Lorraine Kelly has slammed a 'ridiculous' opinion article that referred to Bridgerton's Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton as a 'mixed-weight romance'. The recent Forbes article suggested that the world is 'still not ready' to accept two individuals of differing body types being seen dating on their TV screens. Writer Virgie Tovar - a 'leading expert on weight bias' - took aim at Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton's on-screen personas focusing on their differing body types as opposed to their captivating performance.
Tovar wrote that Penelope and Colin's relationship 'defied romance plotline convention', because Nicola is 'larger' than Luke. While the whole article sparked criticism it appeared to be the use of the term 'mixed-weight romance' that prompted the biggest backlash from readers. Talking about the article on Wednesday's Lorraine, the Scottish host fumed: "Bridgerton is back in the headlines this morning after an article in Forbes magazine described Colin and Penelope's romance, get this, as a 'mixed-weight' relationship.
Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous? Suggesting that the world is still not ready to see people of different body types dating on screen" this prompted Lorraine to add in a fiery four-word response: "Are you kidding me?" Lorraine continued: "It's caused outrage online and I'm not surprised, it's just two lovely people who have fallen in love and eventually they were happy...
no spoilers!" It comes as outraged fans of Shonda Rhimes.
