Tennis commentator Jelena Dokic has continued to wage conflict towards on-line trolls by calling out “fats shaming” feedback she has obtained on-line.
The previous World No.four tennis participant has shared display screen photographs of a number of the feedback, calling the physique shamers “evil” and “disgusting.”
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The 39-year-old has been onerous at work commentating for the Australian Open, which has moved into its second week.
However her excessive visibility throughout the Grand Slam has made her a goal for social media trolls, who have attacked her on everything from her commentary type to her weight.
“The physique shaming and fats shaming over the past 24 hours has been insane,” she wrote on Instagram on Monday.
Dokic went on to share a number of the messages she had obtained.
“I actually do not suppose it is truthful {that a} whale like Jelena Dokic takes my pleasure of watching tennis and turns it to crap,” one troll wrote.
“I wager it will take her 10 minutes to run 100m, please do away with her, simply the sight of her makes me flip off.”
One other troll wrote: “Simply noticed Jelena Dokic doing an interview … OMG! What the hell occurred to you? It is advisable in the reduction of on the snacks.”
“Jelena Dokic has been consuming all of the baklava,” wrote one other.
Dokic stated the trolls “ought to be so ashamed.”
“The most typical remark being, ‘what occurred to her, she is so massive’,” Dokic wrote.
“I’ll inform you what occurred, I’m discovering a approach and surviving and combating.
“And it actually does not matter what I’m doing and what occurred as a result of dimension should not matter.
“Kindness and being a superb individual issues, which these of you who abuse me and others, are clearly not.
“What issues is your on-line abuse, bullying and fats shaming.
“That is what issues as a result of these of you who do it are simply evil, unhealthy, imply and ignorant folks.”
She added: “I can and can get in form for myself and my well being, however you’ll not change into a greater individual.”
Dokic stated she was “combating for all these on the market being abused and fats shamed.”
“I’m going to proceed talking up, calling this habits out, utilizing my platform for one thing good and to help different folks on the market and to offer others a voice and attempt to make others really feel much less alone and scared,” she added.
“Love you all, even the trolls since you give me a lot motivation and inspiration to do what I do and to battle towards folks such as you.”
Dokic’s followers applauded her for calling out the body-shamers and urged her to remain sturdy within the face of hate.
“You’re a fantastic instance to folks in every single place,” former Miss Universe Australia Maria Thattil wrote.
“These feedback are shameful, I am so sorry.
“It’s a testomony to your character to forestall the trolls from being trolled by defending their identification too.
“Pleased with you.”
“Ugh this makes me so mad,” added Olivia Molly Rogers.
“You might be wonderful Jelena, please do not let these horrible trolls get to you.
“You might be so beloved and you’re good as you’re.”
“You might be doing an excellent job Jelena,” wrote tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
“Do not even learn these feedback and do not give them any significance. You’ll all the time discover sad/envious/detrimental folks on social media.
“All they do all day lengthy is submit horrible issues on folks, which tells quite a bit about their very own insecurities.”
“Jelena that you must not cowl their names,” wrote Paralympic gold medal bicycle owner Carol Cooke.
“They should not have the ability to cover behind a display screen. Let’s title and disgrace them.
“You might be wonderful for standing as much as them and we’re all so pleased with you.”
“Actually, do away with the social media, the actual fact is you are doing an incredible job, that is why you are there, you would not be requested to do that in the event you weren’t thought of the most effective at what you do, ” added TV character Catriona Rowntree.
“Concentrate on that, proceed to energy on, your brains, your background, your magnificence are above and past.”
Creator Clementine Ford known as the trolls “rubbish people.”
“You are a legend, a survivor and a girl who’s not a young person and so is aware of her personal voice and energy,” she wrote.
“It is a harmful mixture for people who find themselves scared of ladies changing into their complete self.
“Rock on.”
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