sara
what beyonce does for her movie roles is down to her,shes an actress too and she just did what she felt she had to do! can understand this being a bad example to fans but there are people who 'fast' it can be due to religion or just to detox!beyonce is not constantly loosing weight and starving herself,it was just 2weeks to help change her shape for her role..she is not aways in the media portayed to have an eating problem,so before beyonce is critizied, that should be remembered. if she had had more time im sure she would have just cut down on cals!

Alaysia
People,people,people are you insane. Does Beyonce lokk like the type to touch anorexia. No, she did it for a movie. This is not the full story, after they finished the film Beyonce began to eat fried chicken.fried fish,and french fries. She is very pretty with curves or without. There's a lot of stuff saying she put Jay on strict diet. P.S I want to see Dreamgirlz. Beyonces a good actor!

Lisa
I apperciate that Beyonce shared her diet with the public. I am 5'10 and I weigh 203 pounds. Because of my height, people are unaware that I weigh so much. My weight is focused on my butt, hips, breast, & stomach. I currently started the "Beyonce Diet" on June 1st to lose a couple of pounds. I do not want to lose my curves either, but I do want to lose my stomach. I do not want to look like the Oslen twins (no offense), but I want to get down to a size 10 or 12, currently I am a size 16. Of course I will exercise but I need to lose a little weight. As long as dieting does not become an obession, and I do not start to look like Paris Hilton (no offense) I'm cool. Beyonce has a great figure pre-dreamgirls, and she looks very healthy. For my height I should weigh between 130-150 pounds which would be find for me.

toya
People have to understand that in order to make it in show business you have to do what you have to do. What I mean about that is Beyonce is a smart woman and she know what she did was not right, but just like Halle Berry in Monsters Ball, when you are portraying a character, you have to be that character and thats what all these actress's and actors do, so Beyonce I love you and handle your business, get that oscar or whatever may come your way to jump start your acting career.

Silver
oh my god. why?

carly
please beyonce keep those curves! they are so beautiful and really make you who you are. Youve inspired so many of us. you gave us all confidence to feel confident about our bootys!

Petagaye from Florida
Beyonce is a beautiful and talented artist/actress. I gained alot of respect for her for standing up to the Eurocentric standard of beauty and basically saying that all women are beautiful thin, curvaceous, black, brown, white and everyone in between. She made having a derierre acceptable in Hollywood.

Now for the right price anyone will sing to a different tune. It really takes a strong minded person who knows themselves and where they are going to stick to position and not compromise no matter what the cost.

I am not mad at Beyonce, eventually the longer you are in entertainment and the more popularity you desire you do anything to achieve that. That says alot about her commitment and drive to her career but if one scrathes the surface one would see that she is not has strong minded as she needs to be to adhere to a standard of beauty /body size that she opposed at the beginning of her career.

The bottom line is everyday women should not allow themselves to be defined by what celebrities do or say because for the right price they are liable to change their opinion. I say every woman no matter what your size, complexion, height focus on loving yourself from the inside out. The unseen is far more important that what is seen.

Things like body size, apparel, jewelry are all trendy and can change at any moment. Loving and completely accepting oneself is never out of style. Let's imagine for a moment an homegenous world were we all looked the same on the outside the only thing that would set us apart from each other would be our inner spirits and mental makeup.

Let us wake up I dare you to be you and love and accept you for whatever you are. If more of us did that you will see how unimportant the things that celebrities do and say are . One love

astonished
How irresponsible can you be?! that woman is probably adored by young impressionable teenage girls the world over and there she is bragging about such daft eating habits as that! forget about the weight loss and gain, what on earth would an eating regime like that do to her internal organs?! they just wouldnt be able to cope with such a dramatic change in diet.

Julie-Anne
I think its sad. Beyonce is a gorgeous girl with a great body...why should she have to lose weight to conform to some silly notion of beauty made up by the film industry? I also recently read that Penelope Cruz was told to wear a padded bra and butt to give her 'curves' for a role...why? These women are beautiful how they are. Nobody's perfect.

Lynn
I think it's important to mention that although Beyonce lost weight quickly on this extreme diet, what she has done in this short period will make it harder for her to keep the weight off and to keep at a sensible weight going forward. When women Yo Yo diet by cutting calories drastically this has an impact on their metabolism, which slows down. Once the extreme diet is over the body needs fewer calories to maintain weight. It is important that girls realise this otherwise, regardless of whether this extreme dieting is healthy, or responsible on Beyonces part, lots of girls will just see the weight loss and think great, I'll do this too!

charli
4 beyonce to do that is just low and 4 her to tell the media is even lower she knows that fans will copy her like they do her fashion she obviously dont realise theres people out there that feel so bad about themselves that result to starving themselves bueliemia,anorexia and even death she is setting a really bad example!

Hap, Leeds
"I'm shocked and concerned for many of her fans, male & female" Lets not get too extreme here, I could provide a list of actors and actresses who have had to either gain or lose weight for a particuluar, De Niro in Raging Bull comes to mind for which he won an oscar. I praise for her professionalism towards the job, and lets get the facts straight, she said after that she started fried chicken and fatty food so she aint setting a bad example really is she?

Dulce
Some people defend her weight loss saying it's "just" for a film. But that's her public image - it's the movies and the album covers and music videos that kids watch and try and imitate. I would understand it if she was playing an anorectic but she's losing weight to look better by Hollywood standards.

That definitely gives a mixed message: "it's ok to starve yourself if your doing it for something like a job". Isn't that why normal girls start dieting: to look like that girl in the movie, video, or just to prove you can do it and be successful?

Nicolla Mukono
Wat was she thinking? You are beautiful the way you are, curves and all thats what makes you different from all the other girls in your industry. When they said you neede to shed the pounds u should have said see you later!!!! We love you the way you are x x x x

Beyonce
I think that the media should leave celbs alone!!!

Carina, 15 LON
I love Beyonce but... she should not be losing that much weight anyway not only for the influencial teens and children out there but for herself and her health. Starving herself for a film role is extreme and that would need to be a dam good grammy nominated performance(renee zellwegger)!!!! if you take the "celebrity" status be sure to think of the influence

Laura
I say well done to her!! She is showing commitment to her CHOSEN line of work. She lost weight using the method that she did to loose weight fast. This weight loss isnt for good - it is a quick fix! She said herself in the interview that as soon as she could it was time to eat 'fried chicken'. I think people read into things far too much.

amy
i think that beyonce is setting a very poor example. i mean not eating for 2 weeks? thats bad even for the most helathy of people, im sure it cant have done her any good either

Dexta Blainé
Erm? She has explained she lost the weight FOR A MOVIE. Not for aything else. Some body needs to get over it. Beyonce is going to work and had to be a certain shape for a particular job. She isn't going to be like that forever. Granted the way she did it is not the healthiest but wasn't it her choice? Let it go

Allison
I'm currently undergoing treatment for anorexia and having just heard this story I'm shocked and concerned for many of her fans, male & female. This is NOT a good way to lose any amount of weight and I hope that it doesn't encourage people for follow in her footsteps, as it seems more and more these days that people are unable to rationalise for themselves and instead follow these so called role models.

Beyonce is a beautiful and intelligent woman - with the curves! People are who they are and stars such as her should help promote acceptance on all levels. I hope Beyonce and her management team focus on the weight loss being for a 'role' and promote good eating patterns.

The road back to 'normal', as I'm currently finding is definately horrific and I wouldn't wish my current predicament on my worst enemy.

warren woods
NO NO NO NO NO!she shouldnt do that to herself!she wont be SEXXY ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!

Markise Johnson
Well Beyonce isnt really doing anything wrong.It was for a role in a movie.Sometimes to get the role of your life you have to fit their standards.The movie is based on Diana Rosses story (and we all know that she isnt curvy).Demi Moore shaved her head in G.I Jane....did u see young ladies goin bald??Movie stars lose weight for roles all the time...the only difference is that she took it to drastic measures.But thats a measure you have to take to make it in hollywood.And her curves is one of the things that made her famous.So why would she change the way she looked to fit the "ideal image" when she started a trend??Her curvs and thickness will be back trust me!!Kepp doing your thing B!!

Janelle From CANADA
Actors have to play the part. Some are forced to gain weight for roles which is even more unhealthy. I don't believe Beyonce is promoting starvation, by talking about her experience in losing the weight. Let the girl be, shes doing what she has to for the part. Perhaps we should be focusing on the demands and expectations of the film makers.

Kyrsha (Kresha) Haynes
Although I do not endorse Beyonce’s actions, I do respect the fact that she was honest. There are too many, half starved, often drug addicted images being draped across the media claiming that their appearance is natural. These are the people that we should be worried about, as they are the one’s our youths aspire to be like. At least Beyonce acknowledges that she had to go to unhealthy extremes to achieve her figure. Ultimately, I would just like to see a few more images in the media that reflect people in society, whatever their size, age or skin colour. Acceptance is the key!

Kelly
Is she a victim of media pressure? Not really. She lost the weight for her part in Dreamgirls. Many actors have to do it all the time. If she wants to be taken seriously as an actor she has to work as hard. I look up to Beyoncé a lot and love her curves and what it says to other women. However, i don't really know if its about starving yourself. I saw Beyoncé in LA last month when they were finishing the dreamgirls shoot and she was just acting really weak and tired. She did look great though. Now that filmings finished she's looking much healthier. Her new album is coming in September so by then we will see if she puts the weight back on again.

kc
Personally I think the media's blowing it up out of proportion...when Tom Hanks done it for his role in 'Cast Away' it was a non-issue. Its not like she just done it for the hell of it...it was for a role...its the same as René Zellweger gaining weight for her role in Bridget Jones. Its just about adding some authenticity.

Adjoa
First off I love beyonce. I knew she had lost quite a bit of weight and in some way I admire her for doing something so hard for her career but I think cutting out food all together is extreme. There is no doubt she is a beautiful girl i don't think she should feel that she has to lose soo much weight simply for a film role. Why couldnt the film producers etc.. accept her how she was curvy and fabulous. Anyway to be fair beyonce has lost weight before and regained it. And as the shrewd business woman she is she knows her fans love her with a bit more junk in her trunk!

Anna Smith
Beyonce is not setting a good example. So many children/teenagers nowadays look up to celebrities and promoting starvation is not a good thing. This could lead to a child becoming fixated with not eating - which, then could lead to Anorexia. I'm sure Beyonce wouldn't want that but what she is doing could easily make this possible.