Adele Covers People Magazine: I’ve Never Wanted To Look Like Models

February 8, 2012 by Hollywoodite

People Magazine has slapped Adele on this week’s cover, tangentially, ahead of the Grammys. Oh, the Grammys. They’re happening this weekend, ahead of the Oscars and the rest of the concurrent awards that occur in February.

Well, she’s got another cover. Which feels… random. Nice, but random. Adele’s belatedly shedding a little light on her health scare; during which Twitter and the tabloids spread that she had throat cancer and during which her concert cancellations became memes for flaking on something.

There’s also something in there about her weight. Which is tacked-on and tacky but, to be fair, is included to address Karl Lagerfeld calling her fat recently. Adele’s already aware of her weight and she eve made her own fat jokes in British Vogue when she covered in October 2011.

With the Grammys right around the corner, everyone is talking about Adele. The singer’s eagerly awaited return to the stage on Feb. 12 will mark her first public performance since vocal cord surgery in November. The British pop star, 23, is also a favorite to sweep the six categories for which she is nominated, including album of the year for 21.

But in this week’s cover story, People goes inside Adele’s private world; chronicling how she triumphed over the heartbreak that inspired her emotional songs, a broken home and almost losing her voice.

“She got to where she is through sheer hard work,” says Arthur Boulton, her teacher at London’s BRIT School.
She also succeeded by being true to herself. While Karl Lagerfeld recently called the singer “a little too fat,” Adele has always embraced her curves, and seems determined not to bend to body bullies.

“I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines,” she says. “I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.” – via People Magazine.

Here’s the cover, with the headline: “Inside Her Private World: Adele’s Triumph… Health Crisis & Comeback, How Grammy’s golden girl survived a broken home and a broken heart and nearly lost her voice on the way to becoming a superstar.”

IMAGE CREDIT – PEOPLE MAGAZINE