The 32-year-old recently hit out at her critics, after being branded a ‘bag of bones’ on social media – but she doesn’t think people should be praised when they are unhealthy.

Speaking to InStyle, X Factor judge Cheryl said: “It’s crazy double standards. You’d never be allowed to say to somebody, ‘Oh, you look a bit fat’.

“And being overweight is unhealthy – it’s actually a bad message to tell someone who is obese that they look ‘curvy’ or ‘great’. But you know what? After this length of time, there’s nothing I can hear about myself that I haven’t already heard.”

Some Twitter users understandably took offence to Cheryl’s remarks. One wrote: “People tell fatsos that we’re fat all the time. Nice to know you don’t want us to get compliments.”

Another fumed: “Well that’s Cheryl loosing [sic] a fan. You can’t tell a fat person they look good, but you can tell someone underweight?”

However TV presenter Kirsty Allsopp agreed with her, adding: “I am 100% with Cheryl on this, obesity can kill you & if we really love our #NHS we need to be honest about it.”

Earlier this month, Cheryl told ES Magazine: “The body shaming has to stop. It’s bullsh*t. Something has to be done, changed, even if it’s done in law.”

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