Remi Bader is a fashion and self-esteem influencer. She was made to feel highly uneasy about her weight on a trip to a ranch to ride horses. The ranch allegedly told her she was too big and asked her to leave. She quickly resorted to social media to bring this to the notice of her followers. She wants to raise awareness about the weight stigma that curvaceous people face.
Remi and a group of TikTok influencers decided to spend the day horseback riding. Remi, on the other hand, was advised to leave because she was too heavy to ride the horses. Remi was enraged by the weight stigma since it opposed her principles of body confidence.
Remi’s Tiktok account has over 2 million followers. There, she provides truthful reviews of clothes she buys online and battles societal weight stigmas. Her video about the ranch rejecting her has received over 1.8 million views. The video features a text overlay that says, “Shoutout to Deep Hollow Ranch near Montauk for forcing me to leave because I weigh more than 240.”
However, another video of the incident was shared on TikTok. This time, it was a Deep Hollow Ranch employee who goes by the TikTok handle: @Broudy. Keogh. “When you’re not a fat bum, you can ride at Deep Hollow Ranch,” the caption of the weight stigma video stated. It was later removed.
Deep Hollow Ranch was apparently stunned to learn about the TikTok video posted by a teenage employee. They apologized publically on their Facebook page for the weight stigmatization of Remi. They swear the young employee did not speak on their behalf since they do not tolerate such behavior.
“It has come to our attention that a TikTok video was released referencing the ranch and a teenage employee made a comment that in no way represents or is aligned with the views that the ranch’s owners hold,” the Facebook post stated. We regret to anyone who was upset by this, and we do not condone or agree with any portion of that employee’s video.”
There was a lot of criticism in the comments section over the ranch’s weight stigma. Many individuals questioned the sincerity of Deep Hollow’s apologies. Then, one person confessed that the employee who made the derogatory film about Remi was their son. “The employee was Broudy Keogh, the son of Deep Hollow Ranch owners Patrick and Cate Keogh,” Rebecca Jones writes. “This is appalling in an industry that is already struggling to recruit new consumers and maintain the equestrian sector affordable.”
Remi was turned down by the horse ranch because of his weight. Understanding what the experts have to say about the subject might be a smart idea. So, what is the most weight that a horse can carry on its back? Horses can carry up to 20% of their body weight, according to the University of Minnesota Extention. As a result, a smaller horse would have to carry a smaller human.
These findings were from a study conducted by an Ohio University in 2008. The researchers had the horse test participants carry loads ranging from 15% of their body weight to 20%, 25%, and 35%. In summary, they chose a light-riding horse capable of carrying 20% of its body weight. Ideally, this will allow ranchers to work past societal weight stigmas in the future.
