Former Blue Peter presenter Anthea Turner apologised this morning after posting a cartoon of an overweight woman in a wheelchair eating McDonalds berating a thinner lady wearing no PPE in messages about 'coronavirus selfishness'.
Turner, 60, had posted the image on social media alongside the phrase ‘Go for it x’ before embarking on a series of messages criticising lockdown and personal responsibility on health.
But the decision to speak out appeared to have backfired with some of her fans who turned on her, claiming the image was ignorant and offensive to people disabled through no choice of their own.
It came hours after she had posted link to a report on obesity being a bigger killer than smoking in England and Scotland.