‘Killing them with your kindness’ Kate Thornton talks ‘backhanded compliments' on weight

She later added: “But this is what you go on to say. You say, ‘no matter how nicely it’s meant, it is a backhanded compliment. So, by implication, what you are saying is, ‘you look great, by the way, you didn’t before.’

“And the reverse of that would be if you were to be equally honest in reverse, ‘you gained weight, you look awful’.

“And actually, we don’t say that so you’re challenging a narrative that rolls on because it’s just being forever vast.”

Kate added: “And what you go on to then say is, ‘I find that what I weigh – what anyone weighs – is perhaps the least interesting thing about me. There are so many more infinitely more fascinating things about humans than just their size.

source: express.co.uk