Elle Editor On Gabby Cover: "People Want To Make Something Out Of Nothing"
LatestRobbie Myers, editor-in-chief of Elle, claims that Gabourey Sidibe’s skin was “absolutely not” changed.
Myers told E!:
“It’s not a controversy. What’s so sad about it is that people have not looked at anything else but this. There’s an incredible portfolio inside that Joe [Zee] and Carter [Smith] shot . They havent looked at it. People want to make something out of nothing. It’s sad the legitimate news media picks up on this. It sort of boils down to this. At a photo shoot, in a studio, that is a fashion shoot, that’s glamorous, the lighting is different. The photography is different than a red carpet shot from a paparazzi.
We absolutely did not lighten her skin. Retouching is when we take a piece of hair and move it out of her eye, so you can’t compare a picture on a press line from what you do in a studio, where your job is to make them look beautiful. This is their controversy. We’ve seen these things before. I am sad that no one has cracked the magazine and looked at it. We gave her a cover, and she loved it.”
Just as a reminder: This is the same woman who said “average woman are not inspired by women who look like them.”
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Elle Magazine’s Editor In Chief Talks About Their Gabourey Sidibe Cover [The Life Files]
Earlier: Elle Editor: “Average Women Are Not Inspired By Women Who Look Like Them”
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