"I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym"
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The line about thin girls is the most provocative, and she delivers it with the bluntness of someone who knows exactly what the culture rewards. On the surface, it’s a romantic preference; underneath, it’s a rebuke to the default male gaze that treats thinness like a universal currency. “Be happy and healthy” functions as a values swap: she’s replacing aesthetic compliance with well-being, a move that reads less like body-positivity branding and more like defiance.
Context matters: Adele arrived in an era when pop stardom often came packaged with a narrow body template, hyper-managed by stylists, trainers, and tabloids. By saying she’s “never had a problem” with her looks, she’s not claiming immunity from scrutiny; she’s claiming jurisdiction. It’s a boundary dressed up as casual honesty.
The lunch-over-gym closer seals the persona: friendship, pleasure, and ordinary life as status symbols. She’s selling an alternative aspiration, not self-denial but self-authorization, and that’s why it lands.
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| Topic | Self-Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Adele. (2026, January 18). I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-looking-nice-but-i-always-put-comfort-over-22203/
Chicago Style
Adele. "I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-looking-nice-but-i-always-put-comfort-over-22203/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-looking-nice-but-i-always-put-comfort-over-22203/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.






