Lucy Mecklenburgh Hits Back At Baby Shower Trolls
By Cara Dudgeon
4 years ago
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'For me, it was more about making the statement that body-shaming a pregnant woman, or anyone, is unacceptable. If someone wasn't in the positive mental state that I am now, that could really affect them'.
'I'm lucky I've got Ryan supporting me but I did get upset. You feel more vulnerable when you're pregnant, so then to read comments like "you're fat", "you've got a fat face" or "you're huge" obviously hurts. It's modern-day bullying and something needs to be done. These comments should be monitored and taken down'.
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'He hates seeing me upset. I was really tired after the party and he gave me a big hug and said lovely things like, "You look beautiful, don't read what they say, no one has anything nice to say on these things"'.
She said: 'Brooke is one of my closest friends and I didn't know she had gone through that, so for her to write that was incredible. There is a fine line in that you don't want to give trolls a voice, but also you want to say something rather than ignore it. Enough is enough now'.
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