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Kelly Osbourne in Controversial Ad that Claims Self-Tanner Made Her Skinny

by Mark Marino (Subscribe to Mark Marino's posts)
Posted Apr 27th 2010 at 12:00PM  
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Kelly Osbourne self-tanner

The controversial Ad. Photo: Splash News

Former wild child Kelly Osbourne has gotten burned for appearing in a self-tanner ad in the name of charity.

In a U.K. commercial for St. Tropez self-tanner, the superslim Osbourne says of the product, "I looked healthy, I looked, like, 10 pounds skinnier, and it started to make me look at my body in a different way. It made me look at what looked better rather than what I didn't like, and I kind of got addicted."

The campaign had been endorsed by The Prince's Trust -- a charity that helps disadvantaged youth and for whom Osbourne serves as an ambassador -- until public outrage forced the organization to remove its logo from the video.

"Telling impressionable young girls that having a spray tan and appearing on a reality TV show is the way to make yourself feel better is about as far off from my understanding of self-esteem as you can get," Abi Moore of British parents' group PinkStinks told the Daily Mail.

Osbourne, 25, says St. Tropez approached her when she competed on Dancing With the Stars last season. "'Everybody has to get a spray tan. I was really against it at first. It was against everything I believed in," she says in the video, which has since been removed from the St. Tropez Web site.

"Then I realized how ignorant I was being. They put a fluorescent pink and orange dress on me and I looked like Miss Piggy. But they said 'get a spray tan,' so I did and when I put the dress back on I could not believe the transformation."

In truth, the 5'2" Osbourne peeled off 42 pounds over the course of "DWTS," dropping from a size 14 to a size 2 by following a low-carb diet (think egg white omelets with turkey bacon, chopped salads, and turkey burgers) and doing 60-minute Pilates Bar sessions three times a week, she told Us Weekly in February.

This is the second time in recent months that Kelly has taken heat for her weight-loss statements. A British magazine lifted her Us Weekly interview and misquoted her as saying that "Being fat is worse than being a drug addict." An outraged Osbourne made it known that what she actually told Us was, "I took more hell for being fat than I did for being an absolute raging drug addict."

While Osbourne told Us, "I'm really proud to look in the mirror and not hate every single thing I see," StyleList thinks chances are slim that she'll be speaking out about her body again any time soon: "I've actually read in some magazines that I'm too skinny! You can never, ever, ever win."

In other scandalous celeb news, Megan Fox has gone bare in public.
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Christopher Hacke, 4-27-2010, 3:19PM

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Christopher Hacke

Her father was a drunk and druggie when we had him in concert several times during my career managing facilities. No wonder his daughter and dippy son are any more rational than he never was.

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Hugh Jassol, 4-28-2010, 7:31AM

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Hugh Jassol

Bert's link is a virus. DO NOT click on it.

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poot, 4-28-2010, 10:26AM

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poot

Good job of staying on topic... her father is also apparently much richer and happier than you are, too. Now, that being said, I need someone to point out where she said this stuff made her skinnier. She said "it made me LOOK slimmer." LOOK. Hello, are the British really that stupid? Yeah, we gotta look for any reason at all to whine and bitch, even if we have to make it up.

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C. Brown, 4-27-2010, 3:38PM

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C. Brown

The entire Osbourne family is spaced out.

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fathertimema, 4-27-2010, 3:52PM

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fathertimema

The people in the UK are so removed from the real world.
They need to grow up...

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Simzee, 4-27-2010, 3:55PM

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Simzee

Chris Hacke & C.Brown......Please remember that BOTH of you, as part of American Society, dictate how people behave. This goes for ALL countries in the world. If YOU & everyone else do not buy into these things, only then will these companies that their products are no longer needed. Only YOU can give out self esteem, not a tanning product. Have a nice day !!

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RYAN, 4-27-2010, 4:05PM

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All the ozbornes are successful,how cool is that?Mom,son,daughter and dad rolling.........can you say that about your family?DIDNT THINK SO.

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RYAN, 4-27-2010, 4:05PM

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All the ozbornes are successful,how cool is that?Mom,son,daughter and dad rolling.........can you say that about your family?DIDNT THINK SO.

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Chris, 4-27-2010, 4:07PM

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Why shouldn't young girls be told that they may be fat slobs....there are so many of them out there that maybe, just maybe, a swift kick in their oversized azzes will get them to do something about it.

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jeff, 4-27-2010, 4:11PM

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I have just done a full investigation..........by the look of the picture, it worked. Case solved onto the next. Genius!

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bob, 4-27-2010, 4:19PM

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bob

come on who cares she has no talent. the only talent tin the family is ozzy. we'd never heard the name kelly in any thing if ozzy was just another normal family guy.

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xxrosexofxsharyn, 4-27-2010, 4:35PM

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Well from experience I do have to agree that it does make certain colors more flattering on you. My problem wasn't wanting to look any thinner, I just didn't like being pale. I've gotten over that now because it just got too tedious putting the stuff on all the time, and as an adult I just tend to pay more attention to what's going in & on my body (all the unnecessary chemicals in so many beauty products). But it actually does seem to bring out whatever muscle tone/contours you have that's not as obvious when you're lighter skinned.

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Annette, 4-27-2010, 4:44PM

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Well said Linda........

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jessicagammett, 4-27-2010, 5:00PM

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OMG. So Kelly says that looking 10 lbs thinner made her want to get healthier and lose weight...and the Brits are ANGRY????? >>> See, now I don't know how the women gets her statement out of what Kelly said. People are ridiculous.

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madworld, 4-27-2010, 5:09PM

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How many times a day does the average person fart?

Anyone know?

Just curious.

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Saphsavr, 4-28-2010, 11:41AM

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Love the Osbournes!!! Good for you Kelly! Mom Osbourne...we love ya!!

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Lita, 4-27-2010, 5:11PM

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Lita

In response to this article, fathertimema says, "The people in the UK are so removed from the real world. They need to grow up..." Can he actually be that stupid? I guess that people who see Spencer and Heidi, then, can write us off for the same reason. This sounds an awful lot like the morons in Al-Quaida who want to destroy America for any number of reasons that occur in their otherwise empty heads. How sad.

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Gia, 4-27-2010, 5:22PM

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It's disgusting how people are treated just because they are larger than the norm. Even CC Deville from Poison said he was treated better when he was a Heroin addict than when he got off drugs and gained weight! Courtney Love said the same thing. People are rude and stupid when it comes to fat people. 2 friends I know who were crack heads both had parents that ragged on them for gaining weight instead of praising them for getting off drugs! What a backwards mentality that is! It's no wonder there are so many people with food issues! Everyone should just be happy with themselves and forget about what someone else looks like but because most people aren't happy with themselves they pick at others.

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jeff, 4-27-2010, 5:34PM

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Exactly, its always jealousy. They did I didn't and thats it.

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Tuula, 4-27-2010, 5:39PM

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The idiots posting here, any of you can find the UK on a world map...geoilliterate as the usa is, God save out gracious Queen, long live our noble Queen.

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