The music video for Taylor Swift’s song Anti-Hero has been edited after the singer was accused of encouraging “fatphobia.” A scene from the video showed the word “fat” in one scene, which has now been altered.
The original version showed Taylor – who also wrote and directed the video – stepping onto a bathroom scale whose dial spins to reveal the word. In the updated version on YouTube and Apple Music, Swift is seen receiving a disapproving look and a shake of the head from a doppelganger standing with her.
The change comes after some fans and public figures suggested the scene encouraged “fatphobia”. Teen Vogue writer Catherine Mhloyi described the clip as “lazy” before adding: “In having the word ‘fat’ appear on the scale, she made a choice to explicitly name her demon, the fear of being called fat, which is fatphobia in its most literal sense.”
