Sue Cleaver has revealed she felt “ashamed and judged” before losing three stone.
The 60-year-old Coronation Street star has been sporting a slimmer figure of late as he was “seriously ill” last year and gave up alcohol.
During her appearance as a guest panelist on Loose Women on Thursday, the soap star revealed that she was treated differently at different body weights.
She explained: “My weight has gone up all over the place and most of it has been helped by red wine.”
“I'm a lot thinner at the moment, but I've been sick this year and for some reason my metabolism seems to have changed, and because I don't drink.” But I've been going the other way and maybe I'll go back the other way too. '
Sue Cleaver has revealed she felt “shamed and judged” before losing three stone as she spoke about weight stigma on Loose Women on Thursday (pictured right from 2005).
Sue continued: “What I hate about it is the shame that comes with being a bigger person.” The judgments often come from other women.
“I find it really hard to bear. We’re not stupid, we know we’re big, we know we have a problem, we know we have an addiction, don’t treat us like idiots.”
“Other women are shocked about it. It's like that in us. For example, when I've lost weight, I walk into a room and someone says, “Oh my God, you look great, you've lost weight.” All I hear is, “You looked like a real dog when you did.” “You were big.”
“It’s the way we talk about it that makes a big difference.”
Coleen Nolan also shared her experience of fat-shaming, explaining: “When I was a lot slimmer, I got a lot more work.” I looked great, to be fair. I just got bored of staying so slim.
“Before Dancing On Ice I took a job and a big boss actually said to me – it was a big boss – 'Have you thought about getting a gastric band because then you'll get more work?' When I was 16 or If I was 17 or extremely insecure, I probably would have done that!
“It felt terrible. As much as I make fun of it, I went home feeling terrible.
“I have always felt big no matter what size I am, even when I was a size 10. I do believe that you are judged by that.” “Women judge other women the worst.”
The 60-year-old Coronation Street star has been sporting a slimmer figure of late as he was “seriously ill” last year and gave up alcohol
Coleen Nolan also shared her experiences with fat-shaming, explaining: “When I was a lot slimmer, I got a lot more work” (pictured right in 2009's Dancing On Ice)
In August, Sue opened up about her weight loss and explained that it was part of a lifestyle makeover.
She admitted that she “drank too much red wine” during the pandemic and put on the pounds, which inspired her to quit.
Despite spending a lot of time in The Rovers, her Corrie character Eileen Grimshaw admitted pubs are her “idea of hell”.
Speaking to Kaye Adams on her How to be 60 podcast, Sue explained, in quotes from The Sun: “We've all been doing too much during the pandemic.” I've spent most of my time drinking lots of good red wine and have gained a lot of weight.
“Then I dried January and thought. “I wonder what life would be like if I stopped completely?”
The actress added her husband Brian Owen shares different views and “loves pub culture”.
“That was my idea of hell when I was drinking, and especially now that I don't drink anymore,” she said.
Last year, Sue insisted she was “not obsessed with diets” as she reflected on the unfair expectations placed on women while covering the March issue of Prima magazine.
She explained that she would never promote weight-related products because women “have enough trouble as it is.”
Sue told the publication that she doesn't buy into diet culture: “I lost some weight in the jungle, but I'm not obsessed with diets: life is hard enough!”
“There will always be external pressures and unfair expectations for women, but I refuse to give in to that.”
“That's why I never promote anything weight-related, and why I'd always rather compliment someone on their smile or their outfit than their weight.”
She continued: “Let's just let women be women – we have enough difficulties and struggles as it is.”
Sue previously revealed the secret to her incredible weight loss after shedding three stone (pictured left in 2022 and right in 2006).