Danielle Armstron left ‘broken’ as trolls mock weight week after giving birth

Danielle Armstrong has opened up about the devastating effect vicious online trolls had on her self esteem when they targeted her days after she gave birth.

The 32-year-old former The Only Way Is Essex star became a first time mum in May with the arrival of daughter Orla Mae who she shares with hunky fiancé, Tommy Edney.

Just 10 days after she welcomed her baby, the reality star was photographed in public – and an anonymous online troll made cruel comments over her weight.

Danielle – who starred on TOWIE between 2013 and 2019 – admits the comments dragged her down and says she was left in tears.

Opening up to The Sun on Sunday’s Fabulous magazine, the new mum said: “I’ve never been massively affected by trolls, but that time I had a proper cry.”

She went on to give examples of some of the brutally mean comments she received online.

She said: “It was all: ‘She’s huge! How fat is she? She looks like a man.’ One of them asked what my boyfriend could possibly see in me since I was so fat.”

The star admitted that the comments left her feeling broken.

She said: “Those words have an impact. It was horrible and it broke me for a little while. I went from being overjoyed about having my baby girl and everything I’d ever wanted, to suddenly feeling really insecure. That’s not right.”

Danielle – who has shared her fitness progress with fans online in the past – went on to explain that she is happily getting back in to shape at her own pace.

She said: “I’d never put myself in the position where I had to lose my baby weight in six weeks in order to bring out a DVD for Christmas. I couldn’t put myself through it.

“And I would never want to do a liquid diet or go to these camps where it’s just juices. It’s not sustainable. If I only had fruit juice for 21 days then yes, I’d lose weight but it’s not nutritional and as soon as you have a carb you’re going to put it back on.”

Meanwhile, Danielle will also be planning happy future memories with childhood sweetheart Tom.

The pair announced their engagement back in March after revealing they were expecting a child together.