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Ajay Rochester’s shocking spray at ‘self-hating’ Michelle Bridges

AJAY Rochester has unleashed a stunning tirade against her former Biggest Loser colleague Michelle Bridges.

Michelle Bridges:  "I'm yet to have met someone who is morbidly obese and happy"

FORMER Biggest Loser host Ajay Rochester has added her voice — and then some — to the chorus of high-profile names criticising Michelle Bridges for her recent comments about obesity.

Biggest Loser trainer Bridges caused a stir when, during a profile on Australian Story on Monday night, she stated that she’s “never met a happy morbidly obese person.”

Plus-size celebs including Chrissie Swan and Meshel Laurie were among those to publicly criticise the blanket statement, and now Bridges’ former Biggest Loser colleague has joined the pile.

“Michelle Bridges can kiss my fat happy ass!” Rochester captioned a post that has already been removed by Instagram. The accompanying pic? Well, you can see for yourself:

To paraphrase Lisa Simpson, we’re just amazed Rochester was able to draw so legibly on her own butt.
To paraphrase Lisa Simpson, we’re just amazed Rochester was able to draw so legibly on her own butt.

In an accompanying blog post, Rochester went into more details, slamming Bridges as “fat-phobic” — something she knows from “first-hand experience,” posting the following picture:

Rochester with Bridges and Shannon Ponton in a 2009 Biggest Loser publicity still.
Rochester with Bridges and Shannon Ponton in a 2009 Biggest Loser publicity still.

“My face says it all … … she and Shannon stood behind me and made fat jibes and comments a day after they had laughed and made comments about thick thighs and cankles as I walked past them out the door to an event and feeling pretty damn sexy at a healthy size 12.”

Bridges was the subject of Monday’s episode of Australian Story. Picture: Chris Pavlich
Bridges was the subject of Monday’s episode of Australian Story. Picture: Chris Pavlich
Now LA-based, Rochester is known for her regular social media stunts. Picture: Splash News
Now LA-based, Rochester is known for her regular social media stunts. Picture: Splash News

“I knew her pain and struggle and the self hatred that fuelled her but her dollars depend so much on her hating fat people and she sees it disappearing faster than Oprah’s thighs eating bread on Weight Watchers.

“As Biggest Loser ratings reach all time lows every year she needs people to lack a healthy self esteem because her bank account depends on people hating themselves as much as she does…….drink her sugar free Kool Aid and be ‘happy’.”

All smiles at the 2007 Logie Awards, but it appears the pair were less than friendly behind the scenes. Picture: Simon Fergusson/Getty Images
All smiles at the 2007 Logie Awards, but it appears the pair were less than friendly behind the scenes. Picture: Simon Fergusson/Getty Images

Rochester repeatedly claims that Bridges’ success is fuelled by “self-hatred”, and that she pities both Bridges and her child, “who will grow up in a world of diets, doctrine and discrimination”.

Bridges has not publicly addressed the controversy over her comments, however her partner, Commando Steve, retweeted a message of support to the pair from a fan:

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