Steph McGovern addresses cruel backlash as Channel 4 host says 'I just sit and cry'

“I always get told I look ugly or fat or whatever else. Or that you’re thick and people say, ‘How can you possibly be intelligent with that voice?’ It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?”

The Channel 4 presenter admitted she used to read the online comments but has since learned to ignore trolls.

Steph said: “For a while, in the beginning, I used to read them all and sometimes I’d think about replying, and then I thought – why am I bothering? – all the nice people I’m just ignoring.

“Actually, you have to just train your brain to go, they don’t know me, they’re not my friends or family – and so what – they’ve got something wrong in their life.”