She’s never been afraid to speak her mind or defend herself to naysayers.
And on Monday night, Jameela Jamil hit back at a critic who blasted her for ‘shaming other women’ with a sassy Photoshop and plastic surgery comment as the actress insisted: ‘Mollycoddling isn’t feminism!’
The online spat began when the Good Place star, 34, retweeted a clip of herself talking to Trevor Noah on The Daily Show from back in September, which she captioned: ‘Your photoshopped, surgically enhanced flat tummy, f*ck off.’
Not having it! On Monday, Jameela Jamil, 34, hit back at a critic who blasted her for ‘shaming other women’ with a sassy photoshop and plastic surgery comment
Within the video, Jameela discussed the changes social media companies have put in place to protect under 18s from seeing advertising for weight-loss products.
At one point, Noah said: ‘You’ve been very vocal about the people who advertise tummy teas. All those super diet fads.
Jameela jumped in, clarifying: ‘The laxatives. They’re just laxatives, that’s it. You just s**t fire. And then you don’t s**t again for several days afterwards.
‘And then you need more, and it’s just bad. Sexy, but bad.’
Sassy! The online spat began when the Good Place star retweeted a clip of herself talking to Trevor Noah on The Daily Show from back in September
Unimpressed: One Twitter user wasn’t happy with the caption chosen by Jameela, which she also made in the video: ‘Your photoshopped, surgically enhanced flat tummy, f*ck off’
Noah argued: ‘But I’ve seen the people with the flat tummy when they do it. They’ll have the tea and go like: ‘Look at my tummy!’ and they have the tea.’
Jameela interrupted and quipped: ‘Yeh, their photoshopped, surgically enhanced tummy… f*ck off,’ before bursting out into laughter.
Underneath the video clip she had shared on Twitter, one follower sarcastically responded: ‘I love when feminists shame other women. It’s the best.’
Clarifying: As the discussion continued, Jameela’s critic confirmed that it was the context caption used by the star which she had an issue with
Jameela quickly hit back, saying: ‘So women should get away with everything because they’re women? With lying to women?
‘With selling dangerous products to women? To making women feel bad about themselves?
‘Men criticize other bad men all the time and aren’t accused of being anti-male. Mollycoddling isn’t feminism.’
And again: The actress insisted she wasn’t poking fun at those who have cosmetic surgery
Jameela has been vocal about her dislike of stars promoting weight-loss aids in the past.
In particular, she has made headlines in the last couple of years for her public critiques of the Kardashian family on social media, calling them out for promoting laxatives and harmful diet practices.
But in an interview with Bustle for its Rule Breakers digital cover last year, Jameela said she was not trying to fight with the family — and would lay off if they’d just stop pushing products that might promote eating disorders.
‘I’m not trying to cancel anyone,’ she said, adding: ‘I don’t want to beef with the Kardashians. They have a huge amount of influence. I just want them to use that for more good.’
Controversial: Jameela has made headlines in the last couple of years for her public critiques of the Kardashian family on social media, calling them out for promoting laxatives and harmful diet practices
She went on to praise Kim Kardashian, 38, in particular for her work in reforming the prison system, while also imploring her to stop advertising for detox companies like Flat Tummy Tea.
‘I think what Kim does with the prison system is really cool.’ Jameela said. ‘Stop selling laxatives and I’ll get off your d**k.’
Jameela’s criticisms were heightened last year after the famous family spoke with The New York Times about how they were unbothered by it.
‘If there is work that is really easy that doesn’t take away from our kids, that’s like a huge priority, if someone was faced with the same job opportunities, I think they would maybe consider,’ Kim told the newspaper about advertising for controversial products.
‘You’re going to get backlash for almost everything so as long as you like it or believe in it or it’s worth it financially, whatever your decision may be, as long as you’re OK with that.’
Backlash: Jameela’s criticisms were heightened last year after the famous family spoke with The New York Times about how they were unbothered by it (pictured: Khloe Kardashian)