Rising Music Star Banks on Wholesome Image
August 2nd, 2007
THERE are the deliriously exciting parts of getting signed to a major record label — spreading the news, hobnobbing with superstar labelmates, planning an album with a household-name producer — and then, according to the singer-songwriter Chrisette Michele, there are the not-so-thrilling parts. For example, “I never knew I was fat until Def Jam signed me. I seriously had no idea,” said the 24-year-old at her home here last week. “But then I started doing interviews, and people would ask, ‘How’s it been dealing with your weight all these years?’ ” Fat, America has so many obese people that there is no count and therefore so many heart disease patients. But if a celeb or a model or singer has slightly extra pounds on him/her all these media guys just stare at them like they have never seen something like this ever before and jump on to discuss weight matters. The interviewer could be fat herself but since Michele is an upcoming star she cannot have asked the interviewer about her weight problems. How single minded, may be they nothing better to ask about.