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Skinny Shaming: 'I've learned to become comfortable with the way I look'

Earlier this week we were chatting about skinny shaming. Great British Bake-Off presenter Matt Lucas had tweeted: "Shout out to the lady who stopped me at football today to ask me why I've lost weight and to inform me I look a lot older. for the first time in my life, I think I've just been thin-shamed." We got a big reaction from listeners – One listener, Matthew got in touch with Lunchtime Live in relation to this...

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13.14 27 Apr 2022


Skinny Shaming: 'I've learned to become comfortable with the way I look'


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13.14 27 Apr 2022


Earlier this week we were chatting about skinny shaming. Great British Bake-Off presenter Matt Lucas had tweeted: "Shout out to the lady who stopped me at football today to ask me why I've lost weight and to inform me I look a lot older. for the first time in my life, I think I've just been thin-shamed."

We got a big reaction from listeners – One listener, Matthew got in touch with Lunchtime Live in relation to this.

He joined Andrea on the show to discuss...

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