Josie Gibson has often spoken about her battle with her weight over the years, and previously revealed a cruel nickname she gave herself as a teenager.
Josie – who returns with a new episode of Around the World in First Class tonight (March 14) – now leads a healthy lifestyle. However, she has previously admitted to struggling with body image issues growing up.
In her 2014 book, The Josie Gibson Diet, the This Morning star opened up about her insecurities at a younger age.
Josie Gibson was brutally trolled for her weight (Credit: Splash News)
Josie Gibson and her friend labelled themselves ‘The Big Girls’
The TV presenter talked about her body image issues as an overweight teenager in her book. She revealed she and her close friend, J, would admire conventionally good-looking couples and wished they could have lived their lives.
An excerpt from the book revealed: “We met when we were teenagers and used to work the summer seasons in Ayia Napa together.”
We’d go out on the lash calling ourselves ‘The Big Girls’, joking with blokes that there was too much of us for them to handle.
Revealing the nickname they had given themselves, she wrote: “We’d go out on the lash calling ourselves ‘The Big Girls’, joking with blokes that there was too much of us for them to handle.”
However, Josie and her friend secretly struggled with insecurities and low self-esteem.
In the book, she added: “But in secret, in those searingly honest moments you only have with your closest friends who you know will never judge you after a few bevvies, we’d talk about how we longed to be loved and how we’d love to be part of a couple like the ones we saw on our nights out.”
Furthermore, describing the couples she admired, Josie said: “You know the ones I mean: he’s tall and handsome, she’s petite and sexy, they walk down the street holding hands, or maybe he has his hand placed delicately in the small of her back. They both know they’re good-looking, he’s proud to have her on his arm and she’s proud to be there.”
Josie attributes her weight loss to healthier choices (Credit: ITV)
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