>>13610597Of course it's a problem you idiot. An important spokesperson or leader acting on behalf of an important department of life should ideally model, or at least approximate that department of life in their person. If they stand athwart it, this very naturally and reasonably causes people to distrust them, not to take them seriously.
I was once at a thing where a morbidly obese man was lecturing others on the virtue of self-control. It is impossible to take certain statements seriously when they are said by people of certain body types.