Taylor Swift’s „Anti-Hero“ music video has been edited after sparking outcry for including a scene where she steps onto a bathroom scale and sees the word „FAT.“
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Some viewers thought the weigh-in scene paired with the word “FAT” was fatphobic.
Trigger Warning: This piece contains mentions of eating disorders. Following public outcry, Taylor Swift has edited her “Anti-Hero” music video to remove a brief scene where she steps onto a bathroom scale and sees the word “FAT” instead of a number. The original music video, which premiered Oct. 21 alongside her Midnights album, showed Swift weighing herself as her inner critic stood beside her in disapproval of the results. Some viewers interpreted the scene as fatphobic and called Swift out on social media. “Fat people don’t need to have it reiterated yet again that it’s everyone’s worst nightmare to look like us,” Twitter user @theshirarose said.
The edited video on YouTube and Apple Music keeps the weigh-in moment (at the 2:03-2:08 mark) but completely removes the close-up of “FAT.
