Furious fans call out influencer Remi Bader for ‘lying’ after weight loss bombshell

Plus-size influencer Remi Bader is currently under fire after she recently admitted to undergoing weight-loss surgery in 2023.

The model, 30, made the shock revelation on the latest episode of Khloé Kardashian’s Khloé in Wonder Land podcast, which was released Wednesday.

Bader revealed she lost ‘more than 140 pounds in less than a year’ after getting ‘80% of [her] stomach removed’ after getting a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy, which is a type of bariatric surgery.  

The confession comes after months of speculation that Bader had either gone under the knife or went back on weight-loss drugs to achieve her current slim body.

Bader seemingly steered clear of addressing the rumors until her sit-down interview with Kardashian, 40, where she detailed her ‘health journey’ for the first time.

Now, fans are accusing her of ‘lying’ and perpetuating ‘unrealistic beauty standards’ by seemingly hiding her weight-loss surgery for two years.

Many are also alleging that Bader frequently ‘blocked’ fans who publicly questioned her on the matter before Wednesday’s big reveal.

Plus-size influencer Remi Bader is currently under fire after she recently admitted to undergoing weight-loss surgery in 2023; seen left in February 2025 and right in September 2023

‘She blocked SO many people who asked this in her comments for months,’ one Bader follower claimed on X (formerly Twitter).

Another chimed in: ‘[Bader] has consistently been saying she didn’t get surgery to assist with her weight loss.’

Some felt that Bader had tried to make it appear as though her weight-loss was ‘all natural’ by posting frequent workout videos and other diet-related content to her Instagram and TikTok. 

‘The part that made people mad is she tried to make it look like she worked out and ate right and then blocked anyone who called her out about it,’ another X user tweeted out.

Several social media users also claimed that Bader had previously slammed fans who tried to inquire about her ‘weight-loss routine.’

The discussion over Bader’s surgery admission really heated up on Reddit, with several users slamming her for ‘gaslighting’ her impressionable female audience.

While many demanded Bader be ‘canceled,’ others felt the star was entitled to her medical privacy as they passionately declared she ‘owes nothing’ to her millions of followers.

Several accused people of ‘harassing’ Bader about her weight-loss for ‘over a year.’

‘No way grown adults are mad at someone for using a weight-loss procedure that exists… woahhhhhhhhh..’ one fan remarked on X after another expressed their disbelief over the backlash towards Bader.

During her chat with Kardashian, Bader said she ‘knew’ that her losing ‘a very significant amount of weight’ was going to be ‘something [she] should talk about’ in the future.

The model, 30, made the shock revelation on the latest episode of Khloé Kardashian’s Khloé in Wonder Land podcast, which was released Wednesday

Bader revealed she lost ‘more than 140 pounds in less than a year’ after getting ‘80% of [her] stomach removed’ after getting a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy, which is a type of bariatric surgery

But she said she wanted to do it on her own terms and not how people ‘online’ wanted her to address it.  

She said that seeing so much negativity around her weight-loss made her ‘want to tell my story less.’

Bader only feels ‘guilty’ not being upfront with those who’ve messaged her about being ‘desperate’ to lose weight.

While she acknowledges that keeping her journey private led to her ‘losing that connection’ with her fans, it was something she ‘needed to do for [herself].’

‘I needed to give myself the whole past year to heal and figure out what even just happened [to her body] because I feel like people just want an answer from me and that’s not what I’m giving,’ she explained to Kardashian.

She said that the high influx of comments from fans accusing her of ‘lying’ had been ‘eating [her] alive’ from sometime and that she was finally ready to share her truth.

Her ‘health journey’ kicked off in September 2023 after her ‘morbid obesity’ started causing her ‘pain’ and began threatening her fertility.

‘A doctor told me I was becoming infertile at 28,’ she revealed. 

After her failed Ozempic and Mounjaro attempts, Bader began to consider bariatric surgery.

She was linked to a surgeon who, due to her health issues, suggested she get a single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S), which a newer and ‘very effective’ form of bariatric surgery.

The confession comes after months of speculation that Bader had either gone under the knife or went back on weight-loss drugs to achieve her current slim body; Bader seen February 17

 Now, fans are accusing her of ‘lying’ and perpetuating ‘unrealistic beauty standards’ by seemingly hiding her weight-loss surgery for two years; Bader seen March 21

Bader decided to undergo the ‘new’ procedure but the recovery process ended up being ‘the worst thing of [her] life.’

‘I had a rare situation. I just reacted differently [to the procedure]. That’s the point. This is my journey [and] everyone reacts differently to everything,’ she explained.

While her surgeon had told her she’d be out of hospital ‘in a day,’ she ended up being unable to leave because she was ‘so sick.’

She said she experienced ‘hell’ for six weeks as she battled vomiting and pain, which her surgeon told her ‘wasn’t normal.’

Bader said she feared she’d ‘ruined [her] body’ by undergoing the elective procedure.

Bader further elaborated on her dramatic weight-loss transformation in a new interview with Self.

She told the magazine that dropping 140 pounds so quickly was ‘confusing’ for her.

‘I never thought it would be this quick. I never wanted to be this size,’ she confessed of her new, slimmer figure.

Some felt that Bader had tried to make it appear as though her weight-loss was ‘all natural’ by posting frequent workout videos and other diet-related content to her Instagram and TikTok

She told Self this week that dropping 140 pounds so quickly was ‘confusing’ for her

‘I never thought it would be this quick. I never wanted to be this size,’ she confessed of her new, slimmer figure; the star seen in May 2023

Bader also revealed that she spiraled into a ‘deep depression’ during her painful recovery from bariatric surgery.

Before deciding to go the surgery route, Bader previously disclosed that her doctor put her on Ozempic in 2022 but the semaglutide only made her binge-eating disorder worse.

Bader told the Not Skinny Not Fat podcast that when she quit the type 2 diabetes drug three months later: ‘I gained double the weight back.’

She was so overwhelmed with her binge eating that she sought ‘serious outpatient treatment at a facility.’

Bader rose to fame during the COVID-19 pandemic as a plus-side influencer and model who made videos about ‘body positivity.’

She currently boasts 2.3million followers on TikTok and 821,000 followers on Instagram.

She’s partnered with major brands like Victoria’s Secret, lululemon and Swarovski.

Bader recently got to attend the 2025 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.