She caused outrage after saying she would judge an employee based on their size, and accused overweight people of being 'lazy'.
Samantha caused outrage after suggestingAnd she accused them of failing to take responsibility for their health.Now the fitness writer and blogger claims she has been targeted by trolls and branded ‘Ursula the Sea Witch’, the villain from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, among other insults.‘The darker side of my recent abuse ranged from death threats and pleads for me to kill myself and peaked at the forewarning of my imminent rape,” she wrote on her blog.
‘Health markers associated with carrying excessive weight are grave and despite lowering life expectancy, as a nation we continue to see our waistlines expand.’She claims to ‘wholeheatedly support’ the body positive movement – but insisted ‘poor health’ should not be ‘glamourised’. Samantha added: ‘Big is beautiful, we should all feel confident in our bodies and skinny is not a body type we should aspire to achieve.
‘But…at what point does its message become dangerous by providing justification for a state of being that is inherently harmful. ‘Let’s focus on diverting that energy to providing tangible change, helping to support obese people on their journey to better health.’
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