Pregnant meteorologist hits back at viewer critiquing her for 'form-fitting' outfits on TV with the ultimate response

A large meteorologist delivered the eventual effect to a professional who sent a nasty connection astir her 'form-fitting' outfits portion presenting connected TV. 

Claire Anderson, a seasoned weatherwoman astatine Fox13 News who is presently 8 months pregnant, shared an email that was sent to her earlier this period that was filled with nitpicking and disapproval implicit a dress. 

But the viewer's remarks did not beryllium good with the Anderson, who quipped backmost successful a TikTok video: 'That's conscionable what happens erstwhile you person a child.' 

In the email, the disgruntled spectator named Kathy pleaded: 'Please, PLEASE, battalion distant the form-fitting dresses until aft the baby. 

'Your mommy bump has gotten truthful large that your wide quality distracts from from your presentation. Something escaped and flowing would beryllium best.' 

While the self-titled 'well-wisher' complimented Anderson's work, calling it 'some of the champion presentations connected TV', she claimed it needed 'the undistracted attraction of the viewers.'

During her abbreviated reply video, Anderson showed viewers a representation of the cream-colored outfit she had worn during her broadcast from the time she received the email. 

In the voiceover, Anderson added: 'Remember we are not expected to remark connected what women deterioration and look like, particularly erstwhile we're pregnant.' 

Viewers rapidly rallied to explicit enactment for Anderson and encouraged her to proceed dressing arsenic she liked. 

'Respectfully (or possibly not) disagree with her. Show disconnected that bump!!! congrats!!,' 1 spectator cheered. 

While different added: 'I emotion love emotion erstwhile women deterioration their babe bump large and proud!!!'

'My ma ever makes judgy comments astir large women wearing choky covering too. I deliberation it's a generational thing, but I deliberation babe bumps should beryllium shown off,' 1 spectator besides pointed out. 

Another shared their ain concern and said: 'Me seeing this portion connected abrogation successful the Dominican Republic astatine 7 months large and chilling successful a 2 portion bikini by the pool.'

'When I was large was the archetypal clip I truly felt comfy and assured wearing signifier fitting clothes. I loved showing disconnected the bump. Keep it up - you look great!,' different encouraged. 

While different besides joined successful and said: 'Keep doing you and stone the bump mama! Pregnancy is beauteous and does not instrumentality distant from you arsenic a professional.'

Although the email was not Anderson's archetypal acquisition with harsh critics to her carnal quality arsenic an on-air meteorologist. 

The weatherwoman told TODAY.com that dissimilar accepted quality anchors, her full assemblage is connected show erstwhile she presents her conception and is truthful wholly disposable to the audience. 

'You privation radical to beryllium looking astatine the map, but they look astatine your body. And unfortunately, that is conscionable portion of the game. But it doesn't marque it immoderate easier,' she said. 

She besides told the outlet that she was initially 'nervous' to stock quality of her gestation owed to fearfulness of receiving captious comments connected her changing body. 

'For each 99% of happiness, there's ever going to beryllium that 1 idiosyncratic that has thing to say. And, unfortunately, those are the ones that enactment (in your mind).'

Furthermore, Anderson revealed that aft receiving the email, she went to her friends to disappointment. 

But instead, they encouraged her to marque a video and deed backmost against the critic. Ultimately, she decided to speech astir the email to code the speech astir 'women supporting women'.  

'It's 2024, women enactment women, yet we inactive person the nastiest emails from women,' she says, adding that the bulk of captious emails she receives regarding her quality person travel from older women.

'My connection was conscionable like, "Guys, remember, we are successful a time, successful place, successful the world, wherever we don't request to beryllium commenting connected someone's assemblage unless you deliberation it looks amazing." 

'Unless idiosyncratic asks you however they look, we don't request to beryllium commenting. Especially successful this time and age, fertility and being large — radical are unfastened astir it. 

'We don't cognize however agelong did it instrumentality to get pregnant? How hard was it? Was it emotional? Was it hard for you? Are you having a bully pregnancy? Are you having a hard time? 

'I’m not changing who I americium conscionable due to the fact that I’m large and increasing a child.

'We are successful a clip erstwhile we are healthy. We tin person kids, and we tin enactment afloat time. We are nonrecreational women, and we tin beryllium sexy, we tin look good. 

'Just due to the fact that we are large does not mean we person to enactment connected frumpy apparel anymore.'

Anderson, who precocious celebrated 12 years successful the TV broadcast industry, joined husband Garret Verhoff successful September 2023.