 When released, the video garnered controversy due to its post-work, which was edited and elongated in order to make Abdul appear thinner and taller than she actually was.For this, Abdul was criticized and ridiculed in the media and the video would end up becoming parodied.Most notoriously, on the sketch show "In Living Color", where a music video was shot for the show titled "Promise of a Thin Me" with Kelly Coffield as Abdul.