Woman Devastated to See Her Fat Gut on Local News Report
September 15, 2009 | Satire
CHICAGO — An Evanston woman who requested to be identified only as “Lydia” is said to be devastated after recognizing her muffin top on an ABC-7 report about the rise of obesity.
Lydia says the story first caught her attention when the reporter used such descriptions as “alarming” and “an epidemic even more dangerous than global warming and Chernobyl combined.”
Then, the unthinkable happened.
“I was mashing my potatoes and happened to look up, only to see a shot of my big butt walking down Michigan Avenue,” recalled Lydia. “I couldn’t believe it at first, but then they showed my front with a black bar across my eyes. And I knew that was me: the obese one.
“I swear they gave my belly more rolls than it really has. Like, digitally, maybe? Yeah, that must be it,” she added.
Lydia is not the first Chicago-area resident to be victimized by the local news; a Wilmette man whose house was featured in a report about offensively tacky Christmas decorations recently filed a lawsuit against WGN-9 for defamation of character. Both the plaintiff and the television station refused to comment on the pending suit.
Tags: Local News, Secret Shame
karen
says:
lmao
Finestack
says:
Sure – now that you’ve moved on to the center of all that is normal in America, you can pick on the “heartland”. I dare you to show your face in the North Shore again, Candace! They will tear off your nice clothes and deck you out in J Crew, Gap and *gasp* Izod.
letitbe
says:
“I swear they gave my belly more rolls.?!@#$$
LMAO….get over it and lose the weight!
Ellaht Al Mauktoum
says:
Did someone say ” wake up call”?
Joe C.
says:
Well when you are in public you are fair game to reporters. So how does it feel to be on the other side of the camera? How do you think celebrities feel when their up the skirt shot hits the internet?