Louise Redknapp fires back at ‘nasty’ weight gain backlash amid health diagnosis: ‘I’m sorry I’m not perfect’

Singer Louise Redknapp has fired back at critics who had cruel things to say about her weight gain due to medication.

The 50-year-old singer appeared on the latest episode of Fearne Cotton’s My Happy Place podcast and opened up about a series of topics.

Louise, who rose to fame in 1993 as a member of girl group Eternal, married footballer Jamie Redknapp in June 1998. However, after giving birth to their two sons, Charley, 20, and Beau, 16, their pair announced they had split in 2017.

Louise and Jamie share two sons (Credit: Splashnews.com)

Louise Redknapp faced ‘horrendous’ negativity following Jamie split

At the time of their separation, Louise revealed to Fearne that she faced a “barrage of judgement and nastiness”. She admitted if it wasn’t for her two sons, she “would’ve just given up”.

Louise described the negative reaction as “just horrendous”, leaving her “the lowest pretty much a person could get to”.

“I could never see a way out from how bad and low I felt at the time,” she added.

“I never realised [that] people could be so unkind and say such terrible things.”

Louise revealed medication made her gain weight (Credit: Splashnews.com)

Louise details weight gain from medication

The negative attention affected Louise deeply, to the point where she started to feel anxious and care about comments she would read about herself online.

The Arms Around The World hitmaker revealed she began to take anti-depressant tablets to help get her head above the ground. While discussing the medication, Louise said the tablets made her put on weight and detailed attending the BRITs after she had.

“It was the lesser of two evils. For some reason, I put weight on. I was unconfident in how I looked in my body and yet, at the same time, I was trying to keep my head above water. I was trying to desperately just survive in the world that we live in,” she said.

Louise recalled “hating” the pictures and how she looked from the ceremony and said she received a “whole host of nastiness” after. Despite believing society had “come such a long way”, the former Strictly star was disappointed with the reaction.

At the time, Louise admitted she wanted to come forward and tell her critics that she was on anti-depressants that made her gain weight and was really struggling. Firing back, Louise stated: “I’m sorry I’m not perfect” while explaining her “brain” was more important.

In response, Fearne told Louise’s haters to “[bleep] off!” – Go Fearne!

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