Gabourey faces weight loss pressures

Like I always say�"aint nothing wrong with a little baby phat".  The keyword is "Little".

Gabourey Sidibe wants to lose weight, her mother Alice Tan Ridley has revealed.

Alice said: "The truth is Gabourey would like to lose some weight but the reality is that she would not have gotten the role of Precious if she had not been heavy.

"As her mum I would like to see my daughter healthy but if she didn’t lose weight that’s not a problem either – it runs in our family.  We have relatives that are 80 who are too heavy so it works in different ways for different folks."

Regardless of whether Gabourey loses weight or not, her mother believes she will go on to have a long acting career.  She added: "I’m proud of my daughter no matter what and the truth is that there are all kinds of acting roles for all sorts of people -  but she’s going to try."