'My Big Fat Fabulous Life' Fans Shower Whitney Thore With Love After She Unveils Horrific Body-Shaming DMs
Whitney Thore from TLC's 'My Big Fat Fabulous Life'
Whitney Thore recently exposed strangers who slid into her DMs to body-shame her—prompting My Big Fat Fabulous Life fans to shower her with love.
So far, Thore has starred in 11 seasons of TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life after a 2014 video of her dancing went viral. Thore is 40 and thriving today. Unfortunately, the reality star often fields horrific messages from strangers bashing her for her weight.
The MBFFL personality took to Instagram on Friday, May 24, with a video of her looking gorgeous in a multi-colored dress. "For everyone asking how it’s going ??" she captioned the post.
As Thore strolled around in her flowy ensemble while enjoying an ice cream cone, a message from a follower popped up on the screen, "I cannot believe that with all the exposure you have a man has not sent you a note or flowers!"
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In overlain text, Thore wrote, "The notes and flowers:" followed by deeply concerning DMs she has received.
One stranger wrote, "Ahhh, another old fat hag wining on about being single! NO MAN WANTS YOU!"
Another hater declared, "Who are you kidding??? U were expired a decade ago even if you were beautiful. What kind of man are you expecting to fine??."
"I can't imagine how you smell," someone else wrote. "Wouldn't touch you with a ten foot pole. Pray for the man who would marry you!!!"
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In the comments, MBFFL fans showered Thore with love and defended her against the body-shamers. Married at First Sight alum Jamie Otis wrote, "????????."
Another Instagram user commented, "That’s so unsettling. I cannot believe the cruelty. That has got to be so tough. I’m sorry, Whitney. Please know you are beautiful, smart, cultured, witty, and deserving of romantic love."
"Wtf is wrong with people!?!" someone else wondered. "What kind of a person do you have to be to post a hateful comment like these….definitely not one worth wasting any energy on! Praying you don’t let any of this get to you, Whitney. Thinking about you and sending good man vibes your way!"
Yet another fan pointed out, "Wow, those people must really have horrible lives to care so much about spewing filth. How sad for them! And you go girl, live your life on your terms. What do they bring to your life...nothing! They don't matter."
Meanwhile, another summed things up perfectly, writing, "You’re beautiful and your personality is amazing. If ppl can’t see that. They don’t deserve you. ??"
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