A man has lost seven stone after a picture of him topless at a music festival went viral.
Paul
Moore, 26, a waiter from Cork in Ireland, was subjected to abuse after
an image of his 20-stone frame was printed in a lads’ magazine.
The
picture showed him topless and sitting on someone’s shoulders at a
festival in Australia last year, and was printed in the magazine with
the humiliating caption: “Make extra beer money by renting yourself as a
human forklift for less mobile punters.”
The
image and caption were then shared by thousands online, with many
commenters abusing him for his weight and one even suggesting he would
be better off dead.
The
picture had more than 30,000 likes and more than 10,000 comments on
social media. One commenter described him as “disgusting”, another
called him a “whale on a day out” and someone even said he was “so fat
he should be shot”.
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