Gabrielle Talks Body Image Disorders For Black Women & Being Selfie Obsessed

At 42, Gabrielle Union looks quite flawless and has a mean body to match to go with her girlfriend-next-door beauty. The Being Mary Jane star however has issues like the rest of us like taking a few thousand selfies just
to get the right one. She dished about her selfie
obsession today on The View, her upcoming antics on Being Mary Jane and how the show addresses body dysmorphia, a pressing issue that affects many black women.

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Whoopi told Gabrielle “There’s something I love about you on the show and it got a lot of attention, you were talking about Instagram models.”
Gabrielle responded to a scene on the series: “In that scene, my niece is saying “I’m thick, I’m thick,” and I say no you’re unhealthy and you try and mess around and be an Instagram model and you’re gonna lose a foot to diabetes for not living healthy,” she said.

Gabrielle addresses, “Body Dysmorphia,” a disorder that involves belief that a person’s own appearance is unusually defective and worthy of being hidden or fixed. Gabrielle said it is unhealthy and drives women to try to
be perfect.
“And when you aspire to perfection or what you’re ideo of perfection is via social media or Instagram, it works your brain. I mean, talk about body dysmorphia…you can take it in a whole different direction. Just what I
experienced personally. I mean how many selfies do you have to take before you find the one that’s like,” and she stops and models and gives several different selfie poses. “You lose touch with reality.”
Rosie Perez also applauded Gabrielle for being brave for posting Instagram pics commando style — with no makeup.
Gabrielle said this season of Being Mary Jane will take on egg freezing and taking control of fertility, dealing with her niece having a second child with another baby daddy and juggling her love interests. She also says
Mary Jane “and her vagina are very busy.” Interesting- Cocoa Pop