“I know people can be unkind because for a long time, I carried shame about my one foot. I hid it. I questioned it. I let it make me feel smaller than I was. But now, I choose gratitude instead. I am thankful for this foot, for all five of its funny little toes. They are mine. They belong to my body and my story.
– Sheryl Lee Ralph on X
This foot has carried me through miles of living, loving, enduring, and becoming. It has stood firm when I was unsure. It has moved me forward when standing still would have been easier. There is nothing to be ashamed of in what has held me up.
I honor it. I honor myself. And I walk on, lighter, knowing that what is true about me has always been worthy of being seen.”
– Sheryl Lee Ralph addresses the haters who criticized the appearance of her foot after she appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show this week, in an X post. The Emmy Award winner let the world know that she is done hiding her foot and feeling shameful about it, because she says that foot has carried her through every day and every accomplishment. We can learn a lot from the Abbott Elementary star’s outlook. If an accomplished and acclaimed celebrity, who is always under a microscope or a keen-eyed viewer, can accept her body from head to toe, then there’s no reason the rest of us can’t.
