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Victoria Beckham Does Not Take Diet Pills
Celebrity culture is an unusual thing. Many people look to celebrities for inspiration and guidance, and the media and magazines profit from reporting on what celebrities are wearing, how they are staying in shape, and what they are eating.
Recently a celebrity magazine suggested that Victoria Beckham (a.k.a. Posh Spice) took slimming pills to maintain her size zero figure. Now Posh Spice is suing the magazine over the claims. The magazine also claimed that Vistoria’s sister was trafficing the pills from the UK to her LA residence.
“It’s such an irresponsible thing for someone to say. Lots of young girls do look up to me, and I just think it’s ludicrous that they can completely make something like that up. You have to take these things really seriously. There are young girls out there who will think it’s cool to take slimming tablets. Things like that are dangerous and we were furious with it.” Victoria Beckham.
We hope that she wins this battle. The press needs to become more responsible on how they report such stories, even if they are actually true (which appears not to be the case here) as too many people are influenced by what they read. If the claims that Victoria Beckham took weight loss pills lead to just one teenage girl developing an eating disorder, then that is certainly one person too many.
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