Katharine McPhee has defended husband David Foster after he was criticized for complimenting her post-pregnancy figure in a recent Instagram post.
The record producer, 72, suffered backlash after sharing an image of McPhee, who welcomed the couple’s first child 10-months ago, modeling a skimpy black bikini in a backyard setting with the accompanying caption: ‘What baby?’
Responding to the negative response, the former American Idol contestant, 37, shared a photo of herself in a one-piece red swimsuit while referring to her own body image issues.
The latest: Katharine McPhee, 37, took to social media Wednesday defending her husband David Foster, 72, after he caught flak for posting a photo of her in a bikini, complimenting her figure 10 months after she gave birth to their son
‘I’m sorry but we are not sorry,’ she captioned the post. ‘And for all of you who can’t deal with it maybe this helps. I’ve struggled with weight my whole 20s and 30. I’ve gone up and down 10 times over.
‘Does that make you feel better? There is nothing wrong with that – most people do.’
The Los Angeles native admitted she ‘lost this baby weight without dieting,’ adding that she believes ‘diets are the worst and [she’s] had zero pressure from anyone’ to lose weight.
McPhee said she’s ‘found a great workout’ and let her ‘body do its thing’ to lose the baby weight, and was not worried if she put weight back on in the future.
What baby? Some responses to the image were critical, saying that Foster, 72, did not send a body positive message with the social media post, which he captioned, “what baby!”
‘Guess what?’ she said. ‘I’ll probably gain weight again at some point too. Who cares?’
McPhee said that ‘people freaking out about what my husband captioned’ should ‘seriously get a life’ and ‘stop being so offended by what people post who have zero impact on your life and move on.
‘Maybe you should have more of an attitude of like, let’s say… “oh that’s nice he thinks his wife is hot.” I cannot with this overly sensitive society right now.’
Negative comments to the original post included one which read: ‘”Uncomfortable antiquated compliments” on aisle 1.’
While a second added: ‘Yeah, let’s perpetuate the unhealthy narrative that women need to be back to or smaller than their pre-pregnancy size postpartum.’
Katharine and David welcomed their child Rennie on February 22, 2021.
She is their first child as a couple, with David already a parent to five daughters – Allison, 50, Amy, 47, Sara, 40, Erin, 38, and Jordan, 34 – from previous relationships.
Comeback: McPhee said that ‘people freaking out about what my husband captioned’ should ‘seriously get a life.’ The couple was pictured last month in LA
In May McPhee said she has found breastfeeding her son ‘easy’ so far.
The actress has said she’s been ‘really lucky’ when it comes to getting Rennie to feed, because she knows breastfeeding can be ‘really hard’ for some women.
Speaking to the ‘PEOPLE Every Day’ podcast, she said: ‘There’s so many different types of experiences that women have. [For] some women, it’s really, really hard for them in the beginning, and then it gets easier. And for me, it’s not been that. I’ve just been really lucky. Breastfeeding has been easy for me.’
Katharine said she’s keen to speak about her positive experiences because she believes some women are ‘terrified to have a kid’ because of the horror stories they’ve heard from others.
Baby joy: Their little baby was called an ‘elf’ over Christmas while in this red onesie
Body positive: This is not the first time she has showed off her lean shape. The actress has been seen several times in lingerie on her Instagram account as she has become a spokesperson for the brand MINDD
She is proud of her incredible shape: The star has been working out at home during lockdown
She added: ‘I like to tell my side of the story because you hear sometimes from some, so many women have bad experiences and then women are terrified to have a kid. And I’ve just had a really nice experience.
But every baby is different … This baby is just super chill, has no tummy problems.’
The ‘Scorpion’ star also admitted that whilst her son has made her more tired than usual, her sleepless nights have been nothing compared to the exhaustion she feels after a day on a film set.
She explained: ‘I’m not going to say that I haven’t been tired! But I was also tired shooting on my show, ‘Scorpion’ on CBS, for four years.
Nothing made me more tired than that show. That show was so much work, the hours were really insane … That show prepared me for anything. It was just crazy!’
They love working together: David and Katharine appeared together on The Masked Singer earlier this month
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