The interview occured in 2015. US reality TV star Whitney Thore has branded an interview with Eamonn Holmes as the “absolute worst” of her career and vowed never to appear on television with him again. The 40-year-old is best known for the reality show My Big Fat Fabulous Life, which debuted in 2015 and recently concluded its twelfth season. Thore is also a body positivity campaigner, having previously worked alongside Tess Holliday and Natalie Hage to stamp out fat shaming.
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When the show first began, Thore was interviewed by Holmes on Sky News in 2015, which saw him criticise her for setting a bad example and saying that her “heart is probably not very good”. “He conducted the absolute worst interview of my entire career, but other than that, my experience in the UK has always been so extremely lovely, and I love my time here so much”.
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In the interview, Thore attempted to explain the fatphobia that she experiences on a daily basis, calling it “one of the last socially acceptable prejudices”. Holmes questioned this, asking: “But what about people concerned about you? I mean there might be people concerned you’re gonna keel over and die because maybe your body or your heart won’t be able to sustain all the enthusiasm that you have.”.
Thore rejected this notion, replying: “I think that concern for health is often a mask to discriminate or be cruel to fat people. I’d actually like to break some stereotypes about fat people because at 380 pounds I’m not naive to the health issues that may come if I stay this weight. But I have no major health problems and I’ve never even had high blood pressure.”.
