University student Emily Willson had planned to mark the end of her exams with a fun night out.
Having spent the evening enjoying pre-drinks and ‘glamming up’ for the occasion, Willson and her friends decided to go clubbing.
When she finally reached the front of the queue for the establishment, the 21-year-old handed over her ID — only to be told it was invalid.
The explanation given to her by the bouncer was breathtakingly awful: “You’re too fat to be the same person as in your picture.”
Writing for UK student publication The Tab, Willson said she went on to explain to the bouncer that she was indeed “overweight” compared to her “painfully thin” ID photo, which was taken when she was battling with an eating disorder.
The humiliation continued when another bouncer joined the conversation to find out what the commotion was.
“He asks for me to show them my phone and go on my Instagram to prove I was who I said it was,” Willson, who studied broadcast journalism at the University of Leeds, explained.
“What made it even worse is they then both commented on all my photos, both ‘fat’ and ‘thin’, eventually concluding that I looked ‘skeletal’ and ‘ugly’ when I was slim too.”
Sadly, this wasn’t the first time Willson had been shamed for her weight — she’d previously encountered judgement from “trolls on Instagram” and in nasty comments made behind her back.
Watch: Meghan Ramsay on the effects of poor body image. (Post continues after video.)