A plus-size woman has opened up about her love life and revealed she gets bullied for being with a muscular and fit husband.
Alicia Mccarvell is an influencer from Canada who works to promote a positive body image and enjoys spending her free time with Scott Mccarvell, her husband of 15 years.
While the couple love each other without conditions, Alicia admitted that many people accuse her husband of using her or having a “fat fetish” simply because he loves her for who she is.
In one of her recent videos that racked up more than 20 million views, Alicia is seen cozying up to her muscular husband. While many praised the couple for being true, critics were quick to come up with a variety of speculations including those suggesting that Scott is gay or that he is only married to her because of her money.
“I posted a simple transition video of me and my husband going from towels to dressed up together. This is not unlike what all kinds of different couples do on this app,” Alicia said as she lashed out at the haters after her video went viral.
“My video went viral, and I know we all know why. It’s because by beauty standards, we don’t make sense.”
She added: “Since we don’t add up, people try to add things to my side of the equation to make it make sense, saying things like, ‘Oh, she must not have been fat when they met,’ or, ‘Oh, she’s got to be rich.’
“Or they try to decrease his side of the equation by saying things like, ‘He must be gay,’ or, ‘He fetishes fat women.’ We’ve been made to believe that somebody who is physically fit like Scott could never in a million years be in love with or compatible with a fat woman.
“And that’s solely because the world has literally taught us that we have to value our worth [based] on our bodies.”
Alicia’s sharp response comes after countless viewers judged the couple based on one short video.
“Umm, he wants your money,” one person wrote.
“Sugar mama otherwise I don’t understand,” another woman wrote.
“I wonder if she was fat when she met him,” the third pondered.
One viewer suggested: “Someone has a lot of moneyyy.”
Alicia went on to explain her point of view as she blasted society’s “trash beauty standards” and claimed it’s our responsibility to “unlearn” them.
“He values my humor and my commitment and my love and my caring heart. None of these things that he values about me change if my body changes. So when someone slides into his DMs leading with their body first, he’s asking, ‘But what else?’” she added.
“Because he, like I, know that people’s values don’t lie in how well their bodies fit into society’s trash beauty standards.
“And I get it, if this is the way you think, it’s the way you’ve been taught. However, it is your responsibility to unlearn it.”
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