Penny Lancaster Quotes

I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight.

When I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

I get comments all the time about my weight just because I'm really tiny.

Most people are telling me I look horrible.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.'

As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.

I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.

What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat; it's not a nice feeling.

Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.

I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're like, 'Oh, her dramatic weight gain.' So, stop making fun of me!

People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We live in homes with mirrors.

I don't have a problem with the stories saying I'm skinny at all.

It is a horrible feeling to have people bashing you online.

There are many different types of bullying, being called fat and all that stuff, it bothers you. You have to deal with it.

I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude.

I would see these people calling me 'fat' and calling me horrible names. And this one page called me 'Miss Piggy,' and they only referred to me as 'Miss Piggy.' I was a 16-year-old girl. I did not know how to deal with that, and I was already insecure about my weight.

Some bloke said to me in a restaurant whilst I was eating my dinner, 'No, stop. Starvation suits you.'

My weight is this permanent topic that just doesn't fade away. Most days, I am fine with people talking about it. That doesn't bother me as much as how people use the fact to promote their own ventures.

If I looked like a Victoria's Secret model, I would still get nasty comments.

My weight fluctuates, just like any other person's does, and there will always be critics.

I have heard every negative thing under the sun about my body.

I used to get so many nasty comments when I cut my hair short, and it upset me.

I used to be really comfortable with my body until I started hearing from people I didn't even know who have no relevance to me saying, 'You're ugly. You're fat. You're old.' And I thought, 'Hold on - I was doing alright until you piped up.'

I avoid social media and articles with negative comments about myself, because the first few times that I got called 'fat' broke my heart; it absolutely destroyed me. It's awful when someone says something like that to you.