Karren Brady Quotes

At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.

In junior high, I was picked on for being the small skinny kid who enjoyed being in drama. All the drama kids, we were looked at like we were aliens, and people would call us names and say, you know, 'It's stupid to be in drama.' They would say a lot worse things, to be honest.

Whether it is your height, your weight or your skin, someone is going to pick on something and make fun of it. My legs were just a more obvious target.

I was teased up until high school about my hair, being short, my high pitched voice, and just anything you can think of.

I was made fun of for being fat from fourth or fifth grade to eighth grade. That was pretty rough.

When you're a little fat boy in any kind of school, you're just persecuted something awful.

I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.

Being a big kid, I was kind of fat and chubby, and I got picked on quite a bit.

When someone calls you 'gay,' there's not much you can do about that because I am. Whereas, if someone calls you fat, there is something you can do about that.

There are a lot of people out there who are just bullies. They constantly keep telling you that you are too fat, too thin, your teeth are not fine, you can't speak English really well, and you are too short, etc.

I still remember the way children used to tease me. Fat people are really lonely people. In school, girls would be my friends, but guys would generally keep away. A lot of insecurity stems from there. But if you have a strong base, nothing can shake you.

I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'

Don't forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.

I remember feeling all right with myself until age 13. Then, I was getting off the bus one day and this guy called me Miss Piggy. That was the first time I ever really felt like I wasn't okay.

I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.

Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

Sarfati. That's my real last name. I don't use it a lot because I got 'Lea So-fatty,' 'Lea So-farty' at school.

In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.

When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point.

I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.

I was actually always really self-conscious about my gap. In middle school, this group of girls were always trying to beat me up - they called my gap a parking lot. It was a really awkward time.

I was an overweight kid, and I went through a period where, oh my God, they were making cow sounds at me when I walked down the hallway and just humiliating me. Kids can be mean.

I've been bullied because of the way I've looked growing up.

I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.