Jennifer Coolidge Says What We're All Thinking About Spanx

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Bring up the topic of Spanx around a group of women, and you're sure to hear a pretty heated debate. The polarizing shapewear has pit two camps firmly against one another: one in support of Spanx and the other against the slimming undergarments.

It's safe to say that Jennifer Coolidge is in the latter camp. The actress talked Spanx with the New York Post at a Cinema Society and Alice + Olivia screening of "Austenland" this week, and she had a few choice words about the skintight shapewear:

"I hate Spanx because even though they look so good under your clothes, sometimes mid-wedding I'll be like, 'I feel so nauseous.' They’re so tight, who knows what you're cutting off?"

Not us, that's for sure. But we do know that Hollywood is pretty supportive when it comes to Spanx. Stars like Katy Perry, Oprah and Adele swear by Sara Blakely's cellulite-smoothing invention. Even Tim Gunn admits that dudes like himself benefit from a little shaping. No wonder Spanx released a "Star Power" line catered specifically towards red carpet moments.

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Just take one look at the bizarre shapewear on the market, though, and you're sure to cringe at least once. And don't even get us started on the control top undies Ren??e Zellweger wore in "Bridget Jones' Diary." Octavia Spencer even recounted how Melissa McCarthy's were once so painful, she had to take them off at an award show. At best, we have a love/hate relationship with Spanx, and we're sure many women feel the same way. So kudos, Jennifer Coolidge, for putting it out there.

What do you think? Are Spanx more of a life-saver or a nightmare?

Like we said, celebs love shapewear:

Oprah

<a href="https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Howd-They-Do-That/2">Oprah endorsed Sara Blakely's young company, Spanx, on her show back in 2000</a>... and the rest is history.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

At the 2010 SAG Awards, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/23/julia-louis-dreyfus-shows_n_434380.html">Louis-Dreyfus told Giuliana Rancic</a> how she looks so good on the red carpet: "You gotta have Spanx. Keep the spanx on and it will all work out!"

Joan Collins

<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1254495/Joan-Collins-Wardrobe-secrets-timeless-glamour--age.html">Collins wrote in the Daily Mail</a>, "Invest in an all-in-one Spanx-type undergarment. This deceptively simple structure is a masterpiece, wrapping around the diaphragm and waist, holding in all those wobbly bits yet showing off your sexy curves."

Kelly Osbourne

"Even if you're a skinny girl, Spanx are a must," <a href="https://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-28/news/33456972_1_ozzy-osbourne-spray-tans-spanx">Osbourne told the New York Daily News in 2012</a>. "Nobody wants to see your belly button through your dress."

Kim Kardashian

In 2012, <a href="https://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20607696,00.html">the reality star told U.K.'s ITV "Lorraine" show</a> that her thighs were her biggest insecurity, dishing to host Lorraine Kelly that Spanx are "the greatest invention."

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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

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