Jennifer Livingston, News Anchor Responds To Viewer Bully About Being "Too Fat:" Struggles With A Thyroid Condition [Video]

TV news anchor, Jennifer Livingston responded to a Viewer, who bullied her about her weight. The morning anchor from WKBT-TV in La Crosse, Wis received an email from a viewer who said, "It's unusual that I see your morning show, but I did so for a very short time today. I was surprised indeed to witness that your physical condition hasn't improved for many years. Surely you don't consider yourself a suitable example for this community's young people, girls in particular. Obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most dangerous habits to maintain. I leave you this note hoping that you'll reconsider your responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle."

Livingston decided to go on air and address the email in mist of Bullying Awareness Month. Initially, the anchor woman said she laughed it off after receiving it and it was her husband (an anchorman himself at the station) who posted it on his Facebook page which drew support from many people. Grateful for those who came to her defense she said during her broadcast, "I will never be able to thank you enough for your words of support and for taking a stand against this bully," she said. "We are better than this email. We are better than the bullies that will try to take us down."

Livingston's husband defended his wife who struggles with a Thyroid condition (which makes it extremely hard for her lose weight) in an interview on Good Morning America he said, "What really angered me more so than his attack on her not being a role model for the community is that he doesn't know Jennifer. He doesn't know me. He doesn't know our family," Thompson said. "He doesn't know that Jennifer has ran triathlons. He doesn't know that she ran in a race last weekend, a 5-K race. She works out two or three times a week. She is going to run in a race this weekend. He doesn't know that."