Giuliana Rancic has kept a low profile after the end of awards season and her promotional memoir tour. Much of that tour revolved around Giuliana discussing her weight. She initially wanted to focus on the book and didn’t want to talk about her body. Giuliana framed the issue as knowing her own “truth, that’s all that matters.” As the press appearances continued, so did public concern over her fragile appearance. Journos asked about her weight, so Giuliana gave in and started talking. A lot.
Giuliana denied having an eating disorder. Her anti-cancer meds make it hard to gain weight, which is true for many people. Guiliana doesn’t find herself attractive at a lower weight, and she knows people find her “disgustingly skinny.” After some time off, Giuliana is ready to confront the issue again. She posted this bikini shot on Instagram.
This photo is a direct challenge. Maybe Giuliana was able to re-up with some time off after defending her body for weeks on end. It must have been exhausting to keep getting picked apart. Giuliana has always been very thin, and she lost even more weight after her cancer diagnosis. I understand the desire to side-eye a woman who didn’t want to gain 10 pounds to boost her fertility potential. She also once tried her hand at a diet and fitness newsletter, which didn’t go over well. I remember reading her instructions for restaurant eating. She always wanted her veggies roasted with no-calorie Pam spray.
All the same, I’m cutting Giuliana some slack because body criticism is rough to deal with. She has a legitimate health issue that makes it hard to gain weight (even if she wanted to, which she may not). Giuliana felt good enough about her body to post this bikini shot, which is good news. It still feels like she’s trying to restart the conversation again.
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Show us the front, honey! My Spanish grandma has a saying…”de atrás liceo, de adelante museo” something like people tend to look great from behind.
LMAO!!!
You win comments for the day!
We have the exact same saying in Poland – high school in the back/from behind, museum out front. Also reminds me of my grandma.
Plus, that could be anyone 😉
“Everyone looks great from behind” – except KKW – you know she’s got some major swamp-ass going on in this warm weather we’re having.
not shamming, but this woman is sick. please seek help.
Geez, she had to wait all week for a gossip blog to pick up this picture.
I was hoping we were going to skip having to feed her ego this week.
Yes, Giulianna… you are thin. You are the thinnest of them all. No one is thinner.
Can you go have a seat now?
+1. LOL.
Her adoring fans were praising her on Instagram, so that had to boost her ego.
When she takes a seat, I hope she covers up because those are her best looks.
She has fans? I don’t understand why… I mean, what does she actually do?
LOL. So true.
Thinsperation at it worst. She is obviously I’ll and struggling. I feel for her.
Of course she wants to start the discussion again! That is the motivation behind posting the photo.
And that’s the thing — why does she need to start this conversation again? Insatiable ego? Has nothing else of relevance or importance to say? I certainly didn’t miss her.
She looks unhealthy in all these photos. She should focus on getting well physically instead of posting selfies. No shade here.
I swear to the lawd if she comes out years later with a tell all book about her eating disorder Imma lose it! Denying it now to sell books later?!
Her lower half looks fine to me, she just has bony arms.
Might be built that way. No amount of food will put weight on my arms either. I can go up in weight and still have bony arms and lower legs. Been like that since childhood.
So true my grandma has been thin all her life but when she had a triple heart bypass surgery. The medication she takes for that along with after medicine she gained a ton of weight every were accepting in her arms and legs which are still very thin.
God in that first picture I just want to hold up her head with my hands cause it looks like it’s too much work for her.
My post treatment anti-cancer medications caused weight gain. As been the experience of every other woman I’ve met who took tamoxifen or Femara, so I’m curious what she is taking. She needs help and I hope she gets it
That’s what I was wondering. My mom has to take a ton of pills right now. She hasn’t lost any weight, and she had a hard time getting herself to eat during the chemo and a little bit after because she lost her taste buds.
It seems to be different for everyone. Some lose weight drastically, others gain weight. I’m not sure if it’s the different drug combinations or just individual differences in metabolism. My mother actually gained some weight after chemo and other cancer treatments.
My mother lost a ton of weight on tamoxifen; she was in the clinical trials for it way back when. I don’t know what else she was on when the cancer returned and she had such problems eating.
Chemo-induced anorexia is real. But I do believe that Rancic had an issue with food prior to that, since she didn’t want to gain wait in order to conceive.
For those who have chemo-induced anorexia, my mother took Megestrol (we always called it “mee- gace” but the oncologist called it “meg- us.” It was used to increase appetite in AIDS patients and worked well for her. When she’d take it at night, she could eat the next day, but when she didn’t, she couldn’t. So we always knew when she had taken it.
Now marijuana has replaced many of those drugs with some of the best results. Not the synthetic versions. The grown organically.
IMO if Giuliana wanted to eat and put on weight she could. While the conditions you and others have stated are real they are extremely easy to manage now. It’s my opinion some people enjoy the side effects of reduced appetite.
I’m calling BS on the cancer med excuses.
That’s true for everything BUT breast cancer. The treatment(s) we receive for that actually cause weight gain…and I really resent her lying about that to hide an eating disorder.
I lost a few pounds during chemo, probably due to stress more than anything else, but that stabilized quickly. That first month on Tamoxifen, I gained 20 pounds. I felt like a balloon. It has been a struggle ever since. If there was a safe drug with the opposite effect, my oncologist would have given it to me
Tamoxifen is not and has not been found to be the cause of more than a few pounds. If you’re drifing into double digits by 10’s there are other factors at play. Yes, you gain about 10 or 15 at most pounds on average from Tam, but after that you can’t blame only the drug.
Your body is going through a laundry list of stressors and some can cause a slowing of metabolism with accelerated aging. As a result you notice you’ve suddenly gained weight that is tough to lose and the only change you’re aware of is Tam. and you zone in on it because a side effect is weight gain.
And some have lost weight on it. I’d say i’ve seen more patients have a slight gain of 5 or so pounds than anything more or anything less when starting it.
mmm are we sure this is definitely her?? her hair is much longer here. plus shes skinnier..
I was thinking the same thing! I’m not even sure that is her from behind!
Yes, it’s not certain that’s her and it’s not certain when that photo was taken. If it is her, then was that photo taken when she was heavier? Who knows.
Me too, not sure that’s her.
Most women, myself included, GAIN weight on anti cancer meds. They suppress your hormones. She’s thin because she doesn’t eat.
I must admit she looks healthier here (especially on the bottom), but she may well be cherry-picking a photo that would make her look as normal healthy-thin as possible.
The reason why people are worried she’s sick isn’t even her actual weight. Some people are that weight and they aren’t sick. Most of us out here aren’t “skinny shaming,” we’re concerned. It’s not about her weight. What concerns people is how her weight has changed over time, her sickly pallor, and how she talks about food and her body. This makes many people think she has an eating disorder. Someone running around in the public eye with all the signs of an eating disorder shouldn’t be normalized.
That’s not her. Body shape and hair is different. Her hair is malnutrition thin.
I agree. It’s sad she feels like she has to do this.
I’ve never seen her when her hair wasn’t flat ironed. It’s possible that this is her natural hair. Frizz and wave always makes hair look thicker.
I can see the ocean through her thighs.
I wonder if she posted the bikini shot because it looks “normal” thin instead of the kind of thin that makes people worry about a disorder.
Nice back shot. Uh huh. IF that is her let’s remember…photoshop works both ways. She could have tried to make herself LOOK like she’s put on weight. Not buying it.
She is going to be a very frail, very old woman way too soon. Not having good fats?..her skin will wrinkle earlier than it should….her poor bones are probably fragile already as well from most likely a lifelong erratic menstrual cycle even pre cancer due to not getting her period from body fat being too low which would make it unsafe to carry a baby.
It is sad, regardless if it is a psychological sickness or something out of her control..somehow, I think this is mostly self induced.
Granted, women all suffer self esteem issues from time to time in regards to our looks…but when it is taken to the extreme, the aging body can only limp along malnourished for so long..then something has got to give.
The body is INCREDIBLE in all of its wisdomand it sends us warning messages, which we sometimes push aside, prior to something much more serious…we could all learn from this poor woman.
Note to Giulana: Kit Harington is wearing your daughters clothes.
I have zero opinion on her body but this woman’s face has always looked odd to me, as if she were an alien. She doesn’t look human to me.
Yes, her face is all bones, because she doesn’t eat…that’s why it looks so odd!
i see praying mantis
I think it’s her. Perhaps she just has the sort of body type that looks thinner in clothes? I know that’s true for me – when I look normal slim in clothes I look quite voluptuous in a bikini, when I look slim in a bikini I can look bony in clothes. I just never gain on my extremities.
It’s possible she just was never as thin as people thought. I’ve had two doctors tell me I weigh around 15lb more than I look.
Have you actually looked at photos of her? The ones posted above are actually the most flattering ones that make her look heavier. Think about that. Those are the photos where she doesn’t look at malnourished. This is a woman that has to wear a wig because her hair is falling out because it’s not getting enough nutrients.
Obese women can have thinning hair too – a nutrient deficiency has to do with quality more than quantity. In the 3 photos above (the one’s you say are cherry picked to make her look fuller) she doesn’t particularly strike me as scary skinny, I’d say she has a long distance runner looking body (idk perhaps she’s been emaciated in the past as I don’t pay much attention to her). I don’t think she’s in Rachel Zoe territory. Rachel really does look skeletal to me.
All I know is that in the past some people have skinny shamed me, and for those people seeing me in a bikini shut them up. They never mentioned me being “so skinny” again!
Her daily diet used to be online..and was scarce!
Endless yerba mate tea and barely any food. If I had followed her suggested regime I would be stick skinny as well. If she really eats that way she is hungry all the time and has issues.
Ahhh! I can’t believe I missed this yesterday, because now I won’t know if there’s someone who agrees with me…
I don’t know if I am imagining it, but it seems there’s photoshop done between her thighs?
I just do not think it is her. Why not show her face. If it is her she used photoshop to plump up the lower half only – those arms are still skinny!!
It’s probably just how her weight distributes naturally. Some peeps just never gain much in their arms.
It is Giulianna she is very thin , but works her but muscles out like crazy, it’s the only place where she still has a small roundness. She cherry picked the photo.
She is a very very thin woman. I worked with her a few years. She was obsessed with being thin..
Looks like the body of a ten year old girl, not a grown woman.
Hmmm fused beyond a normal photo. Hands on her hips to make her appear ‘wider’. Legs look like twigs. Lets see a real photo, taken by an everyday person – then I’ll decide. Until then, get some help Jules. It’s very sad.