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The 30 year-old costar of American Horror Story: Coven received a typical amount of crap on Twitter after her Sunday appearance at the Golden Globes, for committing the crime of appearing in public while not being thin. But after the brilliant wits of the Internet were done riffing on how she looked like the GLOBE at the Golden Globes and ate the Golden Globes, Sidibe got in a comment of her own. To people making mean comments about my GG pics, she tweeted, I mos def cried about it on that private jet on my way to my dream job last night. #JK And, nearly 27,000 retweets later, game point Sidibe.
US magazine promptly called Sidibes response amazing, while CNN declared her the winner of the best comeback award. And she was. She fully acknowledged the utter meanness of the commenters body snarking on her appearance, but she didnt turn it into a pity party. Instead, she simply got the last laugh. She later added on Twitter, Yay! Everyone is so wonderful and supportive of my shade! This might be a problem down the line. Thank you! #notmyjetthough #imnotthatfancy
Sidibe has had a long time to prepare for just such a cool reaction. Shes never been just been a talented actress. Shes been an overweight, dark-skinned actress exactly the sort of person, as this years blonde-tastic Golden Globes oh so conspicuously proved, who does not fit comfortably in the public perception of what a star looks like. More shockingly, as Kate Harding noted four years ago, when Sidibes stardom was on the ascent for her breakthrough role in Precious,she is a woman openly not struggling with debilitating body-related shame and anxiety. How infuriating for those who believe fat equals misery. (snip)