Lorraine Kelly's fiery four-word response to 'ridiculous' Bridgerton 'mixed-weight' article

Lorraine Kelly has slammed a 'ridiculous' opinion article that referred to Bridgerton's Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton as a 'mixed-weight romance'.

The recent Forbes article suggested that the world is 'still not ready' to accept two individuals of differing body types being seen dating on their TV screens. Writer Virgie Tovar - a 'leading expert on weight bias' - took aim at Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton's on-screen personas focusing on their differing body types as opposed to their captivating performance.

Tovar wrote that Penelope and Colin's relationship 'defied romance plotline convention', because Nicola is 'larger' than Luke. While the whole article sparked criticism it appeared to be the use of the term 'mixed-weight romance' that prompted the biggest backlash from readers.

Talking about the article on Wednesday's Lorraine, the Scottish host fumed: "Bridgerton is back in the headlines this morning after an article in Forbes magazine described Colin and Penelope's romance, get this, as a 'mixed-weight' relationship. Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous? Suggesting that the world is still not ready to see people of different body types dating on screen" this prompted Lorraine to add in a fiery four-word response: "Are you kidding me?"

Lorraine continued: "It's caused outrage online and I'm not surprised, it's just two lovely people who have fallen in love and eventually they were happy... no spoilers!" It comes as outraged fans of Shonda Rhimes' hit series have also express their opinions, taking to X to slam the article. One scathing user posted: "'Mixed weight relationships' is so so so funny like bro have you ever been outside?"

A second wrote: "'Mixed-weight relationships', I hate it here." Meanwhile, other fans of Bridgerton questioned why the 'mixed-weight' has only become an issue when it is a woman larger than a man, pointing out that there has never been an article written about the larger men dating smaller women in movies and on TV.

One ranted: "I find it interesting how there are countless fictional couples in film and television where the man weighs more than the woman but people didn’t start writing articles about whatever the f*** a 'mixed-weight romance' is until it was the other way around." Another said: "Aside from how ridiculous this whole headline is let’s just remember that 'mixed weight relationships' have been very common on TV with one significant difference than the one noted here like it’s literally a sitcom trope."

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