Yesterday, I got really pissed off at a diet pill company that was trying to get some extra publicity off of Gaby Sidibe by publicly insulting her and demeaning her talent, saying “The only way you can reach your goal of someday winning that Oscar is by being active, fit and most of all, healthy!” If you wanted to see my defense of Gaby, go here. It was basically like, leave the girl alone, yeah, she should lose some weight, but by calling her out and saying that she can only achieve anything with diet pills and weight loss is idiotic and cheap and insulting.

Anyway, a special interest group has now come to Gaby’s defense, and in my opinion, they made matters worse. The special interest group? The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. NAAFA, bitches. Here’s what they had to say:

Gabourey Sidibe might have a weight problem, but it doesn’t mean she’s unhealthy … this according to the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA). Yes, that’s a real group.

As we first reported, a weight loss company is reaching out to the Oscar-nominated “Precious” star in an effort to help her lose weight and get healthy.

But according to a spokeswoman for NAAFA, being heavy doesn’t always mean being unhealthy. Peggy Howell tells TMZ, “You cannot tell by looking at a person if they are healthy. Fat does not equal disease and thin does not equal healthy.”

Howell also said NAAFA does not encourage people to get fat or stay fat and reminded us, “Achievements come in all sizes.”

[From TMZ]

While I agree with the whole “Fat does not equal disease and thin does not equal healthy” stuff, and I definitely agree with the whole “Achievements come in all sizes” stuff, I still think everyone should all take a break from commenting endlessly on Gaby’s figure. Just because you’re trying to champion her, doesn’t make any less gross and patronizing. And what kills me – every time I think about it, actually – is that Gaby is one of the most confident and positive young women out there. I’m starting to think that people are mad at her for not being all insecure, weak and negative about her weight, or by publicly discussing it in any substantive way. She just seems like, “I’m fabulous, take me as I am or don’t, I don’t care.” And maybe that’s why so many people are using her to make their idiotic points.