Hollyoaks star Jessica Fox has been praised for celebrating her real body with a swimsuit selfie a year after giving birth.
The actress – who welcomed son River last year – stripped down to a black one-piece with a deep plunge as she told fans that after plenty of time wasted “hating” her appearance, she was feeling “alright with it”. The star said all the “noise” around looking and living a certain way was “exhausting” and that although her figure wasn’t perfect, it was all hers.
Captioning the snap “Mum fit,” she told fans: “Trying on a swimming costume at 11pm with a full washing basket behind me.I think like most people I have a complicated relationship with my body. The amount of time I’ve spent hating it would add up to weeks rather than hours.”
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Jessica – who plays Nancy Hayton in the Channel 4 show – went on: “I feel there is so much noise around what we should look like, how we should be working out, what we should be eating, feeling, sleeping and honestly… it’s exhausting! The goal posts change but the pressure to be whatever this year’s version of perfect is the same.
(Image: jessicalafox / Instagram)
“BUT back to me. In this moment looking at myself I didn’t have hate, I was fairly ‘alright with it’.
“It’s not a perfect body but it’s mine. It grew a little human and I was lucky to be able to breastfeed. It’s now healthy and strong enough to play, to roll around, chase, cuddle and to carry and seeing as it’s almost my birthday – that’s something to celebrate.”
(Image: jessicalafox / Instagram)
Fans were blown away by Jessica’s post, with one of her followers exclaiming: “Yeah mumma! Xx” “If only more people posted honest posts like this,” said someone else.
Others said the actress, who turns 41 next week, looked “stunning” and “incredible” as she struck a pose in her swimming costume. “You look a big bit gorgeous to me!” said one.
(Image: @Jessica Fox/Instagram)
“Looking fab and if you think that’s a FULL washing basket you’re winning at this mum life,” another fan quipped. Somebody else agreed: “I wish that was what my full wash basket looked like.”
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