Daisy May Cooper reacts to offensive comment backlash over weight loss pic
This Country star Daisy May Cooper has deleted a weight loss photo she posted to Instagram in which she referred to herself as a midget after she was hit by a backlash to the term
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Daisy May Cooper is the creator and star of This Country with her brother Charlie (Image: BBC)
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Dame Daisy at the 2019 BAFTAs in London. Credit: Getty
Fans responded to Cooper’s post explaining the negative connotations of the word “midget”.
The Little People of America Charity describes the word as something “created as a label used to refer to people of short stature who were on public display for curiosity and sport.”
The charity also explained that the word is considered “a derogatory slur” today.
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In a separate post on her story, Cooper wrote: “I should know better and I’m extremely sorry. Thankyou so much to everyone who called me out on it. Love you all.”