Mommy’s Weird

By Kyla Cornish

Many years ago, my friend’s little sister was watching The Rosie O’Donnell show and thought she was watching me on TV.

I was 21 at the time and mortified.

Instead my friend and I laughed about it.

Of course it was funny.

I was being compared to a fat woman on TV.

That is hilarious.

Isn’t it?

This wasn’t anything new for me. I was used to being called names of fat women who were on TV. Natalie from Facts of Life; Roseanne Barr from Roseanne; Oprah from well, Oprah; Jann Arden; and Rita MacNeil.

Still hilarious, right?

I was hurt that her six-year-old sister saw me as fat.

And to me fat meant you were a loud mouth.

Which I was.

Which I didn’t like.

Which I am okay with now.

Want to know why?

Because last night I was reminded of my shame of being compared to Rosie O’Donnell.

I was reminded because, by fluke, I watched Rebel Wilson star in her very own TV show called, Super Fun Night.

I know it shouldn’t be about the fat.

I know it should be about her talent.

But, for me it was about her fat.

I wondered to myself, “Would 20-year-old Kyla be embarrassed to be compared to Rebel Wilson?”

She might have been.

But, not me.

Thanks Rebel.

Thanks Rosie O’Donnell.

Thanks Oprah.

Thanks Rita MacNeil.

Thanks Roseanne.

Thanks Jann Arden.

Thanks Natalie, from Facts of Life.

Thanks for being on my TV.

– Kyla Cornish is a “retired” radio Dj adjusting to being a Momma of two children. Main problems? Lack of sex, sleep sanity and an addiction to saucy chicken wings. Kyla has been published in a series of funny blogger ebooks, “Life Well Blogged.” She has also been recognized as one of the Top 25 Funny Moms in Canada and US by Circle of Moms. Then she was kicked out of that contest for cheating. She also won a baking competition when she was 11 at a 4-H Rally. Find Kyla here: https://www.mommysweird.com and follow on twitter @mommyisweird

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