Jameela Jamil took a shot at Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy shapewear line for SKIMS on Sunday.
The “Good Place” star took issue with the brand as well as society, which she said “has failed us immensely” because of the focus on women’s bodies before and after pregnancy.
Kardashian, 39, announced the maternity line would hit her website this week. She received an intense amount of backlash from people who assumed the products were made to slim down pregnancy bellies.
“Lot of talk on the Internet today about pregnancy shapewear. And each to their own. But from the discourse online I will say: I wish we could just Normalize just focusing on the inside of a pregnant body, not the outside,” Jamil, 34, wrote in an Instagram on Sunday.
She continued: “You don’t need your shape corrected or hidden. You don’t need an even more awkward obstacle between you and a piss. You just need to try and ride with this miracle and do your best to be as happy/comfortable as is possible within your circumstances.”
“Pregnancy is hard enough, with enough worries already,” Jamil added.
The British actress went on to say that she doesn’t blame pregnant women for feeling self-conscious.
“You are not the problem, who can blame any of us for feeling bad, our society has failed us immensely, and we as a collective need to put more energy into pushing back against this so we can just let a b---h live!” the iWeigh founder wrote.
Jamil concluded: “If I ever have a baby I’m welcoming the stretch marks, the new curves and I’m sure as s–t not gonna rush to try and snap back, I’m just gonna let my body heal from the Massive event that has occurred inside my body.”
She also took to Twitter writing, “It would be so cool if pregnant people could just be allowed to be pregnant and get bigger and not be self conscious, and enjoy the miracle taking place inside their body and not have to worry about feeling embarrassed/shamed that their body is changing for an amazing reason.”
