Megan McKenna dissolved her lip fillers because people couldn’t look past her ‘trout pout’ as she discusses battle with body dysmorphia
Megan McKenna ditched her lip fillers because no-one would take her seriously as a recording artist.
The Celebrity X Factor star, 27, said critics couldn’t look past her ‘trout pout’ to hear her voice as she discussed her battle with body dysmorphia on Loose Women on Thursday.
Megan said: ‘I look back at these pictures of myself and I think, “what were you thinking?” I can’t deal with my lips.
Natural: Megan McKenna ditched her lip fillers because no-one would take her seriously as a recording artist
‘I would be going onto editing apps and still not happy going, I can make that even bigger.
‘I did have body dysmorphia, it’s clear. I would look in the mirror and go, I could have more filler today.’
As a result the former TOWIE star found all the attention was on her plump pout rather than her singing ability.
Pouty: The Celebrity X Factor star, 27, said critics couldn’t look past her ‘trout pout’ during her appearance on Loose Women on Thursday (pictured left in May last year, right on Thursday)
Shocked: Megan said: ‘I look back at these pictures of myself and I think, “what were you thinking?” I can’t deal with my lips’
‘Everything I was doing was being linked back to my mouth,’ Megan, (who even named her 2018 autobiography Mouthy) said.
The brunette beauty continued: ‘I’d be doing shows like this and all the articles would be like “Megan and her trout pout, big lips”.
I thought I’m trying so hard to be taken seriously here and this is never gonna happen.
Stylish: The reality star cut a chic figure in a tan woolly coat, black joggers and Balenciaga trainers
Designer taste: Megan left the ITV studios with a large silver suitcase and Louis Vuitton bag
Transformation: Megan is taking part in The X Factor: Celebrity and she is hotly tipped to reach the final and even win
‘I remember flying home feeling embarrassed about what I look like and I thought, I need to get them out. I’ve learned to accept the way I look.’
Megan also discussed her rise as a reality star and how she wants to turn her back on her feisty persona and to be perceived as a credible singer.
After first finding fame on Ex On The Beach, she went on to star on Celebrity Big Brother, TOWIE and most recently Celebs Go Dating.
Trout pout: The brunette beauty continued: ‘I’d be doing shows like this and all the articles would be like “Megan and her trout pout, big lips”.
‘I wouldn’t turn back the clock. I’ve done a lot of growing up over the last few years, mine was all on camera it’s a bit embarrassing.’
Having decided to take part in The X Factor: Celebrity – on which she is hotly tipped to reach the final and even win – Megan has tried to clean up her act.
Week-after-week she has performed her own original material – all ballads – and wowed the judges and audience, under the tutelage of Louis Walsh.
She and Kevin McHale, of Glee fame, are the last of Louis’ remaining contestants in this year’s celeb version of the singing competition.
Megan also reportedly dumped her ex-con boyfriend Zack Gilbert in her bid to be a music star, and recently told MailOnline it’s included ditching alcohol.
Megan added: ‘I did have body dysmorphia, it’s clear. I would look in the mirror and go, I could have more filler today’
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