Why Is this Victoria's Secret Model Exercising at In-N-Out Burger?
Victoria’s Secret model Kelly Gale is catching some heat online for an Instagram video she posted of herself at In-N-Out Burger.
Gale, her Victoria’s Secret–worthy abs, and her friends were recently at an In-N-Out Burger, where they were very definitely not eating the fast food. “We’re at…In-N-Out? So I guess I’m having my pear,” Gale says, in her Instagram Story obtained by E! News.
If not indulging in an order of fries, what was the model doing there, you ask? Apparently, working out. In a later slide, Gale showed off her workout equipment—yes, while still at In-N-Out—and then fully begins exercising as restaurant patrons eat inside. “Who else works out at an In-N-Out?” she wrote in one caption. “Not gonna pretend that I eat here guys ’cause I don’t.”
Watch the full, baffling, video for yourself, below:
Naturally, this is causing quite a stir online, with many people accusing Gale of fat shaming people who eat at In-N-Out Burger.
Others, however, are coming to her defense.
But, honestly, I’m just confused more than anything. Why was Gale at this In-N-Out Burger to begin with? Is she doing an exercise tour of fast-food restaurants? Is Pilates at Pizza Hut next on her list? The concept of going to a restaurant, not eating the food, and then exercising at said restaurant is just baffling. You wouldn’t show up to an Applebee’s and play hide-and-go-seek! You’d eat their iconic quesadilla burger and revel in a decision well made.
The fat-shaming implications here do have some merit. It’s not unreasonable to think people would feel bad eating at a fast-food restaurant as a literal Victoria’s Secret model does lunges in the parking lot. Contrary to what some people may think, it’s entirely possible to live a healthy lifestyle and eat fast food every now and then. In fact, I encourage it! Life without french fries is no life worth living.
I do commend Gale for one thing: being up front about her diet as opposed to saying she eats pizza and cheeseburgers all the time. So many models do that in attempt to be “relatable,” and it just ends up making us feel crappy about ourselves. Achieving the body of a Victoria’s Secret Angel is damn near impossible. It requires very sad lifestyle choices—like, as Gale proves here, eating pears at In-N-Out Burger.
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