for runway. I also spoke to a very thin top model recently, who told me at 27, and a very low weight( size 2-4), that she was deemed too old and fat for catwalk. https://t.co/nsHuf8FbrC
— Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) October 16, 2019
Sara, respectfully, I don’t think this is the hill to die on. This industry is unlike other industries in that it makes professionals out of children, and informs culture and society, and is a standard set for young people everywhere. Fashion is a dangerous industry for too many. https://t.co/h0muUpRMtL
— Jameela Jamil 🌈 (@jameelajamil) October 16, 2019