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| Ulrika Jonsson hits back at people 'offended by ageing face' | Ulrika Jonsson hits back at people 'offended by ageing face' |
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| Ulrika Jonsson spoke to the Untapped podcast in an episode released last week | Ulrika Jonsson spoke to the Untapped podcast in an episode released last week |
| Ulrika Jonsson has told people who criticised how she looked in a recent podcast interview not to "constantly judge women's appearance". | Ulrika Jonsson has told people who criticised how she looked in a recent podcast interview not to "constantly judge women's appearance". |
| The TV star, 57, appeared on Spencer Matthews' Untapped last week, on which she opened up about her past alcohol problems. | The TV star, 57, appeared on Spencer Matthews' Untapped last week, on which she opened up about her past alcohol problems. |
| On Sunday, she wrote on Instagram that she doesn't normally get many "nasty" comments on social media, and received lots of positive responses to what she said on the show. "But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. AND how OLD I look." | On Sunday, she wrote on Instagram that she doesn't normally get many "nasty" comments on social media, and received lots of positive responses to what she said on the show. "But a considerable amount about my tanned appearance. AND how OLD I look." |
| She added: "I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. You might learn something." | She added: "I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance. You might learn something." |
| 'Not a fan of make-up' | 'Not a fan of make-up' |
| Jonsson shot to fame at the end of the 1980s as a weather presenter, then appeared on shows including Gladiators and Shooting Stars, and won Celebrity Big Brother. | Jonsson shot to fame at the end of the 1980s as a weather presenter, then appeared on shows including Gladiators and Shooting Stars, and won Celebrity Big Brother. |
| She didn't wear make-up during the interview with Matthews, "partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes", she explained. | She didn't wear make-up during the interview with Matthews, "partly because I kinda forgot that a project for the ears is nowadays also a feast for the eyes", she explained. |
| "But as someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan. | "But as someone who has had to wear heavy make-up on screen from 5am for years, I'm not a fan. |
| "Most crucially though, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear." | "Most crucially though, since childhood I've suffered from eczema. On my body - the creases of my arms and legs - on my face - eyes and lips. Make-up has always been the enemy because it's been agony to wear." |
| She told followers she would "never look like the fresh 21-year-old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board". | She told followers she would "never look like the fresh 21-year-old that used to greet you first thing in the morning by the weather board". |
| Ulrika started out as a weather presenter on TV-am | Ulrika started out as a weather presenter on TV-am |
| Jonsson said she was "not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that", and that ultraviolet lamps, salt baths, astringent skin solutions and creams had been "a feature of my life since I was a small child". | Jonsson said she was "not ashamed to say that I am a sun worshipper and will no doubt pay the price for that", and that ultraviolet lamps, salt baths, astringent skin solutions and creams had been "a feature of my life since I was a small child". |
| "I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful. | "I have uneven pigmentation doubtlessly not helped by ageing. I sometimes use filters in my pics because it's easier than foundation and less painful. |
| "I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sunbed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. | "I work tirelessly in my garden year round and often in the sun. I rarely sunbathe any more. Haven't had a sunbed for 6 months - which I do occasionally in winter months. Not ashamed. |
| "I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7 yrs. | "I have not had a holiday - of any kind - since 2018. That's 7 yrs. |
| "So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance." | "So, I understand that an over-tanned, imperfect and AGEING face offends you. But try to listen to the words rather than constantly judge women's appearance." |
| She added: "And making people feel [bad] doesn't make you a hero." | She added: "And making people feel [bad] doesn't make you a hero." |
| The NHS says there is no healthy way to get a tan. | The NHS says there is no healthy way to get a tan. |
| Podcast host Matthews posted on Instagram later on Monday: "People shouldn't comment on the appearance of others. We stand with Ulrika." | |
| Swedish-born presenter Jonsson appeared on the podcast after writing a recent article saying she was an alcoholic, but had been sober for just over a year. | |
| The drinking was an attempt to deal with "punishing anxiety" and another issue in her personal life, she told Matthews. | The drinking was an attempt to deal with "punishing anxiety" and another issue in her personal life, she told Matthews. |
| 'I thought I'd be dead by now' | 'I thought I'd be dead by now' |
| She said she used to tell herself she didn't have a problem with alcohol, but then "the drinking started earlier in the day, and I found myself kneeling into the cupboard under the stairs where I kept my rum and just necking the rum from the bottle". | She said she used to tell herself she didn't have a problem with alcohol, but then "the drinking started earlier in the day, and I found myself kneeling into the cupboard under the stairs where I kept my rum and just necking the rum from the bottle". |
| But she stopped with the help of a support group and by regularly attending meetings, and said it had been a "miraculous" change. | But she stopped with the help of a support group and by regularly attending meetings, and said it had been a "miraculous" change. |
| "I never, ever in a million years thought that I would be capable of making a big shift and a big change - not just dropping the alcohol, but [in] mindset and approach to life." | "I never, ever in a million years thought that I would be capable of making a big shift and a big change - not just dropping the alcohol, but [in] mindset and approach to life." |
| She added: "My mindset, my approach, has just completely changed. At nearly 58, I just didn't even think that that would be possible. | She added: "My mindset, my approach, has just completely changed. At nearly 58, I just didn't even think that that would be possible. |
| "I thought I wasn't very good at life, I wasn't cut out for it, and I was just a pretty rubbish-to-average person. And then this whole world kind of opened up to me." | "I thought I wasn't very good at life, I wasn't cut out for it, and I was just a pretty rubbish-to-average person. And then this whole world kind of opened up to me." |
| Jonsson also said she always assumed she would die relatively early like her father, who suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage at the age of 53. | Jonsson also said she always assumed she would die relatively early like her father, who suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage at the age of 53. |
| "I did sort of think I would be dead by now - not from the drinking, but because my dad died young, I just had it in my head that I'd also have a brain haemorrhage really early, and I'd be gone, and so old age wasn't really something I needed to worry about. | "I did sort of think I would be dead by now - not from the drinking, but because my dad died young, I just had it in my head that I'd also have a brain haemorrhage really early, and I'd be gone, and so old age wasn't really something I needed to worry about. |
| "But here I am, and now sort of wanting to catch up on the years of negative thinking that I lost." | "But here I am, and now sort of wanting to catch up on the years of negative thinking that I lost." |
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