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In this article, there’s also a video where Natalie Portman comments on her diet and the “fat ballerinas” jab in The New York Times .

When Alastair Macaulay wrote his review of the New York City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, he did what mainstream media critics have always done: He made up the rules. In this case, he commented on what ballet dancers and ballerinas are supposed to look like:

This didn’t feel, however, like an opening night. Jenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many; and Jared Angle, as the Cavalier, seems to have been sampling half the Sweet realm. They’re among the few City Ballet principals who dance like adults, but without adult depth or complexity.

Critics make up the rules! Right? RIGHT??

From NPR:

Even worse, angry fans wrote on chat boards, Ringer has been public about struggles with eating disorders earlier in her career, over which she triumphed to become one of NYCB’s most popular dancers. How cruel, then, to criticize her body now.