Woman gets fired after her ‘fat’ pilates rant goes viral on TikTok

A TikTok contented creator has mislaid her occupation and had her pilates rank revoked aft posting a ‘fat-shaming’ rant that went viral.

In a since-deleted clip, Monica from Texas, told her viewers “If you’re 200lb (90kg), you shouldn’t beryllium successful a pilates class.”

“And you shouldn’t beryllium allowed to beryllium a pilates coach if you person a gut,” she added.

The clip has been re-shared thousands of times by outraged viewers who person branded her “pathetic and nasty.”

In a follow-up apology video that has been viewed complete 1.4 cardinal times, Monica revealed she had mislaid her occupation astatine Stone Ridge Dental successful San Antonio complete nan video.

“I wanted to travel connected present and apologise for my past fewer videos, they were nasty,” she began.

“I deliberation nan logic I posted them was because location are immoderate insecurities successful maine and immoderate self-hate, but my [pilates] rank was revoked and I was told not to spell backmost to work,” she continued.

“I conscionable consciousness truthful bad. It’s truthful toxic and I’m sorry astir that.”

Halfway done nan clip she originates crying and declares she “needs to spell to therapy and church.”

“So anyway, I dream you tin each forgive maine and get complete that nasty post,” she concludes.

Furious viewers were speedy to flood nan remark conception of nan long-awaited apology.

“Feels for illustration you’re only sorry because you sewage fired,” said 1 unimpressed person.

“The astir unapologetic apology I’ve ever heard,” said another.

“I’m a pilates coach … I person a gut because of my loose tegument from my gestation and I spell to nan gym,” said a third.

“This is why I do pilates astatine location because of group for illustration this. The magnitude of dislike plus-size women get is ridiculous and uncalled for. We’re conscionable existing for illustration you are,” echoed a fourth.

The video comes conscionable months aft a troubling inclination did nan rounds connected TikTok.

It progressive utilizing an AI filter that alters users’ quality to make them look either ‘chubby’ aliases ‘skinny’.

It mostly features slim, young women utilizing nan select to make themselves look bigger, often arsenic a joke pinch mocking captions.

The inclination prompted fierce backlash from immoderate users, who branded it “fat-shaming and body-shaming.”

“Literally erstwhile did we commencement assemblage shaming again? Why are we going backwards successful 2025?” 1 personification asked.

TikTok has since removed nan select – but immoderate fearfulness nan harm has already been done.