A resurfaced clip of Emily Blunt has sparked outrage on social media after the British actress allegedly “fat-shamed” a waitress who served her at Chili’s in the US.
The Oppenheimer star appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show back in 2012 and was recalling a time when she and her Looper cast mates went to the staple US restaurant Chili’s for a bite to eat while shooting scenes in Thibodaux, Louisiana. However, their server immediately recognised her and seemed thrilled to meet the star.
However, Emily explained to host Jonathan Ross that the woman was “enormous” and poked fun at the woman’s size. Fans have since been left outraged the clip, slamming her for allegedly “fat-shaming” the woman when there was “no need ” for her weight to be mentioned.
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In the clip, which aired on ITV, Jonathan Ross asked: “I love Chili’s. You ever been to Chili’s? If you go to Chili’s, you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous. I ordered a starter once and it was four mini burgers, but they were as big as proper burgers!”
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To which, Emily replied: “The girl that was serving me was enormous, you know, I think she got freebie meals at Chili’s.” Jonathan swiftly replied: “Nothing wrong with that.”
But Emily continued, in her best southern American accent: “She comes up and she goes, ‘Did anyone ever tell you you look a lot like Emily Blunt?’ And I said, ‘I have heard that, yes.’ And she went, ‘Are you Emily Blunt?’ And I went, ‘Yeah.’
“She went, ‘What are y’all doin’ here?!’ And then she was like, ‘Are y’all shootin’ a movie here?’ And I said, ‘Yeah I’m shooting a film called Looper.’ And she went, ‘Looper? Y’all just made that up.'”
But while she got some laughs at the time, TikTok viewers have now become furious at the clip as they have shared the video online branding the comments “unnecessary.” One user wrote: “Ok but ‘and the girl serving us was ENORMOUS. I think she got freebie meals’ was definitely unnecessary.”
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Another commented: “‘You can tell she gets freebie meals’ bro, what did she do to you!?” A third said: “To the waitress who served Emily Blunt. I am so sorry, you do not deserve the disrespect you got from her.”
“What could’ve been a neat story about a nice waitress and getting recognised ruined off the bat with fat phobia. Great job Emily,” a fourth wrote. Meanwhile, others declared she was “fat-shaming” the woman and probably made her “feel like sh*t”.
The Daily Star has approached Emily Blunt’s representatives for a comment.
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