By Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Well, taking cues from Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt before them, Mariah Carey and Scarlett Johansson are the latest famous ladies to bite back at bloggers for focusing on their weight. Both stars are no strangers to tabloid drama and both would like you to know that you can't believe everything you read.
After Carey was snapped on Easter Sunday in a form-fitting pink dress, blogs were reporting that the singer was pregnant. Mariah took to her Twitter account yesterday to set the record straight. Carey Tweeted that the reports were "B.S." and that "she could've definitely lived without" the unflattering pictures.
"I don't know what was worse, the bleak angles and bright peach dress just to be festive ... or the B.S. commentary/blogs," she wrote. "For the record [the] dress and hair were not 'red carpet' attire!"
Then, Carey let the world know that she does enlist professional help to maintain her figure. "And if I gained a few pounds, my trainer [is] back living w/me again. Yippee!" she Tweeted.
On the flip side, Johansson took to the Web to clear up rumors about her recent weight loss. Scarlett took the more eloquent route and addressed the tabloids via the Huffington Post. In a heated and impassioned blog post, Johansson lashed out at critics who said she was binge-dieting and going to drastic lengths to slim down for her upcoming role in "Iron Man 2." According to some reports, the curvy bombshell had dropped a whopping 14 pounds.
"I'm a petite person to begin with, so the idea of my losing this amount of weight is utter lunacy," Johansson wrote. "If I were to lose 14 pounds, I'd have to part with both arms. And a foot. I'm frustrated with the irresponsibility of tabloid media who sell the public ideas about what we should look like and how we should get there."
The actress insisted that she has simply been eating balanced meals and increasing her amount of physical activity to get in "superhero" shape. And though she was upset by the negative attention she's received, she concluded the post on a positive note.
"In a way, I'm glad some dummy journalist (and I use the term 'journalist' loosely) is banking on my 'deflating' so that I can address the issue straight from my healthy heart," she wrote. "For more information on eating disorders and/or treatment options, please visit: http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/."
You go, Scarlett!