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Clare Balding ‘nearly fainted’ after extreme diet following cruel jibe from her dad about her weight gain

Clare Balding previously recalled the body-shaming comment made by her father - causing her to start an extreme diet to lose weight

Clare Balding previously recalled the vile body-shaming comment made by her father – causing her to start a heartbreaking extreme diet in a bid to lose weight. The Celebrity Gogglebox star went on to reveal how her father, the champion racehorse trainer Ian Balding, told a journalist at the time she was “not really the right shape to be a jockey”. Clare also shared how on the day of the race, she was forced to “block her ears” after the announcer revealed on the public address system she “would be carrying three pounds overweight”.

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