Richard Osman admits he felt ‘body shamed’ due to 6’7 height: ‘Some people are horrible’

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Pointless creator Richard Osman, 51, has revealed that comments about his 6 '7 height throughout his life have left him feeling “ashamed”.The House of Games host discussed how the “body shaming” he had been subjected to had affected him so much, he stopped going out in public.The Thursday Murder Club author spoke about his experience on the Diary of a CEO podcast, where he admitted he was grateful that the term “body shaming” had come into common use, as he has had to deal with comments about his height his whole life.Richard explained: “Because they've talked about my stature and I've felt ashamed.That's body shaming.

I would never have thought of it as that.“I'm 6ft 7, which is too much is the truth. My height is something that people can always see.

Recently people have started saying, ‘Oh, you mustn't body shame.’“And I thought, ’Well that's interesting.’ Because body shaming is sort of something that certain people would say, ‘What a snowflake, talking about body shaming.’ But actually I think, ‘Yeah, that's what you're doing, that's what people have done to me for the last 30 years - they've body shamed me.’”Richard admitted that, while generally people are “perfectly nice” to him about his height, others can be “horrible”. “So many people are lovely and chat, but then a couple of times a day there's someone who wants to shout at you out of a window, or just wants to make you feel small ironically.