....hmmmm, just to play devil's advocate here..
..I can kind of see some of the points that hot2go is making...(although I don't think that being offensive/abusive etc about weight or anything at all physical in a housemate is ever necessary for any reason..)...but in the house, what has often been seen is 'lazy', Gemma DOESN'T DO TASKS, she'll get out of bed when she wants to, thank you very much, she likes people to do things for her...so what we see is a 'lazy person' and an avoiding person to do anything/or as little as possible and as she can get way with....it's not really comparable to things like 'if it was a gay person' like someone said because sexuality isn't a choice..(although obviously it would also when describing a character, to comment about their sexuality also...like you gay whatever, or you fat whatever..)....but with things like obesity/being overweight..we're often told by medical people that there is no reason why someone should be greatly overweight, other than over-eating and lack of exercise...(I personally don't think it's that simple and think there are often deep insecurities and self esteem/self worth issues as well....)....but constantly medical people themselves are saying...'it's that simple/over eating/lack of exercise'...so they're reinforcing all of the time and through media as well that 'overweight=lazy'..and then when displays of 'lazy' are seen from a housemate..and what is seen is a visual fitting a personality.../hmmmm well.....