Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky: I don’t care about fat jibes

Hairspray star Nikki Blonsky has said she didn’t let teasing her about her weight get to her as she was growing up.

The 18 year old was larger-than-average throughout her entire childhood so was frequently subject to comments from bullies: “I was constantly teased and made fun of and called every name in the book because I was short and curvaceous.”

“My parents and my grandparents told me from a very young age, people make fun of you because they’re insecure about themselves.”

“So I came up with the motto of, well, if I can help people, this is the way I’m going to help. If they need to make fun of me to make themselves feel better, then they should feel better.”

“Because frankly, I don’t care if you make fun of me or not. It’s not going to do anything to me.”