Lauren Goodger has spoken to new! magazine as part of their #TurnOffTrolls campaign and insisted something has to change as cyberbullying is "not OK."
She said: “I’ve been a victim of trolling over the years and it can be hard to deal with. One of the worst things someone has ever said to me is that I should never have been born.
“Some things can really hit home. People don’t know what others have been through and to read hurtful comments every single day, I can see how it can get to people.
"Luckily, I haven’t fallen into depression or anxiety myself."
Of the early days of her fame, 32 year old Lauren said: “When I joined TOWIE it was one of the first UK reality shows and it took off massively.
"Back then, I cried over some of the stuff people wrote, but I’ve grown a thick skin.
"I couldn’t give a sh*t about comments about my lips, surgery, or my ex, Mark Wright, but if it is something more personal then of course it can hurt.
"I received one comment the other day that said, “Looks like your lips have been sucked in a vacuum cleaner hole for 10 minutes,” and I just laughed. I don’t take it too seriously."
Lauren – who recently suffered heartbreak as her grandmother passed away – said she has come to understand that it is the trolls who have the issue and she is now able to ignore their cruel comments, without them affecting her.
She said: "I know it’s not acceptable, but I try not to take any notice. These people are obviously not happy in their own lives, because what type of normal person sits there and slags off a celebrity?
"I admit that I’ve done loads of different things in the industry like fitness DVDs and good and bad pictures, and I do think sometimes I have set myself up a little bit for some stick, but we all grow and learn.
"Just because we’re in the public eye, it doesn’t give people the right to judge how we look or make comments about our relationships or even our families."
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Lauren referred to Little Mix star Jesy Nelson’s recent BBC One documentary, Odd One Out, where the singer said she used to search her name online.
Celebs Go Dating star Lauren said: “Jesy Nelson said she used to search her name on Twitter and look for negative comments. I don’t do that.
"I put my name into Google and click on the news tab every few days, but I would never start searching things like “Lauren Goodger fat”.
"Now, I ignore the trolls because I think they’re the ones with an issue, not me. I’ve had a couple of the same users who comment on my pictures, but I don’t even bother blocking them any more, I just let them get on with it."
She continued to say that troll accounts need to be repeatedly deleted until the negative and hurtful comments stop.
She said: "Something has to change. Cyberbullying shouldn’t be allowed and it needs to be monitored a lot more.
"I think online trolls need to get their accounts deleted and if they create another one, that needs to get deleted too. I think they would give up eventually. They need to know that it’s not OK."
Along wth Lauren, Katie Prince, Kerry Katona, Peter Andrew and Love Island’s Amy Hart are also sharing their trolling experiences in a bid to stamp it out for good.
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