Camila Cabello condemns ‘ridiculous’ and ‘toxic’ beauty standards: ‘My weight is gonna go up and down’

Camila Cabello is setting the record straight when it comes to her opinion of society's beauty standards and how she's not allowing them to control her.

On The Late Late Show with James Corden, the 24-year-old singer recalled a recent body-shaming incident where she explained that she was secretly photographed by paparazzi while going on a run in West Hollywood, Calif. "I had my belly out, I didn’t know anybody was taking pictures of me," she said. But once she saw photos of her body making the rounds in tabloids, she began to have "anxious thoughts" about having her stomach exposed and not "tucking in" — until she made the decision to speak to the photos directly and control how they were being perceived.

"I was like, you know what, this is normal. It’s like my weight is gonna go up and down, also we have these crazy beauty standards from freakin’ Instagram of people that are photoshopped or if they’re not photoshopped, it’s not every woman’s body," Cabello said. "And I was just like, you know let me get on TikTok and just talk about this."

The Cinderella actress posted a video captioned "I luv my body" to her TikTok on July 16 speaking to her 12 million followers about how she was "existing like a normal person" while photos were being taken of her.

"And I talk about in the video like, we’re real women and we have curves and we have cellulite and we have fat. And it’s just like a lot to just have these crazy, unrealistic standards that make us feel bad about ourselves and make us feel like in order to go out I have to hide my body or put on a big T-shirt," Cabello explained to Corden. "It’s like, why should I have to do that? Why can’t I just like be me?"

By the next day, Cabello was made aware of the impact that the video had made.

"I got so many women coming up to me being like, ‘Woah, that so resonated with me,’" she shared. "These standards are ridiculous and so toxic. I just feel so much more confident now, honestly, after I posted that video because I feel like I just kind of controlled the narrative on it."

Now, it seems that Cabello is working to control the narrative on a number of aspects in her life, including being more transparent about her mental health. She's even used her social media to discuss burnout and the importance of therapy.

"Keep being human," a fan commented on Cabello's post. "Just live your life in the most beautiful way, this is what i appreciate on you the most."