Das ist Gabourey Sidibe, sie wird heute 31, ist Schauspielerin („American Horror Stories“, „Precious“) und dick! Und wisst ihr was sie noch ist?! Eine fabelhafte Frau mit mehr Selbstbewusstsein als die meisten von uns.
Das beweist sie kürzlich in ihrer Rede bei den Gloria Awards. Eine Rede, die so inspirierend und toll ist, dass ich sie euch auf keinen Fall vorenthalten möchte.
„I always wonder if that’s the first thing they ask Rihanna when they meet her. ‚RiRi! How are you so confident?‘ Nope. No. No. But me? They ask me with that same incredulous disbelief every single time. ‚You seem so confident! How is that?“ It’s not easy. It’s hard to get dressed up for award shows and red carpets when I know I will be made fun of because of my weight. There’s always a big chance if I wear purple, I will be compared to Barney. If I wear white, a frozen turkey. And if I wear red, that picture of Kool-Aid that says, „Oh, yeah!“ Twitter will blow up with nasty comments about how the recent earthquake was caused by me running to a hot dog cart or something. This is what I deal with every time I put on a dress. This is what I deal with every time someone takes a picture of me. Sometimes when I’m being interviewed by a fashion reporter, I can see it in her eyes, „How is she getting away with this? Why is she so confident? How does she deal with that body? Oh my God, I’m going to catch fat!
„How are you so confident?“ „I’m an asshole!“ Okay? It’s my good time, and my good life, despite what you think of me. I live my life, because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame. I show up because I’m an asshole, and I want to have a good time. And my mother and my father love me. They wanted the best life for me, and they didn’t know how to verbalize it. And I get it. I really do. They were better parents to me than they had themselves. I’m grateful to them, and to my fifth grade class, because if they hadn’t made me cry, I wouldn’t be able to cry on cue now. [Dabs tears] If I hadn’t been told I was garbage, I wouldn’t have learned how to show people I’m talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn’t have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn’t told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable. [Dabs tears] So when you ask me how I’m so confident, I know what you’re really asking me: how could someone like me be confident? Go ask Rihanna, asshole!“
Was bleibt da noch viel zu sagen!? Die Alte ist toll und wenn wir ehrlich sind, können wir uns alle ein bisschen ‚was von ihr abschauen.
