If you’re in the public eye, having a social media presence is one of those things that are unpleasant but which you cannot really avoid in 2026, like filling in a tax return or dealing with the food waste.
And if it’s even more unpleasant if you’re female and not lucky enough to be endowed with a size 10 figure. The experience of CMAT after her appearance at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Sunderland last week was sadly not unusual – the Irish singer-songwriter copped a load of online abuse, not because of something outrageous she said or an on-stage malfunction, but simply because of her weight.
