Reporter Demetria Obilor Just Responded to Body Shamers In the Best Way

It's already hard enough to go on television, but if you've been shamed for your body type, it can be even more difficult to go in front of a camera. However, Dallas reporter Demetria Obilor didn't let body shamers stop her from doing her job, and recently responded to the hatred she received in a way we can all take notes from.

Obilor took to Instagram to comment on the controversy that arose after a woman named Jan Shedd angrily posted on Facebook about the shape of her body. In the original post, Shedd criticized Obilor, saying that she's a "size 16/18 woman in a size 6 dress" and went as far as to say that she wouldn't be watching Channel 8 anymore because they employed Obilor. In the Instagram caption addressing the controversy, Obilor said, "Some people have a problem with my shape and the way that I look on television. Just taking a moment to address that and show love to all of the ppl who show love to me."

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It's important to note that women of color are often criticized for the way they look far more pointedly than white women, as many folks on Twitter pointed out. Comments both on Twitter and on her post were overwhelmingly supportive.

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Obilor ended the Instagram video by saying, "A quick word to those people: This is the way that I'm built, this is the way that I was born, so if you don't like it, you have your options. Now to the people who showed love: I love you right back. When you look a little different, people think it's okay to talk to you a little different — and I'm on TV, I can't clap back how I wanna clap back all the time, so I'm always taken aback and forever grateful for everybody, people I don't even know, who come to my defense, stand next to me and say, 'You know what Demetria, you don't have to put up with this,' and I love you for that."

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