The Lad Bible apologise for sharing fat-shaming Wentworth Miller post
Yesterday, The Lad Bible shared a (now-deleted) post on Facebook, fat-shaming former Prison Break star Wentworth Miller.
Wentworth then took to social media last night to speak out about the picture, telling his followers that the picture was taken at "the lowest point in my adult life."
He wrote a very powerful message about depression and urged anyone feeling low to seek help and talk about it.
Since then, The Lad Bible has issued an apology, with a very emotional post shared on their FB page:
We posted two pictures of you last night to our Facebook page, but today we want to say we’ve got this very, very wrong. Mental health is no joke or laughing matter.
We certainly didn’t want to cause you pain by reminding you of such a low point in your life. Causing distress and upset to innocent or vulnerable people is simply not acceptable.
TheLADbible continues to cover how prevalent mental health issues are among our audience, as well as the damaging stigma that surrounds such matters.
We applaud your raw honesty and promise to now cover such matters in the responsible manner that our audience expects.
Responding head-on to our post is something we applaud as it will help others through similar challenges in their lives.
Once again, we got this very wrong, and we wanted to say sorry.
TheLADbible team"
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