It’s never been an issue for me - I don’t want to go on a diet, I don’t want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain’t got time for this, just be happy and don’t be stupid. If I’ve got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I’m not worried.

In this remark, Adele rejects the pressure—common in celebrity culture and especially for women—to pursue restrictive dieting or perform “discipline” for public approval. The Caesar-salad image functions as a shorthand for joyless, externally imposed self-denial. She frames body confidence as practical and relational rather than aspirational: if she is content and her partner accepts her, she refuses to treat her body as a problem to be solved. The closing admonition (“be happy and don’t be stupid”) reads as a blunt critique of self-punishing behavior driven by insecurity or social expectations, emphasizing self-acceptance over conformity.