I missed the whole thing when Alexa Chung became famous/infamous or whatever you want to call it. In fact, without research I wasn't entirely sure why she was a recognisable name. I don't want to say a 'celeb' because you tend not see pictures of Alexa falling out of a nightclub half dressed, drunk & covered in puke and that's how I usually see these modern day 'celebs'.
In the interest of research, I've trawled the internet to see if I can find any major scandals surrounding Ms Chung. However, our Alexa appears to be clean cut and intelligent with no major vices. That in itself is a totally crazy thing these days, surely everyone has some skeletons in their cupboard?
So, why is Alexa my chosen subject today?
Well, I saw the proverbial who-ha in the Daily Mail and.......god forbid.... They are passing comment that people have passed comment on a photo that Alexa posted on
Instagram.
So, in turn, I feel that I must pass comment. Not on whether or not Alexa looks anorexic or unwell, nor will I pass comment on whether or not I think she is bad role model for young people.
I'm only going to pass comment on the people who have passed comment.
We are all human beings and therefore all have thoughts and feelings, can feel and express joy and happiness. Yeah? Agreed?
So, someone shares with people a photo of themselves with their mum and the majority of comments they get in return is about their weight.
Do the people who cared enough to follow Alexa on twitter not care enough to consider her feelings when they tell her that she looks too thin or how awful a person she is by promoting anorexia?
I don't know Alexa or her family, but I do know that if people made comments about me every time I stepped out of the door I'd be even more of a crackpot than I am already.
The pressure to simply 'be' must be immense. Imagine that you can't even go out of the house to get a packet of crisps & bog roll without someone trying to take your picture. You can't just show up at the movies for fear of some random wanting their picture taken with you and you have the same trousers on last week? Even worse, something awful has happened to a family member and you're dashing about in a moment of crisis and your hair isn't washed?
I'm a no one and I feel loads of pressure to be perfect in my own little world, I wouldn't be able to handle as much criticism as Ms Chung, so maybe all these haters and critics are lucky it's Alexa out there and not me. My chipped and different coloured nail varnish would have the fashionistas thinking I was making a statement, when really I'm saying I can't be arsed doing my nails today.
Leave Alexa alone, she is human after all. 
