Love Island’s Amber Gill admits TikTok trolls sparked her one stone weight loss

Amber Gill has admitted that TikTok trolls sparked her one stone weight loss after she received ‘horrible’ comments on the social media platform.

The Love Island 2019 winner, 23, appeared on Thursday’s episode of Access All Areas on FUBAR Radio where she spoke to hosts Bobby Norris and Stephen Leng about her recent fitness journey.

Amber, who has lost one stone thanks to her workout platform Amber Flexx, admitted that she decided to overhaul her exercise after being trolled on TikTok.

The reality star, who recently took a social media break due to trolling, said: ‘I did actually get some horrible comments on TikTok about my weight. And I was thinking, “You know what? I’m just going to start exercising and see what happens.”‘

To which host Stephen replied: ‘That’s really terrible if that’s what sparked it for you though. I mean, I know you said you didn’t feel good, but is the trolling that bad?’

Reflecting on her fitness journey and the ‘horrible’ trolling, Amber continued: ‘You know what? It’s not too bad for me. You know, I think I’ve got it quite easy in comparison to other people, but it’s still not nice.  

‘I wouldn’t say it’s the sole reason why or that it affected us really badly, because it was just a few comments here and there on TikTok. But it did make us realise and look at myself. 

‘And I was like, “Oh!” And that sort of, after I noticed my mental health sort of dipping, that was the next thing that sort of spurred us on to do it, you know?’

TOWIE star and presenter, Bobby, went on to ask whether Amber has noticed trolling escalate during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amber took a social media break on Instagram last week after feeling upset by the ‘ignorance, bigotry and racism’ from trolls.

Bobby said: ‘With every lockdown, there’s just been like a surge in trolling and I can’t quite believe that with everything we’re going through globally that people want to still inflict hurt and upset on people. 

‘To me, I will never understand the concept of trolling and I don’t know what goes through a troll’s head. But with everything we’re going through, why would people do it?’

To which Amber admitted that trolling has got worse and that it is ‘disgusting’, she continued: ‘It’s just, I do think that it’s got worse since lockdown. It’s disgusting and I don’t know why it’s happened. 

‘And I think, my take on it is that people are really unhappy with where they are at in their lives. And I think probably lockdown’s taking a toll on them.’

Amber noted that people are ‘struggling’ during the pandemic and perhaps are targeting people they think have a ‘perfect life’.

She continued: ‘I don’t know if this is just me being kind to people that I don’t, I shouldn’t really be kind to, but I think that people are struggling. 

‘And then they turn to people like you and me and think that we’ve got perfect lives and we’re not affected by anything, and we’re not normal real human beings. And they just start typing away anything that they can think of.’

Amber said that she would be ‘mortified’ if she ever trolled someone, she added: ‘I’ll never understand it because I would never do it. And I always sit and think like, “Before I had like any followers on Instagram, would I do this?” 

‘Like I definitely wouldn’t, I would be embarrassed. I’d be mortified to do it. But I think definitely as each lockdown goes on, it gets worse.’

Elsewhere during the chat, Amber admitted that she would ‘vomit’ if she ever had to do another dating show despite winning Love Island in 2019.

She said: ‘It’s not even Celebs Go Dating personally. It was more like, the whole dating reality TV show thing.’

Explaining her reasons, she continued: ‘What I’ve established is, I am not good at dating. It is bad to watch. I’m just not good. Like, I interrogate people. Like, I nitpick at everything that they say. It’s not good. It’s just not good. It’s not good to watch. 

‘I’ll do other reality TV shows, but just dating like, if you watch Love Island, I’m just a nightmare every time you go on a date, like, it’s just. I watch it back, I think, “Just be nice. Like, just be nice!” But I like to just test them too much. So yeah, not for me.’ 

Amber has been showing off her weight loss recently after dropping one stone in just six weeks. 

Earlier this week, the reality star posted before and after pictures to Instagram on Monday as she continues on her fitness journey.  

Amber looked incredible as posed with her arms above her head in a plunging brown lingerie set that showcased her washboard abs.  

She proudly displayed the results of her hard work after embarking on a 30 day fitness challenge to help her maintain weight loss goals.

The Geordie beauty uploaded the snap next to a picture of her in a purple bikini taken last year, before her weight loss journey began. 

Amber has been taking part in home workouts over the past two weeks after she launched a new fitness challenge called 30 Day Flexx. 

Amber previously unveiled her toned physique after losing one stone in just six weeks in December.

The reality star revealed she overhauled her lifestyle after gaining 17lb during lockdown and took to Instagram to showcase the results after shedding the pounds she had put on. 

Explaining her weight loss, Amber wrote: ‘Guys look at this… I lost my lockdown weight! I’m so proud of my little transformation. I didn’t really intend on losing a load of weight just wanted to start feeling better.’

She continued: ‘By no means do I think I was ‘fat’, but I wasn’t being as healthy and mindful as usual and right now I feel so much better within myself.

‘I used to think that line ‘lose a stone in 6 weeks’ was all lies, but that’s exactly what I did. And a little bit extra.’

It comes after Amber took a social media break on Instagram last week after feeling upset by the ‘ignorance, bigotry and racism’ from trolls.

Sharing a example of a message she received, Amber told her followers: ‘Sometimes if you catch me being super quiet on here when I usually use my voice it’s because I get overwhelmed/ exhausted and need a break.

‘I can’t post one story without hundreds of messages like the ones I just posted.

‘And what I say or repost never warrants the amount of hateful messages I get in return and it’s how idiotic and pathetic the messages are that makes me feel like I’m just fighting a losing battle. 

‘I love speaking up, but it’s the ignorance, bigotry and racism. They know exactly what they are doing… it’s gaslighting. 

‘Sometimes it gets too much as these people are not listening to understand they just want to fight. But this is the most important time to keep speaking as they want people like us to just put up and shut up.’ 

She added: ‘I’m not crying about the messages. I don’t expect my followers to agree with 100% of what I say. It’s just annoying to see how many have this crazy warped view! And it’s very upsetting.’

The troll had sent one message saying: ‘Well, yes, Love Island does mean you have a low IQ’, as well as another telling Amber she’s ‘deluded’. 

The Instagram user had also attacked the Love Island star for ‘always thinking you’re the victim of racism’ and to ‘leave the country if this country is so racist’.