This Morning star Alison Hammond has revealed the pain she feels after being trolled about her weight, claiming: “I know I am fat, but I don’t need messages to remind me.”
The 47-year-old, who shot to fame on Big Brother 3 in 2010, said she can’t understand why trolls feel the need to comment on her weight and that she is OK with “taking up a little bit of space” in the world.
Opening up during a chat with Lorraine Kelly on the What If? podcast, Hammond said she often gets comments on social media from trolls about her size.
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“Oh my gosh, like every day. Literally, I’m sure there’s a tweet or a message… I think I saw a message yesterday from someone, something along the lines of I need to lose 40 stone, I’m thinking I’m not even 40 stone!
“That would mean I’d be nothing. I’d be dead. Stupid woman. She said that, and I get it all the time, and I know I’m overweight, everyone can see I’m overweight, it’s not a surprise to know I’m overweight.”
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She went on to say she is aware of her weight and doesn’t need to be reminded on a daily basis.
“Why do people feel the need to tell me something that is so blatantly obvious and maybe think that I’ve probably told myself it a hundred times before anyway so I don’t’ really need anyone to tell me I’m overweight because I see myself every single day.
“It’s a describing word, isn’t it? You’re saying to me I’m fat. Thank you. OK. And where do we go from there?”
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Alison became upset about her size during a This Morning phone in last month, but she insists she is not ashamed of her appearance.
She continued on the podcast: “Sometimes I look at myself and go wow, I am a big girl!
“I kind of like taking up a little bit of space, I’m OK with it. I take a little bit more extra space in the world and I don’t think I’m hurting anyone.
“None of us are getting out of this. We’re all gonna die eventually, I might die a little bit sooner, but you know what, I’m gonna live my life to the fullest.
“And if I do die soon, I’m going to have a fantastic life.”
Alison has won a legion of fans co-hosting alongside Dermot O’Leary. on This Morning on Fridays.
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