FAT SHAMING DOESN'T NEED TO END. 00:00:36.869 --> 00:00:40.206 size:88% position:44% IT NEEDS TO MAKE A COMEBACK.

>> Jame SO I SAT AT HOME AND.

I'M WATCHING THIS AND ALL OF I COULD THINK OF, I WAS LIKE OH 00:00:51.417 --> 00:00:53.019 align:start position:0% MAN, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 00:00:53.052 --> 00:00:56.823 align:start position:0% IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH A PLATFORM WHO KNEW WHAT IT WAS

ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE OVERWEIGHT AND THEN I REALIZED, OH, THAT 00:01:01.193 --> 00:01:04.697 align:start position:0% WILL BE ME. 00:01:04.730 --> 00:01:09.268 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 00:01:09.301 --> 00:01:11.204 align:start position:0% >> James: OH NO. 00:01:11.237 --> 00:01:12.305 align:start position:0% NOW, HERE IS THE THING. 00:01:12.338 --> 00:01:15.475 align:start position:0% I ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH BILL MAHER, I DO. 00:01:15.508 --> 00:01:18.578 align:start position:0% WE BOTH SHOOT OUR SHOWS HERE IN THE SAME BUILDING. 00:01:18.611 --> 00:01:22.248 align:start position:0% WE BOTH HOST THE SECOND MOST POPULAR TALK SHOWS ON OUR 00:01:22.281 --> 00:01:23.482 align:start position:0% NETWORK. 00:01:23.516 --> 00:01:28.421 align:start position:0% AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONABLE CHOICES IN OUR FILM

KAER RADIOS, BILL WAS IN A MOVIE CALL THE KAL I BELL WOMEN IN THE

AVOCADO JUNGLE OF DEATH WHICH IS ABOUT, TRUE, ABOUT AN ALL-FEMALE 00:01:36.428 --> 00:01:40.433 align:start position:0% TRIBE OF CANNIBALISTIC AVOCADO FARMERS. 00:01:40.466 --> 00:01:45.271 align:start position:0% AND I APPEARED IN THE CLASSIC FILM THE LESBIAN VAMPIRE 00:01:45.304 --> 00:01:46.105 align:start position:0% KILLERS. 00:01:46.138 --> 00:01:49.242 align:start position:0% WHICH IS ABOUT LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS.

NO, DON'T YOU DARE CLAP IT, NO. 00:01:51.911 --> 00:01:55.915 align:start position:0% IT IS EXACTLY AS BAD AS YOU THINK IT IS. 00:01:55.948 --> 00:01:58.151 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) I GOT TO SAY, RIGHT, THAT ANY

TIME I HAVE MET BILL MAHER IN PERSON, HE HAS BEEN POG BUT ME 00:02:03.756 --> 00:02:06.225 align:start position:0% SANT AND KIND AND NICE, WHICH IS WHY I FOUND IT SO SURPRISING

THAT HE OR ANYBODY THINKS THAT FAT SHAMING NEEDS TO MAKE A COME 00:02:10.829 --> 00:02:11.663 align:start position:0% BACK. 00:02:11.697 --> 00:02:12.932 align:start position:0% BECAUSE FAT SHAMING NEVER WENT ANYWHERE. 00:02:12.965 --> 00:02:16.002 align:start position:0% I MEAN ASK LIT REALLILY ANY FAT PERSON. 00:02:16.035 --> 00:02:21.040 align:start position:0% WE ARE REMINDED OF IT ALL THE TIME ON AIRPLANES, ON INSTAGRAM, 00:02:21.073 --> 00:02:24.143 align:start position:0% WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES A PIE ON THE WINDOW SILL TO COOL AND THEY 00:02:24.176 --> 00:02:32.151 align:start position:0% GIVE US A LOOK LIKE, DON'T, DON'T YOU DARE. 00:02:32.184 --> 00:02:35.188 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) NOW THERE IS A COMMON AND

INSULTING MISCONCEPTION THAT FAT PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND LAZY AND 00:02:39.024 --> 00:02:39.759 align:start position:0% WE'RE NOT. 00:02:39.792 --> 00:02:40.860 align:start position:0% LIKE WE GET IT. 00:02:40.893 --> 00:02:41.861 align:start position:0% WE KNOW. 00:02:41.894 --> 00:02:44.564 align:start position:0% WE KNOW THAT BEING OVERWEIGHT ISN'T GOOD FOR US. 00:02:44.597 --> 00:02:49.335 align:start position:0% AND I'VE STRUGGLED MY ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO MANAGE MY WEIGHT. 00:02:49.368 --> 00:02:51.137 size:75% position:38% AND I SUCK AT IT, RIGHT. 00:02:51.170 --> 00:02:55.508 align:start position:0% I HAVE HAD GOOD DAYS AND BAD MONTHS. 00:02:55.541 --> 00:02:58.544 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) I'M BASICALLY BEEN OFF AND ON 00:02:58.577 --> 00:03:01.247 align:start position:0% DIETS SINCE AS LONG AS CAN REMEMBER. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.217 align:start position:0% AND, WELL, THIS IS HOW IT IS GOING. 00:03:04.250 --> 00:03:05.051 align:start position:0% RIGHT? 00:03:05.084 --> 00:03:09.322 align:start position:0% BUT WE'RE NOT -- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 00:03:09.355 --> 00:03:10.990 size:84% position:42% >> James: HERE'S THE THING. 00:03:11.023 --> 00:03:13.893 align:start position:0% WE'RE NOT ALL AS LUCKY AS BILL MAHER, YOU SNOW.

WE DON'T ALL HAVE A SENSE OF SUPERYORITY THAT BURNS 35,000 00:03:19.465 --> 00:03:21.901 align:start position:0% CALORIES A DAY, RIGHT? 00:03:21.934 --> 00:03:23.536 align:start position:0% I KID BECAUSE I LOVE.

BILL, I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE OFFERING 00:03:27.072 --> 00:03:28.273 align:start position:0% HERE IS TOUGH LOVE.

AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP BY NOT SUGAR COATING REALITY FOR

FAT PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FAT PEOPLE LOVE SUGAR 00:03:35.848 --> 00:03:37.683 align:start position:0% COATING THINGS. 00:03:37.716 --> 00:03:38.817 align:start position:0% RIGHT? 00:03:38.851 --> 00:03:40.953 align:start position:0% BUT THE TRUTH IS, YOU'RE WORKING AGAINST YOUR OWN CAUSE. 00:03:40.986 --> 00:03:44.223 align:start position:0% IT'S PROVEN THAT FAT SHAMING ONLY DOES ONE THING. 00:03:44.256 --> 00:03:49.061 align:start position:0% IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL ASHAMED AND SHAME LEADS TO DEPRESSION, 00:03:49.094 --> 00:03:52.198 align:start position:0% ANXIETY AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR. 00:03:52.231 --> 00:03:54.367 align:start position:0% SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR LIKE OVEREATING.

WHEN I WATCHED THAT CLIP, I GOT UP, WALKED TO THE FREEZER AND 00:03:57.403 --> 00:03:59.338 size:88% position:44% GRABBED A PINT OF ICE CREAM. 00:03:59.371 --> 00:04:01.173 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) I'M KIDDING, I WAS ALREADY 00:04:01.206 --> 00:04:04.110 align:start position:0% HALFWAY THROUGH THE PINT WHEN I STARTED WATCHING. 00:04:04.143 --> 00:04:08.147 align:start position:0% BUT BILL MAY HE MADE MEINISH IT, HE MIGHT HAVE DONE. 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:11.550 align:start position:0% AND THIS TERM, WE'RE USING THIS TERM, USING THIS TERM FAT 00:04:11.583 --> 00:04:12.618 align:start position:0% SHAMING. 00:04:12.651 --> 00:04:14.587 align:start position:0% WE HAVE COME UP WITH A NAME FOR IT LET'S BE HONEST.

FAT SHAMING IS JUST BULLYING. 00:04:16.121 --> 00:04:20.192 align:start position:0% THAT IS WHAT ST. IT'S BULLYING. 00:04:20.225 --> 00:04:23.329 align:start position:0% (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) AND BULLYING ONLY MAKES THE 00:04:23.362 --> 00:04:24.196 align:start position:0% PROBLEM WORSE. 00:04:24.229 --> 00:04:25.364 align:start position:0% OKAY? 00:04:25.397 --> 00:04:29.368 align:start position:0% I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE THE OBESITY 00:04:29.401 --> 00:04:30.569 align:start position:0% EPIDEMIC.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE A DOCTOR, IT'S ALSO 00:04:34.106 --> 00:04:38.678 align:start position:0% ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE YOUR [BLEEP] 00:04:38.711 --> 00:04:43.983 align:start position:0% >> James: BELIEVE ME, I CAN SEE A DICK. 00:04:44.016 --> 00:04:51.324 align:start position:0% (LAUGHTER) NOW LOOK, NOW LOOK, BILL MAHER 00:04:51.357 --> 00:04:54.160 align:start position:0% MAKES SOME INTERESTING POINTS IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH IT ALL.

BUT THERE IS A LOT THAT HE GOT WRONG IN THIS PIECE, INCLUDING

MAKING THE CLAIM THAT EUROPE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE FAT PEOPLE. 00:05:01.900 --> 00:05:05.538 align:start position:0% >> EUROPE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS, BECAUSE EUROPE'S NOT ONLY 00:05:05.571 --> 00:05:06.672 align:start position:0% EATING FOR TWO.

>> James: YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT EXHIBIT A. 00:05:12.578 --> 00:05:16.649 align:start position:0% (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) NOW I KNOW, I KNOW THAT

BRITAIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE IS STRAINED RIGHT NOW, 00:05:19.518 --> 00:05:23.622 align:start position:0% BUT I LIVED THERE FOR 37 YEARS, AND TRUST ME, THERE ARE FAT 00:05:23.655 --> 00:05:26.659 align:start position:0% PEOPLE IN EUROPE, MAYBE NOT AS MANY, AS IN AMERICA. 00:05:26.692 --> 00:05:28.594 align:start position:0% BUT THE REASONS FOR THAT ARE COMPLEX. 00:05:28.627 --> 00:05:33.799 align:start position:0% IN FACT, THIS ENTIRE ISSUE IS A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN HE'S 00:05:33.832 --> 00:05:35.501 align:start position:0% MAKING IT OUT TO BE. 00:05:35.534 --> 00:05:36.869 align:start position:0% NOW BILL IS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING. 00:05:36.902 --> 00:05:38.003 align:start position:0% HE REALLY, REALLY IS. 00:05:38.036 --> 00:05:39.405 size:78% position:39% THIS IS A HEALTH PROBLEM.

IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED CLEARLY AND HONESTLY.

IT'S AN EPIDEMIC AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT IS 00:05:46.712 --> 00:05:47.880 align:start position:0% TERRIFYING.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS WHY PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES AT AN 00:05:52.484 --> 00:05:55.421 size:88% position:44% UNHEALTHY WEIGHT, JUNK FOOD, PORTION CONTROL, A LACK OF 00:05:55.454 --> 00:05:58.991 align:start position:0% EXERCISE, THESE ARE ALL MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

BUT POVERTY IS ALSO AN ISSUE. 00:06:00.793 --> 00:06:04.029 align:start position:0% A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH

SYSTEM FOUND THAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO 00:06:08.233 --> 00:06:09.401 align:start position:0% POVERTY. 00:06:09.434 --> 00:06:12.905 align:start position:0% BUT, FUN FACT, IF YOU SHAME OBESE CHILDREN, WHOLE FOODS WILL 00:06:12.938 --> 00:06:15.307 align:start position:0% GIVE THEM FREE SALADS. 00:06:15.340 --> 00:06:19.779 align:start position:0% LAUGH LAUGH I'M KIDDING, THAT IS NOT HOW WHOLE FOODS WORKS.

SOMETIMES GENETIC PLAYS A ROLE. 00:06:21.547 --> 00:06:26.085 align:start position:0% YOU KNOW, THERE IS A MOLECULAR GENET TYES NAMED JEFFREY 00:06:26.118 --> 00:06:29.121 size:78% position:39% FRIEDMAN WHO DISCOVERED A HORMONE CALLED LEPTIN.

DEFECTS IN THE LEPTIN GENE ARE LINKED DIRECTLY TO OBESITY, THEY 00:06:33.892 --> 00:06:34.359 align:start position:0% ARE. 00:06:34.393 --> 00:06:35.427 align:start position:0% HERE IS A FUN FACT. 00:06:35.460 --> 00:06:37.897 size:84% position:42% IF YOU SHAME THE GENE IT ACTUALLY FIXES IT SELF, I'M 00:06:37.930 --> 00:06:40.599 align:start position:0% KIDDING, THAT IS NOT HOW SCIENCE WORKS. 00:06:40.632 --> 00:06:43.035 align:start position:0% A LACK OF SHAME IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE. 00:06:43.068 --> 00:06:46.305 align:start position:0% IT IS MAKING FUN OF FAT PEOPLE MADE THEM LOSE WEIGHT THERE

WOULD BE NO FAT KIDS IN SCHOOLS AND I WOULD HAVE A SIX PACK BY 00:06:52.077 --> 00:06:54.413 align:start position:0% NOW, RIGHT? 00:06:54.446 --> 00:07:01.153 align:start position:0% (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) UNTIL WE MAKE HALEY FOOD AND

HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND WE PROPERLY EDUCATE PEOPLE ON

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE, MAYBE WE CAN HOLD BACK ON THE WHOLE CALL 00:07:12.030 --> 00:07:15.067 align:start position:0% FAT PEOPLE-- UNTIL THEY LOSE WEIGHT STRATEGY. 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:17.903 align:start position:0% I BELIEVE BILL'S HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND I TRULY LIKE 00:07:17.936 --> 00:07:20.773 align:start position:0% THAT HE CARES ABOUT THE CONDITION OF MY HEA, AND I 00:07:20.806 --> 00:07:21.273 align:start position:0% WILL. 00:07:21.307 --> 00:07:22.408 align:start position:0% I WILL KEEP TRYING. 00:07:22.441 --> 00:07:25.444 align:start position:0% ALL THE TIME, I AM AWARE TODAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A

STRUGGLE THAT I WILL FACE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, RIGHT. 00:07:27.946 --> 00:07:31.517 align:start position:0% SO IN THE MEAN TIME, BILL, PLEASE HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THIS, 00:07:31.550 --> 00:07:34.086 align:start position:0% WHILE YOU ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO 00:07:34.119 --> 00:07:38.424 align:start position:0% THEIR MOUTHS, JUST THINK A LITTLE HARDER ABOUT WHAT COMES 00:07:38.457 --> 00:07:39.458 align:start position:0% OUT OF YOURS. 00:07:39.491 --> 00:07:41.760 align:start position:0% WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 00:07:41.793 --> 00:07:44.297 align:start position:0% (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)