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Lea Salonga has a question for men who body-shame women: ‘Why are you fat?’

The Tony winner amplified a reversal of weight-based scrutiny after years of speaking publicly about the pressure placed on her own body.

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Aug 26, 2026
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Filipino Broadway star Lea Salonga reshared a message confronting body-shaming double standards by asking men the same kinds of questions often used to police women’s weight. In an Aug. 23 Instagram Story, the 55-year-old singer amplified a post that asked, “As a man, why are you fat?”

Salonga, who is set to receive the …

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