Bridget Jones is NOT fat, says Generation Z: Younger TV watchers are stunned that anyone ever thought the neurotic singleton played by Renee Zellweger was ever considered overweight

She was the unfortunate heroine who was constantly told she was overweight, despite being no bigger than a size 12.

Bridget Jones, the fictional character who documented her singleton life in her diaries, was either put down or criticized for her supposed curves.

But now, as the three films about her are shown as part of the festive television programme, Generation Z is watching – and they are furious at how Bridget – played by American actress Renee Zellweger – has been portrayed, as she is not. actually overweight.

The trilogy of films, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones's Baby are littered with jokes about her figure, echoing the 1990s trend of seeing skinny as fashionable, but which, they say , is unfair.

In one line from the script, Bridget's on/off boyfriend Daniel Cleaver's new girlfriend says of her, “I thought you said she was skinny” during a scene in his bathroom.

But now, as the three films about her are shown as part of the festive television programme, Generation Z is watching – and they are furious at how Bridget – who was played by American actress Renee Zellweger (pictured as Bridget) – has been portrayed. , since she's not really overweight

In another scene from the first film, from 2001, her friend asks her, “Just the way you are?” Not thinner? Not smarter?' when she tells her that her lawyer boyfriend Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth (portrayed as Mark), said he likes her just the way she is

In another scene from the first film, from 2001, her friend asks her, “Just the way you are?” Not thinner? Not smarter?' when she tells her that her lawyer boyfriend Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth, said he likes her just the way she is.

And in the third film from the relatively recent 2016, a friend of Bridget's mother Pamela congratulates her on her surprise pregnancy and says: 'Great, we thought you had gotten fat again.'

While Bridget, created by writer Helen Fielding in the late 1990s, was constantly told by others that she was fat, she was also self-deprecating about her size. She also kept a log of her weight in her famous diary.

After hearing Mark Darcy insult her to his mother in the second film, she says of herself, “And that was it.” Right there. Right there, that was the moment.

'I suddenly realized that unless something changed soon, I was going to live a life in which my main relationship was a bottle of wine and that I would end up dying fat and alone and three weeks later being eaten by the Alsatians, or I was about to die. turn into Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.”

Although Bridget, created by writer Helen Fielding in the late 1990s, was constantly told by others that she was fat, she was also self-deprecating about her size. She also kept a log of her weight in her famous diary

Pictured is Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones in the 2011 film

And in her last line in the film, Bridget says of herself, “So as you can see, I've finally found my happy ending. And I truly believe that happiness is possible. Even if you're 33 and have a butt the size of two bowling balls.'

One millennial wrote on social media: '90s diet culture made us think Bridget was fat,' while another wrote: 'Toxicity made us think Bridget Jones was fat.

“When she was completely average. No wonder people in their forties are obsessed with their weight.'

Another post with a photo of Bridget attending a party dressed in a bunny costume says: 'And the fact that we were all brainwashed into thinking Bridget was fat.'