“But, it doesn’t come so easily.
Rather, it’s a “preference.”
significant other Jean (Anthony weighed 185) agreed.
“It upsets me that Anthony gets judged because of being with someone my size.
It really is sad that people don’t see us as people.”
“HOT AND HEAVY?????
MIXED-WEIGHT?????
“wrotea Twitter user.
“TLC needs to be cancelled immediately.
This is ridiculous.”
“Let me tell you what we’re not going to do.
At all,“wroteanother Twitter user.
Definitely avoiding this show.”
This understandably led the show to be criticized for an allegedly sexist double standard.
In fact, numerous Twitter users called out TLC for precisely this reason.
“So will there be a couple the other way around him big her not just curious?
Why not both ways, @TLC?”
As one Twitter userput it, “This is not OK and that title is horrible.”
“I can kind of get that,” the host admitted, referencing widespread criticism of the show.
“Because you’re calling me heavy but you’re calling my man hot.”
“People are loving whoever they want to love.
… Everybody’s loving who they want to love.
Why do we need a reality show about it?”
In the brief scene, Adrianna and Ricardo are walking down a street, enjoying some ice cream.
Adrianna is so shocked she bursts into tears.
Previously in the promo, she explained the self-worth issues brought on by her weight that she’s experienced.
“I absolutely love Kristin’s size.
“I want to watch this,“wroteone Twitter user.
“I’m glad these men feel that way about the love of their lives.
“I love every inch of Joy,” gushed Chris of his plus-sized love.
“There are a lot of inches to love.”
So, does society place too much emphasis on weight differences?
Body-positive activist Sarah Sapora thinks so, as she toldRefinery29that physical attraction is only one facet in a relationship.
“We bring our own stories to the table in any partnership,” she shared.
“A lot of times it is just a fetish,“wrotea Twitter user.
Once they start losing weight the men don’t find them as attractive anymore.”
A show likeHot & Heavy, by its very nature,invites judgement on its subjects.
“What the entire f**k???
And to have the nerve to call it hot and ‘heavy,'“wrotea Twitter user.
“I wish fat people could be on tv without the show always pertaining to their weight/exploiting them.”
“Now you know damn well nobody gonna randomly do this,” read onetweet.
“TLC really handing out checks for people to be an a**hole lol.”
Anothertweetread, “Quit exploiting obese people.
A 2012 paper titled”‘You’re going to eat that?’
The phrase mixed-weight relationship might be a new one for those who first encountered it inTLC’sHot & Heavytrailer.
