Pregnant CBS3 Meteorologist Shuts Down Body-Shaming Jerks in Facebook Post


CBS3 meteorologist Katie Fehlinger is pregnant, and you would think this would cause viewers to send her congratulatory messages like, um, “Congrats!” But no. Instead — and be warned, you’ll probably lose your faith in humanity in just a few seconds — people have been commenting on her pregnancy by doing things like calling her a “sausage in casing” and telling her that “sticking your pregnant abdomen out like that is disgusting.” See? Faith in humanity lost? I thought so.

Fehlinger took to Facebook to shut down the haters, and since she posted her status on Wednesday, it’s received a whopping 31,750 likes and 2,720 shares. And the great thing about it is, rather than cursing the idiotic humans ripping on a pregnant lady (like I would’ve), she mostly uses the post to uplift her fellow expecting moms of the world. One choice quote, “I say let’s raise a Shirley Temple to swollen feet, stretch marks, nausea, all the extra pounds and the dark circles! They’re badges of motherhood. And for those of you who think that’s ‘disgusting,’ remember a woman went through the very same thing to bring YOU into the world.” BAM.

You can check out the full post below.

A message for the haters…Hey guys! Once more, I have to get something off my chest. So, the nature of my job makes…

Posted by Katie Fehlinger on Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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