JUST WEIGHT GAIN, NO PREGNANCY. . . Panashe Peters dismisses reports she is pregnant

Edwin Nhukarume

MODEL Panashe Peters, who tied the knot with Jah Prayzah’s manager Keen Mushapaidze, says she is not pregnant.

She has also slammed body shaming.

Panashe recently uploaded her talk show on YouTube, titled “Why I Gained Weight & How People Responded Keeping up with Pancho” after approximately five months off YouTube, as she was concentrating on her degree studies.

H-Metro followed Panashe’s show as she poured out her heart on why gaining weight shouldn’t mainly be associated with pregnancy.

“. . . there is a lot of stigma or bad talk generally about people gaining weight.

“No offence to anybody who said this to me before, I am not offended, and I hope you don’t get offended.

“But, I don’t know, men do it, women do it.

“You know people immediately associate weight gain with being pregnant, and there was a time when I was okay with that, and then there was a time I just didn’t like it anymore,” she said.

The Keeping up with Pancho show is a 20-minute podcast.

“I was like guys, is being pregnant the only thing that can make a person gain weight?

“Love can make you gain weight. 

“That’s what my husband said.

“There are so many reasons, people change, people evolve, people grow, people should experience their bodies according to their lifestyles.

“And, if I am having peace of mind, why should it be associated with a particular event like am I gaining weight because I am pregnant?” 

Panashe told her followers to be patient when it comes to them expecting her to have a baby.

She also said her weight gain, which she has proudly accepted on her talk, was as a result of the good life she was living.

“I know we really like to  see a baby Pancho but you are really hurting me guys when you say you have gained weight because you are pregnant..

“No, I have just gained weight, I am just enjoying life, I am just chopping money, I am just chopping life.

“Not that I am living the  softest of the soft lives but, honestly, I am really comfortable.

“I am really happy with the life I am living.

“So, that’s something else that has contributed to my weight gain,” said Panashe.

She had no kind words for those who practice body shaming.

“There are boys who say bad things about ladies who are big.

“I don’t get why people get away with body shaming.

“I don’t think it’s something that should be openly tolerated.

“We are in the 21st century and, yes, I am fat but what gives you the right to make fun of my fatness? 

“I am fat, I don’t prefer being called fat, I prefer being called thick, fat is very subjective.”