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Despite intense backlash, Nicole Arbour, the comedian behind the "Dear Fat People" video is doubling down on her comments._ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Sep 11, 2015 4:29 PM UTC Despite intense backlash, Nicole Arbour, the comedian behind the "Dear Fat People" video is doubling down on her comments. by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Sep 11, 2015 4:29 PM UTC Nicole Arbour—a comedian whose “Dear Fat People” YouTube video went viral after many people were offended by it—has lost the chance to work on a film project, the film’s director said. Director Pat Mills said Arbour was in discussions to choreograph dance movie _Don’t Talk to Irene,_ but when he saw the video, he decided he didn’t want to work with her. Arbour was never formally attached to the project, though she and Mills were in the process of drafting a contract, Mills told TIME. “We never officially fired her because we never hired her because she never signed the contract,” he said. But Arbour said Mills is using the controversy for his benefit. “I have never been formally attached to this project. We had spoken of it, and last I heard the team was doing a re-write. Pat Mills is using my YouTube story as a reason to get a low budget film that has not yet even started production press,” Arbour said in an email to TIME. Mills, on the other hand, said Arbour needs to take responsibility for her actions. “A lot of people think it’s okay to publicly shame fat people and we need to fight back and say this is just as offensive as homophobia and just as offensive as sexism,” he said. “If you say these things, you should lose a job.” Arbour previously[ told TIME](http://time.com/4028119/dear-fat-people-nicole-arbour/) that she would not apologize for what she considers satire. “I feel it’s really important that we make fun of everybody,” she told TIME earlier this week. “I think \[what\] brings us together and unites us as people is that we can poke fun at all of us.” Arbour’s [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFgNhyP4-A) has now been viewed more than 3 million times. ## Transcript [00:00] [ CROSSTALK ] [00:02] Comedienne and YouTuber, Nicole Arbour, caused an [00:05] uproar when she posted this video titled Dear Fat [00:08] People on YouTube. In the video Arbour criticizes [00:11] people who are overweight and those who say being [00:13] overweight is a disease I'm really upset about the [00:16] Nicole Arbour video. You are a bully. You are a mean [00:19] person and you're using your voice for negativity. The [00:22] main thing I have to say to this video is just, no. And [00:26] despite the intense backlash, Arbour is doubling down [00:29] on her comments. We're all trying to be politically [00:32] correct. So that we don't offend anyone. I don't care if [00:35] you're offended! Arbour also told Time, I feel it's really [00:39] important that we make fun of everybody. I think what [00:41] brings us together and unites us as people is that we [00:44] can poke fun at all of us. Arbour's original video, Dear [00:48] Fat People, was taken down for a short period of time, [00:51] along with her YouTube Account. 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