I’m A Celeb’s Charlene White details her experience with cruel body-shaming trolls

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By Liam On Oct 29, 2022

‘I Thought I Was Disgusting’: Celebrity Charlene White Recounts Her Experience With Cruel, Body Shaming Trolls

By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline

Published: 17:10 BST, 29 October 2022 | Updated: 17:15 BST, October 29, 2022

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Charlene White has revealed that her experience with cruel, body-shaming trolls left her feeling “disgusting”.

While insisting that she was ‘feeling good’, the 42-year-old broadcaster explained that when she was just starting out at ITV, she received an email commenting on her weight.

Heartbreaking: Charlene White has revealed that her experience with cruel, body-shaming trolls left her feeling ‘disgusting’ (pictured earlier this month)

Charlene told Top Sante magazine: “The email read: “You can’t help but notice that you’re taller than other news presenters. It’s something you have to deal with. It’s unacceptable that you’re as tall as you are. are.”

“I was so upset and it made me compare myself to other people, which is obviously very unhealthy, but I couldn’t help but look at myself and think, ‘I’m disgusting’.

“With age and confidence, I have learned to tolerate such communication. I’m good at my job no matter what I look like. I don’t care about comments about my weight now.’

Starting off: The newswoman – who is on this season of I’m A Celebrity – first joined the ITV news team in 2008 – but revealed she was taunted about her appearance (pictured in 2013)

Charlene – who has five-year-old son Alfie and three-year-old daughter Florence with her TV executive partner Andy – revealed that she likes to exercise and stay fit, but the goal is always to get ‘strong’, not lose weight.

The broadcaster – which became the first black woman in history to host News At Ten in 2014 – will soon be seen in the I’m A Celebrity jungle when the series airs on November 6.

A source told The Sun: “Charlene is a great asset to the show. She has some strong opinions but is very personable and will be of good value around the Australian campfire.

Touch: The broadcaster will soon be seen in the jungle of I’m A Celebrity when the series airs on November 6 (landing in Australia pictured this week)

“They hope that her journalistic background will allow her to have some enlightening conversations with her camp mates, which won’t be difficult given the people she’ll be sleeping next to in bunk beds.”

Boy George, Mike Tindall, A Place In The Sun’s Scarlette Douglass, Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner, Chris Moyles, Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver, comedian Babatunde Aleshe and retired English star Jill Scott have also signed up for the program.

In 2021, Charlene joined Loose Women as lead anchor following the departure of Andrea McLean, and she continues to host the ITV Lunchtime News and early evening edition, as well as ITV London.