Woman who wants to be world’s fattest reveals more

Adam says:

05:44am | 18/03/10

“In reprinting time and time again the same horrifying details - all that sushi, all those kilos of pretzels we see her stuffing in her trolley in the accompanying pictures! Simpson’s blatant eating disorder is being made into a freak show for our enjoyment”
Indeed
Disregarding the fact this story is part of the problem it’s attempting to mitigate, and assuming no mental health assistance has been forthcoming, some of us, myself included, are disgusted by a society that enables some to attain appaling weight levels whilst so much of the world suffers famine. She chooses to post material on websites that glorify this physical form and makesmoney from it. It appears to be a concious decision on her behalf to not only not seek help but engage in behaviour to further the condition. As such, she aids in turning her being into a sideshow exhibit.

ps I haven’t set foot inside a gym for more than 20 years and pay scant attention to calories nor dietary intakes. I am happily overweight and unhealthy so this is not a fitness focused opinion, just one that says we make choices and must accept the fallout of those choices

Zeta says:

08:44am | 18/03/10

Oh man that is the greatest story of all time. It’s like something out of a John Waters film. We’re living in a John Waters film. ‘I’m the filthiest woman alive! I’m the filthiest woman alive!’

Thinking about Ayn Rand this post St. Pat’s Day hang over morning, because I dimly recall a heated arguement with a Young Liberal in some trashy bar. You know Ayn Rand idolised serial killer and small child butcher William Edward Hickman, she based some of her characters on him, and said he was the poster child for man detatched from all the morals and values that get in the way of man’s climb to greatness.

Donna Simpson is like the female version of Rand’s ubermensch; detatched from 21st century feminine values. She’s probably the most punk a human could possibly get. Millions of women, all around the world striving to be smaller, and here is one desperate to expand…

Who are we to stop her inexorable embiggening, we mere mortals with our petty concerns for waistlines and muscle mass?

J says:

09:23am | 18/03/10

I worry about her kids.  She can do whatever she likes to herself - but when she has a heart attack that will be able to be measured on the Richter scale, her kids will be without a mother.  Not only that, but they will have been taught that eating for other people’s enjoyment is a quick way to make money, with devestating consequences for your health.  It’s the height of selfishness.  That’s why it’s wrong.

Ellie says:

09:48am | 18/03/10

This woman is running a website where people watch her eat, no? She is creating her own “freakshow” and she must love it. I guess she can do what she wants, but I’m not going to change everything I believe and start thinking that she is a normal person! If she’s putting herself out there, she needs to expect that people will laugh and find it disgusting. Honestly, you can’t expect anything else.. Other celebrities are constantly abused by people on forums and the like. What’s so different about them compared to her? If you’re going to write an article about people suffering in the public eye, why not include Lara Bingle? These people chose the life of a celebrity, they know what happens to celebrities and how people treat them in the press.

Sir Codrington III says:

10:31am | 18/03/10

So we are to blame for picking up on the story and having an opinion about it? Oh I’m sorry, but what is it she does for a living? That’s right, she publicises herself on the internet eating food and being erotic for the sexual desires of voyeurs. Guess she doesn’t have too much aversion to being made into a vulgar freak show, it’s her day job.

People are fully justified in feeling disgusted by this, as much as people are justified in feeling disgusted upon seeing a pregnant woman passed out on the curb with a needle in her arm. Because this woman is killing herself, going to leave her two kids without a mother, is neglecting her children (she can barely move, so she can’t be a good mother) and is setting them a possibly fatal example to follow.

Hate away, people, you’re fully entitled to do so.

Anjuli says:

11:17am | 18/03/10

So when she becomes ill with heart liver and kidney problems she will expect the public to pick up the tab

Phil says:

11:22am | 18/03/10

Anyone know the website?? I have to see it!

Julie says:

02:59pm | 18/03/10

I genuinely feel desperately sorry for Donna, who, as you say Daniela, is clearly suffering from a severe psychological disturbance and eating disorder, even though she may not be in a position to fully realise that.  This is of course not uncommon, as so many people with mental illnesses can take a long time to come to terms with the fact they are experiencing one and be in complete denial.

I also feel sorry for any person that thinks it’s funny, cute and acceptable to poke fun and berate this woman.  Some of the comments being made about her are cruel and a sign of the hatred and lack of compassion that people feel for anything they truly do not understand.  The overwhelming majority of people do not know what it is like to be as sick as Donna is, or indeed as sick as someone with acute anorexia.  Both kill.  Both deserve some level of compassion and understanding while the poor person involved, tries to regain their health and their life.

marley says:

03:53pm | 18/03/10

The bottom line here is that people are watching a woman who obviously has mental issues commit slow suicide.  And some people are helping her do it.  I guess they’re the same sort of people who urge the guy standing on the ledge 20 stories up to jump.  Sure, it’s the lady’s choice, just as it’s the guy’s choice - but these are choiced being made by people who don’t have the capacity to make rational decisions.  I may disagree vehemently with what this woman is doing, but it doesn’t mean I want to watch her do it, or that I can’t feel sorry for her and her wasted life.

bob h says:

08:51pm | 18/03/10

Well done Daniela another article on fat people.  Should have stayed photocopying.

Karen says:

10:45am | 19/03/10

I think the thing that disappoints me most about stories like this is that she is choosing to kill herself - despite the impact on those around her.
We all laugh and poke fun at her like a freakshow in a circus, but unfortunately the path she has chosen is not a lone woman careering towards self destruction, otherwise I would say “go for it love - chow down all you like!”  Someone will have to care for her, mourn her loss and deal with all the negative comments her actions are provoking.

She chose to have kids. She has an obligation to raise those kids into functioning adults to the best of her ability, she has decided to ignore that responsibility, and she must be choosing to ignore the emotional impact of her actions on those around her on a daily basis - to me that is more offensive than her weight gain.

All I can say is that at least she is doing it in America where the public purse won’t have to foot the bill for the inevitable health outcomes. Hope she makes enough off her site to pay for her health plan as well as her food budget intil Obama gets his health reform through.

Surely if her own welfare does not concern her she should have some pang of guilt when she sees how she is ruining the lives of those she cares about. That is the bit I find offensive, and I find it impossible to feel sorry for her in any way in the face of such staggering selfishness and self deceit.

Jess says:

05:57am | 28/07/10

I think she deserves all those nasty comments. It’s one thing for someone who wants to purposely gain wait and destroy their lives, but it’s another thing when that person has two young children.

I don’t think she’s a freak, I think she’s selfish. Very efen selfish and so are the people helping her die and leaving her kids without a mother.

I’m surprised she cans still walk. How much money would she have to spend on her self with doctors bills, yet another reason for being selfish.

And to that idiot that says curvy people are fat people. That’s not necessary true in all cases. People with out an ounce of fat around them, but still have big bones and large muscle (not really their fault), are considered curvy too. And they will always be that way, even when exercising three times a day and eating nothing but chicken and salad.