Obesity in Hollywood?

The answer is simple, these women obviously don't care to change their bodies, or don't care to do the work required to get into shape, because it is a *beep* ton of work regardless of the resources they can afford. The biggest obstacle is overcoming an addiction to food, which like any addiction is no easy task.
You don't just hire a personal trainer and chef and eat salads for 6 months and then you're fine, an entire psychological transformation is required, and that's something you have to be ready for, along with a deep need/want for change (for many this epiphany comes with a big health scare. As I said, it's an addiction.
These women have found massive success despite their size. Perhaps they have also found true happiness and they don't feel a NEED to change, so why would they until they make that decision for themselves?

Having money doesn't fix everything if you're broken on the inside. With that said, these two women do a lot of physical comedy and now that they've "arrived" so to speak why rock the boat? Their size is probably a big reason why they're here. I couldn't tell you how many thin comics I find funny, maybe a handful if that. Everyone that makes me chuckle has some meat on them.

McCarthy and Wilson found a niche and worked it to their advantage. Not that they were the first (Roseanne springs to mind) but I know Rebel tried losing weight before by joining Jenny Craig but when she filmed Pitch Perfect the producers refused to let her lose weight because it was in her contract that she stay the same size and then more projects came along as well as creating Super Fun Night. And McCarthy has been pregnant twice in the past 7 years which is a poor excuse to let yourself go but it's much harder to do when you have children to take care of. When she was pregnant in 2010 her career really took off with Mike & Molly and Bridesmaids so why mess with a formula that guaranteed success? She's playing lead female characters in a genre dominated by men and she's done it all by being a much bigger size than her male counterparts.

I think they lose (no pun intended) it all by losing weight at least right now. I'm sure a few years down the line they might want to seriously consider it but right now their success kind of depends on it. I'm not saying they're nothing without their size they're both extremely talented but would Melissa McCarthy be half as funny if she were a size two? She would just be a thin woman who screamed obscenities she would come across more annoying than funny. Look at John Goodman, would he be half as funny if he were thin? That's the true moral debate isn't it? If we truly asked ourselves this question the answer is pretty clear. No. They would not. Their size is relatable because we know people who look that way and it makes them appear "more real" in a sense. Overweight/obese people have their problems like everyone else, we all have personal demons but fat people reveal their lack of self control on the outside, it's there for the world to see so of course they look more honest and convincing on screen. You can hide a drug addiction, a drinking problem. You can't hide your size.

Both of these women work really hard and it's taken a lot of time for them to get where they are. Rebel Wilson wrote and created this show, we don't know how much stress and pressure they're under either on top of it now that they're money-makers. I'm sure their lifestyles pre-fame didn't help much either. The life of a comic is just like that of a rockstar (minus the fame and fortune); living out of cheap motel rooms and keeping odd hours, eating when it's convenient, sleeping when you don't have a gig. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time to exercise. Those habits are hard to change. On top of pursuing a career in comedy and films Rebel Wilson earned her law degree, she literally is a lawyer, talk about working your ass off! Juggling both couldn't be easy.

Do you spend time wondering how people in Hollywood could possibly be alcoholics, smokers, or drug addicts when they have plenty of money? How they might have anorexia or anxiety disorder? Why their marriages end when they can clearly afford couple's therapy?

"as long as you're TRYING! As long as you're making an EFFORT to be healthy!"

"I don't know if these women do try or not but it's hard for me to believe"

Okay, I'm usually not mean, but I had a serious wtf moment when reading this.

Why does it bother so many people to see even one fat body? TV land is full of beautiful, often unobtainable body types. So why is it that when one fat person appears, especially if it's a woman, people are so freaked out? Fat people exist. Them being on TV or in movies won't make you catch a fat cold, just like watching those same movies with thin actors can't make you thin via viewing.

Is obesity such a big issue in Hollywood now that TWO people who have come into recent fame need this kind of attack on their weight? Seriously? Is it? Is anorexia not a bigger issue? Bulimia? Drug abuse? Drug abuse to maintain a healthy appearance? Alcohol abuse? People dying young is a bigger issue in Hollywood.

Guess what? They don't have to try. Not for you. Their personal weight issues don't affect you. If you don't enjoy their brand of comedy, then that's one thing - but you do so what's the problem?

Telling two overweight women in a scene well known for its cigarette, cocaine and laxative diet is just unnecessary.

And if they are trying, you still don't believe them anyway.

BTW, let's face up to this. Funny woman are usually not beautiful. If they were, they would be taken less seriously as actors and probably in films that require them to take their clothes off - comedienne Sofia Vergara, for example, hasn't escaped from this. Every slightly attractive actress is asked to do this, no matter how high up she is. Even Helen effing Mirren has been asked to take her clothes off for a magazine. If weight prevents these women from having to be dumbed down or bear their butts, then I'm on board with them.

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