"You're getting to where you're being disgusting on the TV;" Pregnant news anchor body-shamed by viewer
A news anchor from Georgia is fighting back against a body-shaming viewer who said her baby bump made her look "disgusting."
Laura Warren of WRDW-TV in Augusta was checking her voicemail messages, hoping she'd hear from a viewer giving her a story tip. Instead, she was greeted by a horrible voicemail about her appearance.
Laura a posted the hideous voicemail message to her earlier this month.
"Please go to Target and buy some decent maternity clothes so you don't walk around looking like you got a watermelon strapped under your too tight outfits. Target's got a great line of maternity clothes in case you've never heard of such a thing. You're getting to where you're being disgusting on the TV."
At first, as anyone would be, Laura was deeply hurt by the viewer's rude words.
"Did she just call a pregnant person disgusting? What kind of...I am only at week 20 of this? Am I going to have to deal with this crap another 20 weeks? Should I have my consultant or my boss call her and tell her tailored, form fitting clothes look way better on air than baggy ones, especially when pregnant? Is that a WOMAN who called me?!? Is she a MOTHER?!?!? The freaking nerve," she writes in a blog post titled "Week 20: Sticks and stones.
Despite the initial sting, Laura says she decided it was best to focus on the positivity she's received throughout her pregnancy.
"Why was I letting this one ridiculous, negative comment ruin my whole day? I've gotten dozens of compliments from viewers saying nice things about my pregnancy, why was this the one that stuck?"
Since her blog post on July 4th, the 27-year-old mom-to-be has received support from her local viewers and thousands of others from around the country.