Real Housewives Of Toronto Star Roxy Earle Slams Body Shamers: “I Have A Platform To Change The Way People Look At Fashion”

Roxy Earle took to social media following Tuesday night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Toronto to comment on her experience during this week's episode of the Slice hit reality series.

In the episode, Earle gets invited to a trunk show organized by Kara Alloway at her home. When she arrives, she discovers the host hasn’t stocked any outfits in Roxy’s size (she’s a 12).  As a result, she’s forced to watch from the sidelines while the rest of the women try on dresses.

Following the episode, Earle shared a personal message to her fans via her Facebook page.

“I might lead a really glamorous life and I might be able to buy these clothes, but it doesn’t mean deep down in my heart it doesn’t hurt to go somewhere and have everyone be able to try on something beautiful except for me,” she explains.



“Anyways, just a little realness…It’s hard. But [I] promise you: I’m going to change things. And I hope tonight’s show, I hope watching me experiencing something on TV opened people’s eyes. I hope if you work in a store, when someone walks in who doesn’t fit your mold of who you think should be wearing the clothes — be gentle with them, be nice to them. To designers, start embracing women of all shapes and sizes, of all colors, of all backgrounds.”

She adds: “This is just about diversity. And don’t take my crying as weakness. I’m going to change things… I might be on a reality show, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not real. I’m bringing the real to the ‘Real Housewives’, and I’m not stopping till I’m done…. Let’s change fashion, baby.”

Following her post-show video message on Facebook, Earle revealed this is an issue she’s intensely passionate.



“If I am on a TV show where people are listening to me, this is going to be my legacy,” Earle told ET Canada. “Some people thought it was just going to be a reality show and to me it’s become so much more, something I feel passionate about. It’s a movement.”

In fact, Earle is hoping to use the show as a platform to force fashion designers to listen up and start thinking of creating fashions for all body types. “I showed the vulnerability yesterday when I made that video because I want designers to listen,” she explains. “I have a platform here, I have a platform to change the way people look at fashion.”

The Real Housewives of Toronto airs Tuesday nights at 10:00pm ET on Slice!

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