Louise McSharry has revealed she has been publicly attacked about her weight.
The RTE star admitted her first book Fat Chance will discuss body image.
“I wanted [the book] to serve a purpose. For me my journey with body image has been really difficult, but I’m in a really good place now and I kind of feel a little bit like an evangelist,” she said.
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“I want to help people to feel better about themselves. We live in a world that is absolutely cruel to fat people.
“Fat people’s bodies are up for discussion all the time. People feel entitled to talk about them. People feel entitled to tell you about your fat body face to face.”
Speaking on The Ray D’Arcy Show, the radio star recalled two incidents where she was publicly attacked about her weight.
“When I was 15 I had a guy write ‘fat girl’ in big black permanent marker on my schoolbag,” she revealed.
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“I was in the smoking area of The George one night with a friend and a guy behind me, I’d never met before, started shouting ‘fat b’ at me.
“Some people really enjoy confronting you about this. What planet are you on that you think I could possibly exist not knowing that I’m fat?” she said.
“Fat people know that they’re fat. Lots of thin people think they’re fat. There’s no shortage of people being aware of fatness. We don’t need to be told.”
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The 2fm DJ admitted that believes we are living in a “fat shaming society”.
“A lot of people don’t even realise that they’re doing it,” she said.
“For example, if I’m sitting in an office and my co-worker is talking about being such a fat cow because they had a take away for dinner last night and they’re they’re saying, ‘Oh my God, I’m disgusting. I’ll have to do a million walks.”
“If they’re going on like this and they’re a size 10 and I’m sitting there a size 20, how am I feeling about my body?What must they think of me if they think that they’re disgusting?” she added.
