SCOTS TV presenter Gail Porter has revealed she was once told by someone that she could possibly look pretty again if she wore a wig.
The 51-year-old last night took to Twitter to urge the public to be kind and think about the words they say to each other.
Porter was diagnosed with alopecia in 2005 and had said at the time that television work dried up because she proudly refused to wear wigs on air.
Posting to her 139,000 followers about a hurtful comment that was made to her, the former Top of the Pops host said: “Sleep tight all. I had someone who told me if I wore a wig I could possibly look pretty again.
“Think what you all say to each other.
“We all have feelings.
“Be kind. It’s not hard. X.”
The tweet received more than 4,000 likes and hundreds of comments from friends and fans who were quick to reassure the Edinburgh-born TV personality.
BBC News reporter Catriona Renton said: “Gail, you are a role model and beautiful.
“I love you exactly as you are and if I were a tiny percentage of how beautiful you are I would be happy. Love to you.”
Kate Robbins added: “Ahh, feck ‘em. You’re gawjuss.”
Sarah Kotschujew said: “That person speaks clearly from a very ugly heart. Ignore the comments of those who can’t see beauty in everything they look at.
“People can be so cruel with spoken words, words that drip from venomous lips, you are very beautiful, pay no mind to these nobody’s.”
Labour councillor Peter McDade said: “That’s a ridiculous thing to say to someone and definitely not a reflection on anything about you at all.
“It’s probably impossible for us to accept that when the unkindness is about us, particularly something we feel vulnerable over, but it’s true, the unpleasantness is all on them.”
Julie Skirvin said: “You are beautiful inside and out. It’s so sad that some people don’t think of the effect of their words before opening their mouths.
“My parents taught me that if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. Tried to live by that, even with people who do the opposite.”
Porter has last been seen on screen as a presenter of Spooked Scotland alongside co-host Chris Fleming.
In the 1990s, she famously posed nude for FHM, which was projected onto the Houses of Parliament.
