Love Island’s Millie Court has set the record straight after she was hit with questions from followers as to whether she was pregnant.
In a lengthy statement, Millie, who won the last series of the ITV2 dating show alongside her boyfriend Liam Reardon last year, opened up on her ‘fluctuating weight’ before and after going on TV and insisted that while comments like this don’t hurt her, it may not be the case for everyone else.
Sharing a screenshot of a comment from a follower asking if she was pregnant, the 24-year-old wrote: ‘NO, I am not pregnant although one day hopefully I will be and I’m sure it’ll be one of the happiest days of my life but being a woman, especially in the public eye, I’ve now experienced what it’s like to be absolutely torn apart by the way you look, dress, act etc and it can be hard on someone to be constantly judged’
Millie, who also recently opened up to Metro.co.uk about her struggles with acne, added: ‘I personally feel like I am a very strong girl so those words don’t often hurt me, and neither does this.
‘Hence why I am trying my best to show everyone you are beautiful no matter way, without all the editing and filters.
‘But if you have made this comment to someone, just think about how that someone could take that and it could potentially hurt. This is of course indicating that someone’s put on weight and almost feels like a nicer way to say are you pregnant or are you just packing on the pounds?’
Millie then went on to reveal her own body insecurities, explaining that she dropped two dress sizes by the time she came out of the villa.
She explained: ‘I’ve always been (before Love Island) fluctuating between a size 8 and 10, but most of the time a size 10. I was so happy with the way I looked, I didn’t think twice about it.
‘On the weeks leading up to Love Island I felt the need to lose several pounds because I knew I was going to be surrounded by beautiful slim girls.
‘I worked out every single day and ate salad for lunch and to tell you the truth I was miserable whilst doing it. I’d changed whilst I was on the show for several reasons that’s probably for another story time.
‘But I went from a size 10 to a 6, and it’s the smallest I’ve ever been as a young adult.
‘Because of my height, this made me look unhealthily skinny, of which I was (not eating barely anything, feeling ill all the time, tired, dizzy etc) and I remember looking at myself, I’d lost my boobs and my bum and those curves I once had and I MISSED them.’
In the text accompanying her Instagram post, she encouraged women to love themselves no matter what shape or size they are, and to embrace their imperfections.
Millie wrote: ‘Loving our imperfections can be difficult, but when you learn to embrace them and realise that our imperfections don’t define us, they are just a part of us alongside everything else that creates you as a person. None of us are the same, and that’s a special thing. We are one of a kind 🤍
‘This picture shows me at my most vulnerable… but I’m learning to love myself, imperfections and all. And so should you.
‘I want you all to comment on this photo at least one thing you love about yourself today 🖤’
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