Strictly Come Dancing’s Susan Calman slams trolls who insulted her appearance: ‘Suck on that haters’

Comedian Susan Calman has hit back at online trolls who made insulting comments about her weight and looks.

Calman, who is gearing up for Strictly Come Dancing, posted a sassy gif of Beyonce flicking her hair as she called out the body shamers.

“I don't often interact with trolls but occasionally I do,” she tweeted.

“For years I thought I was fat and ugly. I'm not. And I won't let anyone say I am.”

Calman said she is taking part in Strictly to prove to her niece that she should never allow someone to body shame her.

She tweeted: “I have a 5 year old niece. I want her to know that no one (man or woman) should make her feel bad about how she looks. Strictly is for her.”

She finished: “Anyway, I'm off to rehearse with a handsome man, preparing a beautiful dance for the biggest show on television. Suck on that haters.”

Calman was inundated with support from fans who praised her for standing up to the abuse.

One tweeted: “You're brilliant and gorgeous and hilarious and I want you to win Strictly more than I want to eat cake every day. That's a LOT.”

Another commented: “You have a real beauty. It shines out of you and cheers us all up.”

It comes weeks after she lashed out at a troll who questioned her style after she posted a picture of herself in her Strictly get-up, and wrote: “I scrub up not too bad.”

One user replied: “But I've just been listening to you on radio iPlayer banging on about loving brogues and tweeds! Which is it?!?”

She hit back, saying she can be “both a kick ass time travelling lesbian and a bombshell in a dress”.

The post was liked by J. K. Rowling who told her to “stay fabulous, my dancing queen”.