If there is one thing that all of us know about the Internet, it’s the fact that people love to give their opinion. It doesn’t matter if the opinion was solicited or not, people are going to speak up. Perhaps it’s because they feel that they have a degree of separation when they are online or they may just not feel that the people on the other end of the computer line have feelings of their own. Regardless, things get said and it is a fact of life.
Although this can be seen in many different areas, it is especially seen when someone has their own Instagram account, and we all have them. Trolls tend to follow people around, saying something negative, perhaps even to make themselves feel a little bit better. The Instagrammer in the story has experienced it in the form of body shaming. The problem has become rampant online but instead of simply sweeping it under the carpet, she decided to use it to inspire others.
Jenna Kutcher is a devoted wife who lives in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. She hosts the “Goal Digger” podcast and is well known on Instagram. When you look at the pictures of her, you will see that she is beautiful and healthy but she also happens to be married to this guy:
Drew Kutcher is a health coach and personal trainer. He is also known by his online name, Mr. 6-Pack. When he met Jenna in college, it was love at first sight and that love never stopped from that point forward. There are some people online, however, who wonder how a man like that could ever be married to a curvaceous woman, like Jenna.
She decided to take on the matter rather than simply letting it slide. Her message is now inspiring thousands of people to better things.
“Someone once slid into my DMs and told me they couldn’t believe I had managed to land a guy as good looking as @kickingitwithkutch. I’ll be honest that I was taken aback,” Jenna wrote on Instagram.
She admits that she does feel insecure and the trolls managed to hit her where it hurts.
“Part of my insecurity with my body has stemmed around being married to Mr. 6-Pack himself. Why should I, a curvy girl get him? I feel unworthy and when I write narratives in my head that because I am not thin, I don’t deserve him.”
Jenna shares something with Drew that goes deeper than physical looks. Their love is real.
“This man has embraced every curve, every dimple, pound and pimple for the last ten years and has always reminded me that I’m beautiful even when my inner dialogue doesn’t match (and when I haven’t showered in days.)”
Drew loves Jenna from the heart because of who she is, not what she looks like.
“So yes, my thighs kiss, my arms are big, and my bum is bumpy but there is just more of me for him to love and I chose the man that could handle alllll that (and so much more!)”
“I am so much more than my body, so is he, and so are you. True love doesn’t see size.”
After she posted these words, they went viral. Even Drew chimed in to let everyone know that she is absolutely right. He loves her for who she is.
“Isn’t marriage supposed to be about love, acceptance and cherishing one another no matter what?” Drew wrote on his own Instagram page. “The way we look has nothing to do with the way we love and viral or not, we’re just thankful to have each other and inspire others.”
Drew continued, “At the end of the day worthiness can’t come from other people’s opinions of you, it has to come from within and if doing life with my beautiful wife is newsworthy, then let us be an example of what real #relationshipgoals are!”
Bravo Drew and Jenna. Never let somebody body shame you and make you feel like less of a person than you really are.