OHMYGOSSIP — Julia Bradbury has vowed to promote body positivity after she was brutally skinny-shamed by trolls.
The 50-year-old presenter was attacked online after she shared a bikini picture on Instagram, but she has now promised to continue encouraging a positive body image for women over 50.
She told The Sun newspaper: “One of the comments said, ‘She looks like she’s come out of a chemotherapy session’. That was the thing that surprised me – the vitriol. They asked, ‘Have you had chemotherapy?’ Absolutely not. I do not have cancer.
“Initially it just makes you feel very sad. Then online, very quickly, that skinny shaming became just nastiness which rolls into lots of very personal comments which have nothing to do with the original post.
“But positive body image for women over 50 is so important, so I will carry on doing what I’m doing. I’m not going to stop for the haters.”
Instead of responding to the cruel trolls, the ‘Countryfile’ presenter simply addressed her diet and fitness routine to stop the bullies from contributing to eating disorders.
She explained: “When I started getting the nasty messages I didn’t respond, because what I’d rather do is post more information about my diet and my exercise regime.
“Skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming. You’d never walk into a room and say to someone, ‘Oh, you’re fat’ and I’d hope you’d never think it’s OK to say, ‘Oh, you’re skinny’. Both are very negative comments that could make people want to alter how they look. And kids are really struggling with their body image.”
What’s more, Julia thinks the comments also contribute to ageism and sexism as she believes no one would make such comments about a man’s body.
She added: “It’s an ageist and sexist thing — when do you see comments like that about an older man on the beach if they’re thin? Someone like Pierce Brosnan, they say ‘Look how great he looks’ and then they pick on his wife because she’s overweight.
“Another comment I read following the picture being posted was, ‘You have to make a decision when you’re an older woman between your face and your body.’ So what does that mean? You stop exercising and have a plumper face so that makes you look better?”

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