It was almost a public service announcement. On Sunday, comedian Matt Lucas tweeted, “Shout out to the lady who stopped me at football today to ask me why I’ve lost weight and to inform me I look a lot older. For the first time in my life, I think I’ve just been thin-shamed.”
It sounds pretty much impossible – to be made to feel bad for something which is largely the universally celebrated ideal. But thin-shaming is real – and not in a Meghan and Harry my truth type way. In a very real, ouch that hurts, totally upsetting way. I know, because I’ve experienced it.
The irony is that I’m not someone who is naturally super slim, or who has ever put effort and hard work into losing weight. The only times I’ve been ultra skinny in my life have been because when I’m miserable I simply cannot eat.
