Ariana Grande calls for fans to stop body shaming

Singer Ariana Grande has called on fans to be "gentler and less comfortable" about remarking

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on her and other people's bodies after recent scrutiny of her appearance on social media.

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In a TikTok video, she said she had a body that is "paid such close attention to", so "wanted to address" concerns. 

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It comes after some users commented on her apparent recent weight loss. 

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Grande said they were "comparing my current body" to "the unhealthiest version of my body". 

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The 29-year-old US star explained: "I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them 

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and eating poorly and at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my healthy, but that in fact wasn't my healthy. 

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"I know I shouldn't have to explain that, but I do feel like maybe having an openness and some sort of vulnerability 

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