Jameela Jamil is known for speaking her mind, and that's part of the reason people love her so much.
In the past, she's spoken openly about being body shamed, and has also called out Kim Kardashian for promoting appetite suppressant lollipops.
No. Fuck off. No. You terrible and toxic influence on young girls. I admire their mother’s branding capabilities, she is an exploitative but innovative genius, however this family makes me feel actual despair over what women are reduced to. ☹️ https://t.co/zDPN1T8sBM
Recently, Jameela took aim at celebrities who promote detox teas on their Instagram accounts, branding them "laxative nonsense" and calling out Cardi B in particular.
They got Cardi B on the laxative nonsense “detox” tea. GOD I hope all these celebrities all shit their pants in public, the way the poor women who buy this nonsense upon their recommendation do. Not that they actually take this shit. They just flog it because they need MORE MONEY https://t.co/OhmTjjWVOp
She continued to give some alternative advice for women thinking about investing in the detox tea hype, pleading with them not to take the advice from "women who know nothing about nutrition/basic advertising ethics".
Generally just don’t ever take diet advice from women who know nothing about nutrition/basic advertising ethics. IF you want to get healthier, talk to a trainer/doctor. 🙏🏽
But it turns out that Cardi B saw the backlash and responded in an Instagram comment on the BuzzFeed Seasoned page.
In the comment, Cardi said that she would never shit her pants "cause there's public bathrooms everywhere". Oh, and if that fails, she added that there are bushes too.
Which appeared to amuse some people.
But Jameela responded on Twitter after seeing the comment, saying that Cardi will never have to go in the bushes because she probably doesn't use what she's promoting.
Regarding her response: she will never shit her pants, not because of bushes, but because she probably doesn’t ever take the products she promotes... during her promotional video she keeps looking at the name of the product on the cup... almost as if she’s never seen it... 👀 https://t.co/um2u8zIDng
This followed Jameela urging people to listen to a GP who has experienced dealing with the side effects these detox teas can have.
LISTEN TO THIS. https://t.co/SYyJrH27Mf
It wasn't just Cardi who Jameela pointed the spotlight at for promoting the products — Iggy Azalea also posted an ad to Twitter, which promted Jameela to call it "embarrassing".
Another double agent for the patriarchy bites the dust... When will these women who are covered in plastic surgery stop telling their followers to drink a laxative to look like them? It’s so embarrassing and it’s so encouraging of eating dirsordered behavior. BE BETTER ALLIES! https://t.co/9hjcapRdwL
She also called out Perez Hilton, who said that he'd "take that cash" for promoting the detox teas because he has kids.
That’s a sad truth @PerezHilton and awful you don’t care about young people, other people’s kids, who get so fucked up by this stuff. By the time a diet company WANTS you to promote their product, you’re already doing better than most and don’t need the laxative cash for ur kids. https://t.co/0b9YItPlMj
Jameela then added her own personal experiences as a teenager, revealing that "miracle cures and laxatives" left her with "digestion and metabolism problems for life". She ended her thread with a defiant message, promising to never stop calling out the people "who perpetuate this gross culture of forcing women to remain small and doll-like".
I am not going to stop coming after all the people, men and women, who perpetuate this gross culture of forcing women to remain small and doll-like in order to be accepted by society. Fucking TRY ME. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄