Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer has admitted she was fat-shamed throughout her stint on Strictly Come Dancing regardless of being a slim dimension six.
The actress, 31, who shot to fame aged 12 in The Story of Tracy Beaker, appeared on the BBC actuality present in 2012.
She completed fourth total, however admits the expertise of being on the present was tarnished by merciless feedback over her dimension.
Dani, who was a dimension six when she competed on Strictly, informed Radio Occasions she was bombarded by nasty messages and she or he could not perceive it.
She mentioned: “I bought so many messages, folks telling me that I’m fats, that I’m chubby and I used to be like a dimension six on the time..
“So I used to be like, ‘Holy moly, if I am fats, God is aware of what different folks should be pondering in the event that they’re greater than me’, that should be simply horrible.
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“I can consider issues actually logically and be like, clearly, I am not fats, that is ridiculous.
“This particular person, clearly, is simply bored, or has one thing mistaken with their life that they really feel like that is the one manner they’ll get some validation and I really really feel sorry for them.”
Dani went on to confess she hopes issues have modified now as many individuals are being extra trustworthy about psychological well being points and issues with trolling.
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She added: “I feel we’re a bit extra open about our psychological well being states now.
“Individuals are being a bit extra trustworthy on their social media pages and utilizing them a bit extra responsibly.
“So hopefully we’re popping out the opposite facet of it now.”
Dani is reprising her iconic function as Tracy Beaker in a brand new instalment of the present, dubbed My Mum Tracy Beaker, which reveals Tracy as a mum in her 30s.
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The actress mentioned: “So Tracy now could be a mum. Which is superb, I feel the final time we noticed her she was working as a care employee in her 20s.
“Now she’s in her 30s and she or he’s a mum, so it has been actually cool for me as a result of like everybody else, I actually needed to know what occurred subsequent and the place Tracy’s journey goes to take her.”
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