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My Big Fat Fabulous Life: Whitney Way Thore’s Truth

Kids Can Be So Cruel

It’s easy to think Whitney Way Thore is one of the most confident people on reality television, but she didn’t always have such great self-esteem. In fact, it took her a long time to learn to love herself. There have been several examples of people blabbing about her size on MBFFL.

Whitney as a kid dressed up in blue feathers.

Source: Instagram/@whitneywaythore

Sadly, this wasn’t anything new for Whitney. In her memoir, the star confessed that people would call her “Baby Beluga.” The other kids at school would always make fun of her since she weighed 190 pounds before her growth spurt.