In some ways we shouldn’t really be giving time to dimwits who troll people.
After all, if we ignore what they say, their words mean nothing and they don’t get that sudden rush of feeling important for five minutes, when in reality they are absolute scum-of-the-earth no ones.
But sometimes it is important for us to not to forget that these odious creatures do lurk menacingly in the shadows trying to destroy any kind of self-confidence people have.
This week, the gorgeous Kelly Brook has been targeted by a set of revolting individuals who have poked fun at her stunning body while on holiday.
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The 37-year-old model posted a lush pic of herself on holiday in France. While we thought she looked stunning as she relaxed during her time away, that didn’t stop some total tools from laying into her .
One idiot commented “U got fat”, while another absolute plank branded her “white and plump”.
Another said: “Bro, you have gone a little chubby,” while someone who thought they were being nice (but weren’t) said: “Maybe you should lose 5kg but you are beautiful anyway.”
Other armchair critics attacked her for digitally altering the image, with on saying: “It’s a shame you feel the need to Photoshop your pictures to appear slimmer, you’re just lovely the way you are and it just makes you look silly when you edit a picture that’s been published of you naturally already. You are beautiful.”
While Kelly maturely didn’t react to the comments, her regions of supporters were fast to retaliate on her behalf.
“What is wrong with some people,” one argued, “And notice how it’s all men making comments and jokes about her weight? Actually sickening!”
“Nice to see a pic of a real woman, real curves, not stick thin and plastic,” another added.
Kelly has previously said that she is realistic about her body and is quite open to a bit of Photoshopping, thinking there is nothing wrong with using it.
“I’ve never said I’m perfect and I’ve never said I’m a skinny girl,”she has said.
“Sometimes if I see a picture and I can make it a bit better then I will, like everyone else does.
“I’ve been Photoshopped in every picture since I started modelling. I [don’t] see any problem with it,” she said.
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Now living back in the UK and France she says she is not as body conscious as she was when she lived in LA, explaining that her focus on life had changed.
“It wasn’t so much on my diet and exercise regime – it was more on enjoying my life a little bit more.
“My boyfriend is Italian and lives in France, so I cook a lot of pasta and we have croissants most mornings,” she told the Daily Mail.
“I’m more accepting of myself. You’re skinnier and toned when you’re younger. When you’re older, you have a few too many glasses of wine and too much chocolate cake.”