Helen Flanagan hit back at negative comments about her appearance.
The former Coronation Street actress took to Instagram to condemn messages left on her profile following a recent post. After sharing a shot of herself in a beautiful crimson red dress, she was inundated with nasty replies begging her to stop, labelling her "thick as f***", and suggesting she was a bad role model for her children and others.
In a new post, she shared a large text-based image that said: "Empowered women empower women." The next image showed the original post with the negative comments pasted on top, followed by a similar photo but with the compliments she received.
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With a lengthy caption to share her thoughts, Helen said: "So I shared a fashion reel a few days ago and I was a bit taken back by the not-so-nice comments I got on the post. I was more shocked that the majority of them were women.
"I’m a girls girl and very much for other women and I always have another woman's back. I don’t believe women should comment negatively about other women. I enjoy seeing women feeling glamorous and feeling empowered and dressing how they want to dress.
"Sometimes I see outfits that I wouldn’t wear as maybe they are too revealing for me but I just think good on the girl that has the confidence to wear what she wants to wear. I had some comments from other women about being “tacky” or “unclassy” well to me being a woman and speaking so badly of another woman's appearance is “tacky and unclassy”.
She added: "I never speak badly about how another woman looks as it’s just vile. I had comments about not being a good role model to my daughters. I will bring up my daughters to be kind, beautiful women that support other women with good morals and girl code."
"Or you can just scroll past…. On social media, if you don’t like something you don’t have to comment. I love my account I feel like I really connect with other women and mothers and yeah basically I support other women, I don’t drag them down. As women, we need each other. Thank you @ashleylouisejames for helping me with this and listening to my voice notes xxx"
The strong message was met with adoration from her friends and followers, including Stephanie Davis who said: "You look amazing babe. Ignore them don’t even give them the time, they thrive off it. You look stunning!"
Aside from the complimentary messages, Helen's comment section lit up with heart emojis in an outpouring of love and support.
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