‘He shouted about my stretch marks’: Love Island’s Tyne-Lexy Clarson reveals verbal abuse from a middle-aged stranger drove her to lose weight
She won legions of fans in the Love Island villa in 2017.
Yet Tyne-Lexy Clarson admits it wasn’t all rosy amid her first flavour of fame as she revealed slurs from strangers drove her on a weight loss journey.
The 22-year-old student posed in a series of sizzling swimsuits by Bluebella to display her slimmed-down frame, after admitting she was verbally abused by a stranger in the airport which led her to shed pounds.
Tough: Tyne-Lexy Clarson admits it wasn’t all rosy amid her first flavour of fame as she revealed slurs from strangers drove her on a weight loss journey
Tyne-Lexy looked sensational in a series of new snaps shared while she discussed the drive behind her weight loss.
In a lengthy post shared on Instagram, she penned: ‘Here’s a little me update I feel like I’m in better shape now than when I first went into Love Island…
‘It’s been a lot of hard work but it’s starting to pay off and I’ve still got a while to go until I’m completely happy with myself…
‘I would never have worn this cut-away swimsuit on holiday a year ago. I’m not skinny, not fat, and certainly not perfect, but I’m much more confident in myself which is my main goal!’
That was then: The 22-year-old student posed in a series of sizzling swimsuits by Bluebella to display her slimmed-down frame, after admitting she was verbally abused by a stranger in the airport which led her to shed pounds
Revealing the shocking moment she was hit with abuse, she said: ‘When I left the Love Island villa I was taken through the airport by one of the ITV team and a man shouted across the airport to me “You’ve been chucked out already because you’ve got too many stretch marks”…
‘He was a Middle Aged man with his wife and young children at the time and I was so shocked that he could say something like that to someone he didn’t know, especially a young girl…
‘I’ll be honest it definitely did dent my confidence at the time, I was barely 20-years-old it was hard for me to cope with this sort of abuse. I’ve never been a very slim girl and yes I do have stretch marks and you know what ITS NORMAL.’
Wow! Tyne-Lexy looked sensational in a series of new snaps shared while she discussed the drive behind her weight loss
Look at me! Tyne, of Cannock, Staffs, has lost two stone in the last year to get down to her ideal weight of 9st
Tyne, of Cannock, Staffs, has lost two stone in the last year to get down to her ideal weight of 9st.
She lost the weight on a diet and fitness regime devised by the experts from Forza Supplements which involved taking its Shake It Slim meal replacement shakes and Weight Loss Gummies which taste like Haribo sweets.
She admitted she has been strengthened by the slur, as she went on: ‘I retreated into myself for quite a bit after Love Island, it’s been a crazy and challenging journey but now I feel so much stronger and ready to take on the world…
‘We’re all different in every single way and I think it’s time to put less pressure on ourselves to be “perfect” to start recognising the perfect imperfections everyone has’.
Sensational: In a lengthy post shared on Instagram, she penned: ‘Here’s a little me update I feel like I’m in better shape now than when I first went into Love Island’
Brave: Following the tragic deaths of Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, Tyne-Lexy was keen to warn upcoming contestants on the show of the perils of fame
Following the tragic deaths of Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, Tyne-Lexy was keen to warn upcoming contestants on the show of the perils of fame.
She went on: ‘Everyone going on the show should be under no illusions that they are going to get a lot of abuse.
‘Social media is a minefield and it is completely impossible to police. Trolls will pick up on every aspect of your appearance and they misinterpret how you behave on screen – always highlighting the very worst aspects of everyone’s behaviour.
‘Either ignore them or use their comments as an inspiration to do better – that is what I did. I have had a brilliant time since appearing on the show and am looking forward to developing a new career in acting and presenting when I leave university.’
Open and honest: ‘Social media is a minefield and it is completely impossible to police. Trolls will pick up on every aspect of your appearance and they misinterpret how you behave on screen – always highlighting the very worst aspects of everyone’s behaviour’