Katie Piper has penned a candid statement hitting back at trolls after receiving online abuse following a TV interview on Friday.
The TV personality, 37, who has openly discussed undergoing multiple procedures to repair her face following injuries sustained from a horrific acid attack orchestrated by an ex-boyfriend that year.
Katie revealed she'd receiving vile abuse from trolls after appearing on Sky News to discuss her experience in lockdown on Friday.
Sad: Katie Piper has penned a candid statement hitting back at trolls after receiving online abuse following a TV interview on Friday
The television presenter took to Instagram to share the candid account, alongside a handful of horrific tweets from cruel trolls.
Katie, who recently underwent her 400th operation, admitted that she worries about others who are 'burnt or disfigured like me', saying 'if it's happening to me, why wouldn't it happen to them?'
She went on to share the screenshots of a few Tweets she received, where she was forced to hit back at one troll who said she had 'lips full of botox and a designer face'.
Terrible: She took to Instagram on Friday to share the candid account, alongside a handful of horrific tweets from cruel trolls
The cyberbully penned: 'Oh dear. @KatiePiper (Katie Piper who she?) With lips full of botox and a designer face drawn by surgeons, on the advertising platform called @SkyNews promoting a publication about people needing to be honest with themselves. Couldn't make it up, could you.'
She replied to him, saying: 'My face has been rebuilt by surgeons using other parts of my body after my face was melted down to the muscle and Skeleton following an acid attack. But regardless, I don't owe you pretty, perhaps use your time more productively than commenting on womens appearance in the internet'.
The Loose Women panellist took to the social media platform, bravely writing: 'After my attack, I used to wear a plastic face mask for my burns, and a wig, because my hair was burnt at the front.'
Hitting back: Katie went on to share the screenshots of a few Tweets she received, where she was forced to hit back at one troll who said she had 'lips full of botox and a designer face'
She recalled how 'men used to shout insults like this and other abuse' after her attack.
'When I first started going out (which took a really long time because I didn't want to leave the house because of people's reactions) men used to shout insults like this and other abuse at me.'
Despite advocating for survivors of burns and people living with scars through her charity, she still worries that online attacks like this 'could really affect someone in the most severe way'.
She penned: 'When someone writes something so awful and offensive about someone who is burnt or disfigured like me in the public eye, it makes those with
