I know I am fat, but I don’t need to get messages reminding me of it everyday, I can see myself, says Alison Hammond
ALISON Hammond has revealed how painful it is to be trolled about her weight on a daily basis - but insists she is 'proud to be a big girl'.
The 46-year-old has won a legion of fans since she first appeared on our screens on Big Brother 3 in 2002.
Now, she brings plenty of fun and laughter to Fridays on This Morning, which she co-hosts alongside Dermot O'Leary.
Throughout her career, Alison has always been open about her weight but has still been required to build a thick skin against the comments she gets about her size on a daily basis.
Speaking on Lorraine Kelly and daughter Rosie's What If? podcast, she said: "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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"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?"
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!
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"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 fantastic life."
What If? with Lorraine & Rosie is available on Apple podcasts.
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