Entertainment · Celebrity · 3 hrs ago
Daisy May Cooper says weight loss brought online abuse and casting fears
Actor Daisy May Cooper says she has lost 10 stone and gone from a dress size 24 to a size 10.
She says she followed a low-carb keto diet and has described her former relationship with food as an addiction.
Cooper said she was unhappy and struggled to breathe while walking upstairs when she was at her heaviest.
She says online abuse led her to avoid using a phone, with her personal assistant running her Instagram account.
Some commenters have said she is no longer funny, prompting her to worry that changes in her appearance could affect casting.
Cooper is starring in a Halloween special of Last One Laughing and says she is afraid a This Country special would have to address her weight loss.
Daisy May Cooper says online abuse after her weight loss has made her avoid using her phone.
She said comments that she was no longer funny because of her changed appearance made her fear for her casting prospects.
Cooper said her personal assistant now runs her Instagram account.
She has said that losing weight helped her feel healthier after a period when she was unhappy and struggled to breathe while walking upstairs.
The Daily Mail reports that Cooper lost 10 stone and went from dress size 24 to size 10.
- Who
- Daisy May Cooper, a British actress and comedian.
- What
- She says online abuse after her weight loss has caused her distress and led her to avoid her phone. She also fears her changed appearance could affect casting.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Online, including on Instagram.
- Why
- Some people criticised her changed appearance and said she was no longer funny; Cooper said the comments made her worry about casting.
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- Reported weight loss
- 10 stone
- Dress size before weight loss
- 24
- Dress size after weight loss
- 10
- Instagram account
- Run by her personal assistant
- Family
- Two children with Will Weston and a son, Benji, with Anthony Huggins
What people are saying
That made me really panic actually. I thought, 'F***. Is that going to affect me casting-wise?' Will I be scratched off people's lists when they go, 'She can't be the funny big one'? It's so mad that as women we even have to think about that.
People are so f***ing horrible and mean and say such horrible things, I just can't even go near it [her phone].