Former Made in Chelsea star Ashley James was shocked when a taxi driver took a photo of her breasts.
She was on her way to DJ for a Boux Avenue Lingerie event when it happened. “My cabbie turned around and took a photo of my boobs,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram post.
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“I was already quite uncomfortable with my outfit, and then I was made to feel like a cheap whore.” Ashley was wearing a low-cut top at the time.
“I succumbed to the sl*t shaming, broke down in tears and then got changed at the event into something that didn’t feel me.”
Ashley said she later realised that she shouldn’t let an “**hole” influence what she was going to wear, and got changed back into her original stunning outfit.
The DJ and radio host shared her experiences on social media because she wanted to talk about body confidence.
“The road to body acceptance and confidence is hard, which is why I thought I’d share this story with you,” wrote Ashley, who took part in the London Marathon a few days earlier.
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Fans were quick to support her on Instagram: “You are beautiful from your inner soul,” wrote one.
“We should be able to wear as much or a little as we want without being shamed for it,” added another.
Ashley has revealed that she’s had a lot of negative comments from men in the past.
“A lot of comments I get are misogynistic,” she says. “I can wear a pink dress that covers my entire body and there will be men saying ‘nice t*ts.’”
She reveals that she was wearing D cup bras as a teenager, so was subjected to comments from men even then.
“I wasn’t sexual, but I was sexualised,” she said. “For example, teachers wouldn’t let me wear certain clothes. Not just teachers, but with older guys all my life.”
Ashley, who previously dated her MIC co-star Ollie Locke, says: “Women need to be kinder to each other, because you’re either frumpy or a s**t.”
“But it’s our body and it’s our choice and we shouldn’t live by patriarchal values that say we’re sexual.”