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Resurfaced video of David Foster calling wife Katharine McPhee ‘fat’ sparks outrage

The pair first met on ‘American Idol’ in 2006 before getting engaged 12 years later

With the microphone in hand, as her husband was sitting at the piano, McPhee acknowledged that they were first introduced nearly 18 years ago when she was a contestant on American Idol and Foster was her mentor. The resurfaced video has since sparked controversy on social media, with one person on TikTok in January saying that Foster’s remark about his wife’s appearance was “hard to watch.” The TikTok user, who goes by the username @jordycray, also claimed that Foster’s comment was especially inappropriate because, after American Idol, McPhee spoke out about her struggles with an eating disorder.

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