TV traffic reporter Leslie Horton has developed a thick skin over the years because of nasty feedback from viewers, but she unleashed a viral smackdown last week after she says one of them “crossed my line.”

The usually unflappable host, who has been at Global Calgary since 1995, was about to give a live report on the morning show when she decided to read out a message she received during a break.

“I’m just gonna respond to an email that I just got saying, 'Congratulations on your pregnancy. If you’re gonna wear old bus-driver pants, you have to expect emails like this,”’ Horton said.

“So thanks for that,” she responded. "No, I’m not pregnant. I actually lost my uterus to cancer last year. And this is what women of my age look like. So if it is offensive to you, that is unfortunate.

“Think about the emails that you send.”

  • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi
    1141·
    11 months ago

    Wow, you got dog piled on for pointing out this simple truth.

    Thanks for fighting the fight. I’m a couple decades younger than you starting to fight the fight for the next generation of women as well.

      • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi
        434·
        11 months ago

        I don’t need you to give me advice on how to be successful. If I am looking for it, I’ll ask, thank you.

        The rest of your reply doesn’t even merit a reply.

          • GONADS125@lemmy.world
            22·
            11 months ago

            It blows my mind how much the boomers and this current teen/early adult generation seem to have in common… A real step back in technological literacy, critical thinking skills, and ability to scrutinize reputable sources.

            Also like many of the boomers is their inability to handle dissenting information/evidence counter to their internalized beliefs. They just shutdown and reorient themselves with comforting information/reassurance seak from their in-group (e.g., FB, reddit echo-chamer).

            This is my subjective perspective of course, and I want to point out I’m not asserting it as fact like a jackass.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
      105·
      11 months ago

      It’s not the truth, though.

      Yes, maybe it is true that the majority of body shaming comments come from me. I don’t know. But it is 100% not true that “it’s always men.” Hell, that’s so easily disprovable that anyone who believes it is being willfully ignorant.

      • 1847953620@lemmy.world
        26·
        11 months ago

        I seriously doubt the majority of comments come from men. That it’s what they fixate on, is a different matter.