I was called a ‘fat pig' at the gym by a small sausage energy bloke – I'm raging… and his response stunned me even more

The Sun

2 days ago

A WOMAN who was fat shamed at the gym has admitted she was even more stunned by the man's response.
Jade explained that she was getting her "steps in" on the treadmill when she was approached by another gymgoer.
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"And he goes, 'you know if you walked a bit faster, you might lose a bit of weight '," Jade said in a video on her TikTok page.
And when she asked if he was talking to her, the man replied: "Yeah, do I have to speak fat pig for you to understand?"
Jade added that after the shocking incident, she realised her best response would have been to "oink" at him.
Instead, she asked what gave him the "confidence" to talk to her like that, to which he "walked off and ignored me".
She then told the staff at the gym, who "chucked him out", but questioned how "men have the audacity" to speak to women like that.
"I hope he's embarrassed," Jade continued, admitting she'd had to get herself a doughnut afterwards.
"I'm not embarrassed. I just carried on doing my thing!"
"I was like, I'm just gonna get back on the treadmill," Jade, who is walking 60 miles in June to raise money for the Young Minds Trust, continued.
"Not that it's ever okay to call someone fat but why are you especially calling them fat in an in an environment in which they are actively trying to be less fat?
"Make it make sense!"
I've been fat shamed my whole life but I don't cover up and I wear less clothes than ever before, I even teach yoga naked
She concluded by calling him a "small sausage joker", before adding in the caption: "Just me and my doughnut getting fat shamed."
People immediately raced to the comments section to have their say on the shocking behaviour, as one wrote: "Get his gym membership removed !! Report! Vile!"
"Please if you have the energy follow this up with management to ensure he is not allowed back," another said.
"This is absolutely vile behaviour."
"I am shocked! What did the gym staff say when you complained?" a third asked.
"They were so good, they went and spoke to him straightaway and asked him to leave," Jade replied.
"They made sure I was okay as well and checked in again before I left."
"Fat shaming someone who is actively working out at the gym is some low IQ behaviour," someone else pointed out.
"Exactly why I won't use gyms, rather get fit in my living room," another agreed.
"Ughhhhh men ruin this planet I swear!" someone else raged.
As another wrote: "Some men just hate happy confident women.
"As a bigger person on a weight loss journey who's had a similar experience, I always say well being fat ain't stopped me from getting f**ked!"
"Gross behaviour," someone else raged.
"No matter if your small wanting to build muscle or bigger wanting to lose weight, it takes guts to step into a gym and do something about it.
"People like that are mostly confused by confident people who are secure in their own bodies, when they're insecure in theirs."