Weather presenter's hilarious response to body shamer

A weather presenter has hit back at a body-shaming troll in the best way possible.

Tracy Hinson, who works for KSDK News in the US, is far more concerned with sharing her knowledge than how she looks while she does it.

But the meteorologist found herself having to hit back at a body shamer who felt the need send her an outrageous message to advise her she should be covering her stomach “bulge” while she’s on-air.

At the time, Tracy was wearing a full-length red dress, which the troll decided was unflattering, contacting the presenter directly to tell her.

“Do you ever watch yourself giving the weather report? Seems that you need a girdle for the stomach overhang which shortens the front of your dresses!” the person wrote.

“Today was not the first time I have noticed this. Maybe you should wear a top that covers the bulge in your stomach.”

Thankfully, Tracy was well able to deal with the shamer and responded politely, yet firmly, to say she was perfectly happy with her body ‘thanks very much’.

“Dear Mary, yes I do watch my air checks,” she wrote. “NO I will not be strapping myself into a girdle because you don’t like my belly. I like pasta, bread and cheese too much to obsess over my weight. I like my body and that’s all that really matters. #nomorefatshaming”

After sharing the message and her response to her various social media channels, Tracy was inundated with messages of support from others applauding the way she handled the situation.

“This person must really be hurting inside if they felt the need to take their insecurities out on you. Eat your carbs, they are your best friend,” one Instagram user wrote.

“I cannot believe some people. Unreal that you have to deal with this,” another agreed.

The outpouring of support for her post prompted Tracy to head back online to thank her followers for having her back.

“Grateful and completely touched by the support I’ve gotten from my friends at KSDK News and total strangers who wrote me with words of encouragement,” she said.

And just to prove the troll hadn’t at all impacted her love of carbs, the presenter headed back online to poke fun at the shamer’s message with a photo of her Mac and Cheese dinner.

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