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David Foster Faces Backlash for Calling Wife Katharine McPhee 'Fat' During 'American Idol' in Resurfaced Video

David Foster is getting backlash for a resurfaced video in which he called Katharine McPhee 'fat.'

"You may not know that we met 17, almost 18 years ago, when I was a little chubby and cheerful contestant on American Idol," McPhee told the crowd of her 2005 run on the singing competition series, during which she finished as the runner-up to Taylor Hicks. In comments on the resurfaced video, social media users noted it was a "really tough watch," with one calling the clip "brutal" and another saying it was "ridiculous." And we wonder why society is so screwed up," one comment read, with another social media user writing, "Omg wow can't believe he said that out loud!"

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