Mark Roberts, the creator of "Mike & Molly," said in an interview with Popwatch that the show is about “accepting each other, accepting each other’s differences and that anybody can find someone.” 

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This concept is apparently lost on Marie Claire writer, Maura Kelly, who posted a blog titled “Should 'Fatties' Get a Room? (Even on TV?).” Long story short, she hates fat people. Kelly wrote on the blog that, “I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other.”

Seriously? Can you imagine if she were to have substituted any other word besides fat on that article? Like...black?

Kelly even goes on to talk about how she is not being a sizeist jerk. That she has a “few friends that could be called plump.” Immediately following that statement, she pretty much says that it’s their fault because obesity is “something they can change, if only they put their minds to it.”

I am not going to quote the Constitution to you about how she has the freedom of speech to say anything she wants but is using it as a method of bullying. No, I am not going to do that. 

I will, however, say this: in our modern world--one where reality television shows such as "Jersey Shore" get millions and millions of viewing every week, and people fall left and right watching shows such as "America’s Next Top Model," why can’t we indulge in this one show that actually demonstrates the epitome of loving our inner beauty?

Consider the hurt that overweight people must have felt when they read this article! Consider the hurt that the two leads must have felt when this came to their attention!

My love for Melissa McCarthy (who plays one of the titled character, Molly) originated from way back when during her reign as the lovable Sookie from "Gilmore Girls," so yes, I might be a little biased. But these are still real people. They have lives, marriages and kids.

Is the Marie Claire writer is telling me that they are so fat that it makes her feel uncomfortable? Is she saying anybody who is overweight should just stay at home so that all the thin people out there can feel more at ease? 

I simply think it’s unfair for people like Maura Kelly to make others that are similar to Mike and Molly in the show feel inferior to them just because of their size. These people love themselves and their body image; that’s something that should be encouraged and not criticized.

The blog prompted a lot of responses from its readers, many claiming that Marie Claire definitely stepped over the line. There’s even a protest set to take place in New York City on Friday called "The Big Kiss in – Where love has no weight limits." Over 100 people  RSVPed "yes" to the event. 

I don’t think anybody out there actually supports being unhealthy, but what bothers me the most is that Kelly offers up mundane and trite suggestions that she seems to think is the cure for all types of obesity out there in the world.

People are overweight for numerous amounts of reasons, and not all of them can be contributed to the lack of trying. We shouldn’t try to normalize and encourage obesity, but we shouldn’t bash on people just because they are different from us either.

Contact Writer Sammi Wong here.