Gabourey Sidibe on the Cover of Nylon Magazine

Academy Award nominee & Empire star Gabourey Sidibe is looking gorgeous as ever on the cover of Nylon Magazine's April edition! 

Inside the magazine she discusses bullying, both from strangers via Instagram, as well as being body-shamed by her own family. She also touches on her dramatic weight loss, and her new memoir “This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare,” which is set for release May 2017.

In addition to sharing her decision to have bariatric surgery after she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, Gabby, who plays Becky on FOX's Empire, speaks openly in the article about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her own father revealing that he would often beat her and call her "fatso".

Gabby says in the piece that does not want to be seen as a victim for her abuse, bullying, or recent diagnosis.
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As a plus size icon and role model she has a message that should be shouted from the rooftops:  “You don’t get to talk about my body if you like it or not; it’s my body.”

Read the entire article in Nylon here.