Cheska Hull 'held down' by producer during 'humiliating' Made in Chelsea fight
Former Made in Chelsea star Cheska Hull has opened up about a harrowing fight on the E4 show, where she was body shamed. Cheska said that during the argument she was 'held down' by a producer and forced to stay to continue the argument.
The former TV star, who now lives in Devon, said a producer on the show held her legs during the fight when she tried to get up and leave. Opening up about her experience with anxiety and the time she was body shamed, she spoke on the No Filter Zone podcast.
She revealed that she was fat shamed by another woman on the show, who "wasn't being very nice for quite a long time off camera". During the argument, a producer reportedly held her legs under the table and forced her to continue the argument, despite her just wanting to leave.
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Francesca, known as Cheska, said: "There's a scene where another cast member called me an 'effing fat turkey' and like it just I couldn't. I just felt this person wasn't being very nice to me for quite a long time off camera anyway.
"But to say that on camera, a woman, to another woman [...] it was just so embarrassing and humiliating. And I remember when it happened, I was so shocked. She'd actually called me fat, you know, being recorded doing that."
Recalling the moment, Cheska went on to say that she wanted to get up and leave, but a producer held her legs down.
"I tried to kind of get up because I just wanted to let you know when you just wanna run, you're just so humiliated. There were 20 people around the table and then the room was full of cameramen, producers, sound men, you know all of that going on.
"And I just thought, 'Oh, my God, I've gotta get out of here. I've gotta get out', and I tried to get up and there was a producer under the table holding my legs down.
"She was saying, 'no fight back'. In a way, I get why she wanted to keep me there because she was like, It's your turn. It's, you know, say what you want to say back, but I just wanted to get out the room cos that's when I'm saying about the anxiety."
Cheska rose to fame as part of the original cast of Made In Chelsea in 2011, alongside close friends Ollie Locke, Binky Felstead, and Gabriella Ellis. However, after three seasons, she decided to step back from the show in search of a quieter life in her hometown of Salcombe.
The 39-year-old moved to Salcombe after leaving the Channel 4 show in 2014. She lives there with her fiancée Damian and their blended families.
The pair got engaged last summer after an 11 month 'whirlwind' romance. The couple met in the playground at her son's school and they quickly fell in love.
Made in Chelsea have been contacted for comment