Yewande Biala has opened up about her childhood bullies.
On her podcast Reality Check with Amber Rose Gill and Anna Vakili, Yewande explained that she was bullied extensively as a child due to her low weight.
Yewande pointed out that people can struggle with being underweight as well as being overweight.
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“People are always saying that’s not a struggle, but when I was younger I used to get picked on because I was so thin,” she revealed.
“I didn’t want to be thin – I have a fast metabolism. I was so upset when I was losing weight,” she said.
My nanny used to call me broom and that really upset me even though she thought it was a joke. I hated it. I literally looked like a twig.”
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Explaining that she tried to pad her body to look bigger, she said:
“I remember going to school and I’d wear trousers under my trousers and I wouldn’t change in front of anyone because of how skinny I was.”
“I eat so much because I have to, she finished.
“If I don’t eat I end up looking like a stick and I hate it. I go to the gym, and I work so hard.”
