X Factor star Sam Bailey has hit back at a nasty troll who has fat-shamed her on Instagram on Tuesday as she reminded fans to ‘be kind’.
The singer, 48, found fame after winning the hit ITV talent show in 2013 and has gone on to have a career on stage and released two successful albums.
However, Sam has revealed the sad price of fame as she shared the hateful messages she has received from trolls, with one writing: ‘What has happened to Sam? She’s let herself go.’
The star vented in a lengthy video, which lasted over 20 minutes, and also replied to the troll on her recent post of herself rehearsing in a tracksuit.
She fumed: ‘Anyway, so I posted a video two days ago of me sat down in a chair with a microphone, belting out a little bit of Whitney, my favourite song to sing, one of them anyway.
‘And someone posted something like I’d let myself go. Firstly, I’d had a shower about 20 minutes before that, I had no makeup on.
X Factor star Sam Bailey has hit back at a nasty troll who has fat-shamed her on Instagram on Tuesday as she reminded fans to ‘be kind’
The singer, 48, found fame after winning the hit ITV talent show in 2013 (pictured) and has gone on to have a career on stage and released two successful albums
‘And yes, I was wearing a tracksuit, which is what I feel most comfortable in. Especially when you’re doing rehearsals and stuff like that.’
Sam continued: ‘And I was like, ‘Why would you say that? Like, why? Why?’
‘And it really like, it didn’t upset me because I mean, I know I’m getting old. I’m 48.
‘And, and yeah, I’ve got lots of lines and bags under my eyes, because I work f***ing hard. Excuse my French.
‘But what annoys me the most is that there’s people out there that just need building up and it’s people like that, that put people down.’
Replying to the troll in the comments, she added: ‘Why comment negatively? These are the sorts of comments that could tip someone over the edge when they are at their lowest!
‘I personally don’t give a s*** what people think about me but have a word with ya self! Stop trying to be funny when this sort of comment could really affect someone! Give ya head a wobble and think before you type! #bekind’.
The troll continued to spread hate to Sam writing about her looks and that they were ‘shocked’ to see her ‘looking different’.
However, Sam has revealed the sad price of fame as she shared the hateful messages she has received from trolls, with one writing: ‘What has happened to Sam? She’s let herself go’
The star vented in a lengthy video, which lasted over 20 minutes, and also replied to the troll on her recent post of herself rehearsing in a tracksuit
The troll continued to spread hate to Sam writing about her looks and that they were ‘shocked’ to see her ‘looking different’, prompting her to hit back again in the comments
Fans took to the comments to praise Sam for standing up and using her platform for good
Sam added a second comment, hitting back: ‘You don’t get it do you! I am not and never will be vulnerable! I like me, I am proud of who I am, I earn a very good wage doing what I do and I love my job!
‘I never wanted fame, I just wanted to earn good money and love what I do! You missed the point! You stated that I’ve “let myself go” I’m stating that I don’t care what you think but some might!
‘If you can’t say anything nice, Get off my page! It’s keyboard warriors like you that make people question their worth! You should be ashamed of yourself!’
Fans rushed to the comments to praise Sam for standing up for herself and using her platform for good.
They wrote: ‘Keep being you; Good message Sam; Well said; Well said Sam xx you are the real deal and that’s why you are so beautiful and loved;
‘100% Sam don’t stop being you; You are amazing Sam My mum always said if you cannot say anything good say nothing at all; Well said, ignore the haters;
‘You tell him Sam. awful man. They get to brave behind a screen; Well done for using your platform to say this Sam’.
Sam shot to fame on The X Factor in 2013 winning a place in Sharon Osbourne’s Over 25s by belting out Beyonce’s Listen.
She won the show beating runner-up Nicholas McDonald and becoming the show’s first winner to bag a Christmas No1 for three years.
The star recently revealed the baffling real reason she took part on The X Factor as she appeared on Loose Women to also talk about her new role in Now That’s What I Call A Musical alongside Nina Wadia.
The chat with Christine Lampard, Coleen Nolan, Linda Robson and Myleene Klass turned to her time on The X Factor, where the panel were keen to know why she actually took part in it.
Sam shot to fame on The X Factor in 2013 (pictured) winning a place in Sharon Osbourne’s Over 25s by belting out Beyonce’s Listen
Sam confessed: ‘I went onto the X Factor to get a new kitchen.’
Coleen asked: ‘Did you get it?’
Sam replied: ‘Now I want to change it! I’m bored of it. I wanted a new kitchen… that’s the reason I went on The X Factor.
‘I’m still on the same house that I lived in before, it’s just doubled in size.
‘When people come around and they say “can I use your loo?”… I say “which one, I have two!”‘
Coleen also wanted to know if she had learned anything from her time on the programme.
Sam said: ‘Yeah I just learned to not be anything else but yourself. I think that’s why I am still working. It’s because I’ve not changed as me.
‘I’m still grateful for everything I do.’
Sam lives in Leicester with husband Craig, whom she married in Las Vegas in 2003, and their three children Tommy, Brooke, and Miley.
She quit her job as a prison guard at HMP Gartree soon after winning The X Factor, going on to star in musicals Chicago and Fat Friends.
The star’s debut album, The Power Of Love, also shot to No1 and she supported Beyonce on a date of her UK tour in 2014.
