{"id":242931,"date":"2023-12-04T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=242931"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:12:57","slug":"tv-host-applauded-after-shutting-down-pregnancy-rumors-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/tv-host-applauded-after-shutting-down-pregnancy-rumors-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"TV host applauded after shutting down pregnancy rumors on-air"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Canada TV host Leslie Horton is applauded for withering on-air takedown of &#8216;unnecessarily cruel&#8217; viewer who mocked her for looking &#8216;PREGNANT&#8217; while shaming her outfit:\u00a0&#8216;I lost my uterus to cancer and THIS is what women my age look like&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leslie Horton covers daily traffic and community events on Global News<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>She recently took a moment to address emails she received\u00a0from strangers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>One troll insisted she was pregnant and slammed her &#8216;bus driver pants&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Canadian TV host has been applauded after she issued a powerful response to trolls and shut down pregnancy rumors live on the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Horton\u00a0covers daily traffic and community events on Global News, and her most recent on-air report has gone viral after she took a moment to address an unsolicited email she received, in which a viewer shamed her body and fashion choices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After receiving an email congratulating her on her &#8216;pregnancy&#8217; because she was wearing &#8216;bus driver pants,&#8217; the TV host &#8211; who has been a host on the show for 26 years &#8211; took fired back.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian journalist, from Calgary, slammed viewers and demanded they &#8216;think about the emails [they] send&#8217; as she shared that she had to wear &#8216;bus driver pants&#8217; because she lost her uterus to cancer\u00a0last year, and not because she was expecting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558341-12823491-A_Calgary_TV_host_has_been_applauded_after_she_issued_a_powerful-a-45_1701710075854.jpg\" height=\"644\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A Calgary TV host has been applauded after she issued a powerful response to trolls and shut down pregnancy rumors<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558343-12823491-Leslie_Horton_covers_daily_traffic_and_community_events_on_Globa-a-48_1701710075857.jpg\" height=\"736\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leslie Horton covers daily traffic and community events on Global News, and her most recent on-air report has gone viral after she took a moment to address the email she received<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558357-12823491-The_Canadian_journalist_slammed_viewers_and_demanded_they_think_-a-55_1701710834299.jpg\" height=\"696\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian journalist slammed viewers and demanded they &#8216;think about the emails [they] send&#8217; as she shared that she had to wear &#8216;bus driver pants&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leslie&#8217;s response to the audience member who congratulated her on her pregnancy and noted that she should &#8216;expect emails like this&#8217; due to her outfit choices has been circulating the web and prompted social media users to cheer on the TV host.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip was first reposted by\u00a0TikTok user @Sarantium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to beginning her traffic report, Leslie said: &#8216;I&#8217;m just going to respond to an email that I got saying, &#8220;Congratulations on your pregnancy, if you&#8217;re going to wear old bus driver pants you have to expect emails like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, thanks for that. No, I&#8217;m not pregnant, I actually lost my uterus to cancer last year and this is what women my age look like.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, if it&#8217;s offensive to you that is unfortunate.\u00a0Think about the emails you send.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People flooded the comments section and praised Leslie for calling out the troll and her reminder to others to think before they speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8216;Leslie Horton is a treasure and a boss.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another user added: &#8216;I&#8217;m so sad for her. She didn&#8217;t deserve that. She handled it with grace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well done\u2026 she looks fabulous,&#8217; someone else commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This just makes me so mad. How dare someone reach out and say something so shitty. #lesliehorton #globalnews #yyc #meanemail <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558353-12823491-Leslie_revealed_that_she_had_lost_her_uterus_to_cancer_adding_th-a-46_1701710075854.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558347-12823491-The_TV_host_reminded_people_to_think_before_they_hit_send-a-50_1701710076156.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Leslie revealed that she had lost her uterus to cancer &#8211; adding &#8216;this is what women my age look like&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558417-12823491-image-a-47_1701710075856.jpg\" height=\"102\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558415-12823491-image-a-51_1701710076162.jpg\" height=\"588\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/17\/78558419-12823491-People_flooded_the_comments_section_and_praised_Leslie_for_calli-a-52_1701710076165.jpg\" height=\"82\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People flooded the comments section and praised Leslie for calling out the troll and her reminder to others to think before they speak<\/p>\n<p>One user added: &#8216;Good for her to address that on air!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Someone else wrote: &#8216;What a queen! Perfect response.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oh my God people are so needlessly cruel. I&#8217;m glad she could call them out,&#8217; another added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the flood of positive responses, Leslie took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to show her appreciation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thanks for all your kind messages this morning. It took me hours to stop shaking&#8230; but I&#8217;m shaking it off,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie hasn&#8217;t shared what type of cancer she has, but frequently discusses her journey as a survivor on her social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12823491\/global-news-calgary-TV-host-slams-troll-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada TV host Leslie Horton is applauded for withering on-air takedown of &#8216;unnecessarily cruel&#8217; viewer who mocked her for looking &#8216;PREGNANT&#8217; while shaming her outfit:\u00a0&#8216;I lost my uterus to cancer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TV host applauded after shutting down pregnancy rumors on-air - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/tv-host-applauded-after-shutting-down-pregnancy-rumors-on-air\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TV host applauded after shutting down pregnancy rumors on-air - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canada TV host Leslie Horton is applauded for withering on-air takedown of &#8216;unnecessarily cruel&#8217; 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