‘Pilates girl’: Woman fired after vile ‘fat-shaming’ gym rant goes viral

A woman who posted a “nasty” opinion about women who weigh over 90kgs has paid the ultimate price after being called out for “fat-shaming”.

A US woman has been fired and kicked out of her pilates studio after she went on a vile “fat-shaming” rant that claimed women over 90kg shouldn’t be in her workout class.

In a since-deleted clip, Monica from Texas, told her viewers: “If you’re 200lb (90kg), you shouldn’t be in a pilates class.”

“And you shouldn’t be allowed to be a pilates instructor if you have a gut,” she added.

The clip has been re-shared thousands of times by outraged viewers, with many branding the content creator “pathetic and nasty”, including pilates instructors who have rubbished her opinion.

In a follow-up apology video that has also since been deleted, Monica – who has since been dubbed “pilates girl” – revealed she had lost her job at Stone Ridge Dental in San Antonio over the video.

“I wanted to come on here and apologise for my last few videos, they were nasty,” she began.

“I think the reason I posted them was because there are some insecurities in me and some self-hate, but my [pilates] membership was revoked and I was told not to go back to work,” she continued.

“I just feel so bad. It’s so toxic and I’m sorry about that.”

Halfway through the clip she begins crying and declares she “needs to go to therapy and church”.

“So anyway, I hope you can all forgive me and get over that nasty post,” she concludes.

A woman named Monica has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Picture:TikTok/succulentaddict8

In a since-deleted video she told viewers that people over 200lb shouldn't be in pilates. Picture: TikTok/succulentaddict8

Furious viewers were quick to flood the comment section of the long-awaited apology.

“Feels like you’re only sorry because you got fired,” said one unimpressed person.

“The most unapologetic apology I’ve ever heard,” said another.

“I’m a pilates instructor … I have a gut because of my loose skin from my pregnancy and I go to the gym,” said a third.

She wept as she apologised for 'fat-shaming'. Picture: TikTok/succulentaddict8

Furious viewers have called out the former-dentist staffer. Picture: TikTok/succulentaddict8

“This is why I do pilates at home because of people like this. The amount of hate plus-size women get is ridiculous and uncalled for. We’re just existing like you are,” echoed a fourth.

The video comes just months after a troubling trend did the rounds on TikTok.

It involved using an AI filter that alters users’ appearance to make them look either ‘chubby’ or ‘skinny’.

A viral trend saw users trying out a 'chubby filter'. Picture: TikTok

The controversial filter has since been pulled by TikTok. Picture: TikTok

It mostly features slim, young women using the filter to make themselves look bigger, often as a joke with mocking captions.

The trend prompted fierce backlash from some users, who branded it “fat-shaming and body-shaming.”

“Literally when did we start body shaming again? Why are we going backwards in 2025?” one user asked.

TikTok has since removed the filter – but some fear the damage has already been done.

Originally published as ‘Pilates girl’: Woman fired after vile ‘fat-shaming’ gym rant goes viral