Josie Gibson has revealed she ‘used to cry on a daily basis’ when she was cruelly trolled about her weight after leaving the Big Brother house.
The reality star, 39, who appeared on the show in 2010, admitted that ‘awful’ online abuse took a huge toll on her mental health.
Speaking during a discussion on This Morning, Josie shared her trolling ordeal after detailing how stars such as Kate Beckinsale and Davina McCall shared their own experiences with vile comments about their weight.
She said: ‘I used to cry on a daily basis after coming out of BB. It was the start of social media, but when I lost weight people were awful.’
‘I don’t feel like I get shamed as much as I used to though, I do feel like things are changing.’
Josie Gibson has revealed she ‘used to cry on a daily basis’ when she was cruelly trolled about her weight after leaving the Big Brother house
The reality star, who appeared on the show in 2010, admitted that ‘awful’ online abuse took a huge toll on her mental health
In 2014, Josie shared that she lost six stone over the course of a year, going from a size 20 to a size eight.
And last year, ahead of her appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! Josie revealed she’d slimmed down from a size 18 to a 14 after hiring a personal trainer.
She told The Daily Mail: ‘Well I don’t feel like I’m in great shape but before I knew I was doing this I did hire a personal trainer and we’ve been weight training.
‘And then I’ve been running with my hairdresser Maurice and everyone thinks that we are an item!
‘We put a picture of us on Instagram, but he’s actually my hair stylist. He’s amazing. And he takes me running. I’ve never been a runner but now I’ve been running a few 5Ks here and there.
‘It’s finding the time, because I am here, there and everywhere and then I’ve got Reggie.
‘So it is I find it really, really hard just finding a bit of time for myself but I’ve been on top of it.
‘The only thing I haven’t done and probably should have is got myself ready for this eating wise. But I haven’t. I’ve been eating every meal like it’s my last! … for a long time!’
She said: ‘I used to cry on a daily basis after coming out of BB. It was the start of social media, but when I lost weight people were awful’
In 2014, Josie shared that she lost six stone over the course of a year, going from a size 20 to a size eight
She also told how she understands why people go for weight loss jabs but she would never choose to do so.
The blonde beauty explained: ‘The thing is, I can understand, you know, when people get desperate and they want to do that.
‘But it wouldn’t be for me, only because I don’t want to mess around with my body, I like everything natural, I always go down the natural route.
‘But I can understand that people do it, [fat jabs] but for me, I want to mess around with myself like that.’
She added of weight in general in reference to her work on daytime TV: ‘We’re all different shapes and sizes on This Morning!
‘And I think that’s good cos you’ve got to appeal to everybody. I think we’ve come another way.’