The 34-year-old actress says although the people are only trying to be nice, she feels "worse" as she is a public figure, reported Femalefirst.
"You don't need to congratulate me on it. You don't congratulate me every time I blow my nose. I needed to. It's my body. Mind your own body... It's even worse when you're recognisable like me," Sidibe tells ABC News' Robin Roberts.
The "Empire" star adds there is a misogynistic angle to the discussion when the society is tougher to women than their male counterparts.
"No one's ever going to accuse them while they were, you know, on a show promoting their film, that they're actually promoting an unhealthy diet," she says.
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