Nick Knowles has called out a troll who body-shamed him during Children In Need.
The presenter, 63, replied to a cruel post on social media which read “Nick Knowles ate Pudsey!” after he appeared on Children in Need, as part of an episode where the DIY SOS team overhauled facilities at cancer charity The Joshua Tree.
And he said he had reported the account before, as he alleged the troll had made fun of his wife Katie, after she underwent a hysterectomy and suffered complications.
“I know you - you were trolling my wife when she was ill…,” Knowles wrote.
“We reported you to your employer now you’ve watched a show about building a place for a children’s cancer charity & decided to go for me being heavy.
“Do you think maybe you should get some counselling about this obsession?”
He added: “Are you referring to me being heavy? Is that what you took from that show about building a place for a children’s cancer charity? And you’re a nurse. Or have I misunderstood?”
The DIY SOS presenter later asked for his followers to stop responding to the account, and wrote: “Ok look - I really appreciate the support regarding the trolling of my wife and I but can we please keep responses civil...
“After some thought I genuinely think there may be a mental health element at play here so please let’s let the matter lie.”
Earlier this year, Katie revealed she underwent a hysterectomy after enduring years of “unbearable pain”.
The businesswoman, 35, shared the news on Instagram, alongside several pictures from hospital wearing her patient gown.
The mother-of-two said she took the decision after decades of living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis and adenomyosis.
Katie said: "It wasn’t 'just a bad period'. It was constant hospital trips. Multiple laparoscopies. Bleeding through clothes. Vomiting from the pain. Being curled up in bed, missing out on life.
"It was extreme bloating that made me look pregnant. It was migraines, stabbing pains in my legs, butt and stomach. It was chronic fatigue. It was hiding in loos, crying over another ruined day. It was my daughters terrified of getting their periods in case they end up like mummy.
"Years of misdiagnosis & being fobbed off. Told to take painkillers. That it was “normal.” It wasn’t. I’ve cried on bathroom floors. I’ve bled through clothes in public. I’ve had 3 surgeries. I’ve tried every pill, every patch, every hormone tweak. I’ve been put on a medical menopause just to get through uni.
"And still… the pain came."
Katie, who married TV host Knowles, 62, in a lavish ceremony in Essex earlier this year, said she was sure she didn't want more children when going for the op and that her two girls "are everything".
She said she underwent procedure to "take her life back" but added it did make her feel "less like a woman".
