Fats Timbo has hit back after a vile troll claimed to have a ‘phobia’ of people with dwarfism.
The 26-year-old comedian and social media star was born with dwarfism and previously revealed she prefers the term ‘little people’.
Addressing her 280,000 Instagram followers on Monday, Fats revealed a troll had shared one of her Instagram posts that they captioned: ‘I would be scared just because she’s a midget, that’s my fear idc [I don’t care]’.
After Fats branded the troll ‘pathetic’, they doubled down in their response, writing: ‘that’s MY fear. Girl you can’t be mad that that’s what I fear… literally.’
Fats then told troll they ‘needed help’, which prompted them to respond: ‘didn’t mean to offend you, would you like me to delete it?’
Not suffering fools: Comedian and Don’t Look Down star Fats Timbo took to Instagram on Monday to hit back at a vile troll who mocked her dwarfism
One to watch: Fats recently took part in Stand Up To Cancer series, Don’t Look Down, with Chris Hughes, Beverley Callard, David Ginola, GK Barry, Anton Ferdinand, Victoria Pendleton, Charley Boorman, Kimberley Wyatt and Paddy McGuinness
Yet Fats was quick to call out the use of language in the troll’s post, responding: ‘I don’t really care tbh [to be honest] you’ve already said what you’ve said.
‘I’m just as human as you and your saying your scared of me. You called me a midget which is highly offensive. You wouldn’t like a white person calling you a n***a would you. It’s exactly the same.’
The troll then responded: ‘from your guys’ POV [point of view] I wouldn’t know how offensive it is, but that’s just a phobia I have (ik [I know] it’s weird) just like how people are scared of tall humans because of their own phobias or water etc., so yes I am scared I can’t control that.’
Fats went on to address the remarks in an Instagram video, revealing she faces hate and prejudice on a ‘daily basis.’
She told her followers: ‘Thank you guys for all your kind messages, I’m good. This is something I face on a daily basis, the hate, the prejudice, the nonsense, I just don’t post it regularly.
‘But today I thought I’m going to post it on my story because I’ve had enough of people like this and it’s time to name and shame because I honestly wanted to just scream sometimes.
‘Sometimes I have breakdowns, I talk about it all the time. But I thought today I’m going to stand up for myself.
‘I’m going to tell this girl that you having a phobia of people with dwarfism is wrong.’
Shocking: Addressing her 280,000 Instagram followers on Monday, Fats revealed a troll had shared one of her Instagram posts alongside an ableist slur
Speaking out: The 26-year-old comedian – who was born with dwarfism and previously revealed she prefers the term ‘little people’ – educated the troll on her vile language
Fats previously spoke about the use of language surrounding little people, telling BBC News last year: ‘Dwarfism is the medical term for it but I don’t like to be called a dwarf because I like to be called a human – I like to be called a person.
‘Dwarfism is almost making me sound like a mythical creature.
‘The “m word” – or midget – for me, has always been used as a negative connotation, so that is why I don’t like to hear it or people using it towards me.’
Social media star Fats found fame after appearing on Channel 4’s The Undateables in 2018 and recently took part in Stand Up To Cancer series, Don’t Look Down.
The show tracked a group of celebrities, led by Paddy McGuinness, as they took on TV’s scariest challenge show, training for a world first high wire walk, 100ft over the London Stadium.
Paddy was joined in the Austrian Alps by Beverley Callard, Anton Ferdinand, Kimberly Wyatt, Chris Hughes, David Ginola, Charley Boorman, GK Barry and Victoria Pendleton for training, where they were taught by high-wire walker extraordinaire, Jade Kindar-Martin.
Friday’s nail-biting finale saw the team successfully complete their challenge.
Shocking: Fats revealed she faces ‘hate and prejudice on a daily basis’ as she explained to her followers why she was speaking out against the trolls
