Model, author and body positivity advocate Tess always has the most eloquent responses to body-shamers. In June 2022, she replied to a TikTok commenter who had written on one of her posts: "I’ve been following really big fat ppl so I could see how others see me. Was so grossed out, I lost over 150 pounds so far.”
She calmly had the last word, telling the camera: “Unfortunately, that is all happening in a bubble. You are seeking out content of larger bodied individuals as a way to make yourself feel better. Which is kind of a weird thing to do in general, especially when I can guarantee you a lot of the larger bodied individuals you're following have happy, full lives, not despite them being fat — they just are. They just exist.
“So, you know, glad you can use fat folks as inspiration for you not being fat,” she added. “But I would really check the inside, on your journey to thinness, because I can guarantee that is not going to bring you the happiness that you're looking for. And heaven forbid you gain all that weight back. What are you going to do then?”Rebel has spoken candidly out about how society has treated her differently since losing some weight.
“Sometimes being bigger, people didn't necessarily look twice at you,” she continued. “Now that I'm in ‘good shape’, people offer to carry my groceries to the car and hold doors open for you.”On 30 January 2022, Nicola took to Instagram to ask her fans to stop commenting on her body. She wrote, "So just a thing – if you have an opinion about my body please, please don’t share it with me," she told her 1.2 million followers on Sunday night.
She continued, "If you have an opinion about me that’s ok, I understand I’m on TV and that people will have things to think and say but I beg you not to send it to me directly ❤️."