Laura Whitmore: ‘I’ve had people say that I’m too fat or too thin or I’ve got a weird shaped head. That’s why I tried to hide my pregnancy’
The TV presenter reflects on first finding fame on MTV and building a career in the UK, how the death of Caroline Flack affected her and how she has endured her own trials on social media
Island living – Laura Whitmore has built a hugely successful TV career in the UK since winning an MTV competition in 2008. Picture by Lee Malone
Barry Egan
‘Tell her she’s not barred anymore,” jokes the barman at Bray’s Harbour Bar when I tell him who I’m here to meet.
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