Niecy Nash to skinny girls: you would have a better life if you ate some food, honey.
I love Niecy Nash and am a big fan of her on Clean House. She’s full of herself, but that’s part of her persona and it doesn’t cross into insufferable diva territory. She’s like your friendly neighborhood diva who gives you self esteem tips when you’re going through a rough time. (i.e. hoarding.) Neicy also had a great turn on Dancing with The Stars last season, and made it up until the eighth week to finish fourth. Her star is on the rise and she’s been giving interviews lately. In a new interview with OK Magazine, Neicy has some advice for grumpy thin girls. As much as I think Niecy is awesome I have to say I don’t agree with her on this:
The Clean House host, 40, doesn’t care to step on a scale because it doesn’t matter to her.
For the divorced-and-dating mom of three, knowing what she likes and what she doesn’t like in the food department is key.
“There are things that I avoid, but not because I want to deprive myself,” Niecy tells me during Flushing For a Cause event hosted by Clorox. “It’s because I don’t care for it. I don’t care for potato chips. I don’t have a big love for French fries. Some people love French fries – it’s coming on the side with the shrimp that I ordered, but even if it didn’t, it would’ve been fine with me. I’m not a big fan. Cottage cheese, not a big fan. Some things I’m like ‘mmm, I don’t eat it because I don’t like it.’ Because if I like it, I’m going to eat it.”
She continues, “That’s what’s wrong with a lot of people. A lot of people are miserable, a lot of people are so unhappy because they’re hungry. They need to eat a little more. All those thin girls walking around on Dancing With The Stars, they’re arguing with their partners – you would have a better life if you ate some food, honey.”
Would the reality star, whose beau is Jay Tucker, recommend dancing as a workout?
“If you like it, I would recommend anything you want to do as a workout. I didn’t weigh myself before Dancing With The Stars, I haven’t weighed myself since Dancing With The Stars. My Mr. Wonderful has weighed in and said ‘you lost weight.’ I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
Because she’s pressed for time, Niecy likes to incorporate her family into her workouts.
“Sometimes I do things that are unconventional like take my kids to the roller-skating rink or have all my kids come in the room, and we have a hula-hoop contest. It doesn’t always have to be in the gym for an hour-and-a half doing whatever that is.”
She continues, “I work a lot. I don’t have time to be at work all day, and get home and say ‘now I have to leave you again to go to the gym for a couple hours.’ I have to make it work as a family.”
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First of all I agree with her that it’s very hard to find time to go to the gym when you have a family and are working all day. A lot of people struggle with that and it also depends on how far away the gym is. So that’s good advice to do healthy activities around the house with your kids because you get to spend time with them too.
But I have to talk about Niecy saying skinny women are unhappy because they’re not eating. That’s like saying heavy people are unhappy because they eat too much. I know both can make me grumpy, as can bad drivers and a lack of coffee. It’s just too simplistic and isn’t that much different from telling a bigger person that they would be happy if they exercised and ate more salads. Are there people who aren’t happy because they’re hungry? Sure. Happiness and being able to get along with others do not come from food or weight, though, and you can get in trouble for thinking that all bad emotions can be addressed with food! I do like her attitude toward her weight and the fact that she isn’t striving to fit some ideal body type. Niecy is hot and she knows it. Now if only she would be a little more accepting of thin people. I’ve been on both sides and I really hate it when people try and convince me to eat after I politely decline, no matter the reason. (Try this cake/strange meat/new food being the one that bugs me the most.)
If you’d like to hear more from Niecy, Celebrity Baby Scoop has an interview with her in which she talks about the charities she’s involved in, her family, show and her relationship. She is divorced with three children from marriage, Dominic, 18, Donielle, 15, and Dia, 10. She said something similar to Celebrity Baby Scoop about women needing to chill out and eat. “I think a lot of the other people on the show were arguing with their partners….girl, because they were hungry! I said, ‘Y’all don’t eat enough around here for me!‘” Oh Niecy.
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