{"id":1766060,"date":"2022-12-07T10:32:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766060"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:32:58","slug":"reality-star-doubles-down-wont-apologize-for-saying-fat-nike-mannequins-are-promoting-early-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-star-doubles-down-wont-apologize-for-saying-fat-nike-mannequins-are-promoting-early-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality Star Doubles Down, Won\u2019t Apologize For Saying Fat Nike Mannequins Are \u2018Promoting Early Death\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freality-star-doubles-down-wont-apologize-for-saying-fat-nike-mannequins-are-promoting-early-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/reality-tv\">Reality star<\/a> and personal trainer Daniel Holmes faced backlash over his comments claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nike\">Nike<\/a> glorifies obesity with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fat-acceptance\">plus-sized mannequins<\/a>, but so far, he hasn\u2019t backed down or apologized.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMarried at First Sight\u201d star sparked controversy by posting an image of a larger-than-average mannequin outfitted in workout gear to his Instagram Stories page. \u201cThose that say this is empowering are completely delusional,\u201d he wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11505187\/MAFS-Daniel-Holmes-sparks-outrage-criticising-activewear-brands-using-plus-size-mannequins.html\">caption<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s promoting early death. There is no power in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAFS&#8217; Daniel Holmes sparks outrage over body shaming comments <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/izUqe4R1vh\">https:\/\/t.co\/izUqe4R1vh<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMailCeleb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyMailCeleb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jasonsxt (@jasonsxt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonsxt\/status\/1600455062198792192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After getting several messages calling him out, Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cl0hLYZgUHR\/\">clarified<\/a> his statements and said they were taken out of context. But he didn\u2019t apologize, backtrack, or say bodies can be healthy at every size, which is a common talking point from the fat acceptance movement.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that many believe overweight people should be working out and shouldn\u2019t be dissuaded from wearing workout clothes. But Holmes insisted that Nike was promoting that body type, not trying to encourage overweight people to exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The trainer said he wasn\u2019t \u201cbody shaming\u201d women with his post, saying instead that activewear companies that \u201cpromote obesity\u201d should be the focus of everyone\u2019s anger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a bit of a scan of all the crazy DMs and got a bit of an overview of what people were saying,\u201d the reality show star said in a follow-up post. \u201cAnd what people were saying was \u2018what are people supposed to wear in the gym if they can\u2019t promote overweight activewear.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey \u2013 clothes? It\u2019s just the gym. It\u2019s just a bunch of metal objects that you pick up. You don\u2019t necessarily need to wear a particular brand of clothing to do that,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s not the issue, it\u2019s when brands start to cater to unhealthy body types \u2014 my concern is where does that lead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes also said his comments should be received \u201cwith compassion\u201d because he knows losing weight can be challenging.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand it is quite difficult to lose weight. The steps in order to do it are relatively simple but to execute it is pretty difficult\u2026 I worked in the fitness industry for close to 10 years and it isn\u2019t a new subject to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMAFS\u201d star concluded by slamming brands that promote \u201cunhealthy\u201d body types to make money, which is what he believes Nike is doing with the mannequins. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we have brands that essentially promote this idea to make money, yes, I have an issue with that,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were flooded with criticism from followers who thought people of all sizes should exercise in Nike activewear. They also called out the reality star for his past steroid use. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit rich preaching about healthy lifestyles etc when you have abused steroids don\u2019t you think?\u201d one person replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reality star and personal trainer Daniel Holmes faced backlash over his comments claiming Nike glorifies obesity with plus-sized mannequins, but so far, he hasn\u2019t backed down or apologized. The \u201cMarried at First Sight\u201d star sparked controversy by posting an image of a larger-than-average mannequin outfitted in workout gear to his Instagram Stories page. \u201cThose that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1766063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}