News Anchor Jennifer Livingston Responds To Viewer's Calling Her Fat

A Wisconsin TV anchor took to the air to defend herself after a viewer attacked her for being overweight. Jennifer Livingston of WKBT received an email from a viewer who complained her size wasn't a "suitable example" for the community's young people. The letter went viral after her husband, a fellow anchor, posted it online. Livingston addressed her the rude viewer on-air Tuesday and others who may be the victim of bullying. "That mans words mean nothing to me, but what really angers me about this is there are children who don't know better...who get emails as critical as the one I received, or in may cases even worse, each and every day. The internet has become a weapon. Our schools have become a battleground and this behavior is learned. It is passed down from people like the man who wrote me that email. If you were at home and you were talking about the fat news lady...guess what? Your children are probably going to go to school and call someone fat." Jennifer Livingston has always rebuffed personal attacks, so when the Wisconsin television news anchor got an email from a viewer criticizing her weight, she thought nothing of it. But then she thought of her daughters and other children who may not have the same emotional shield. Livingston took the airways Tuesday to respond to the email during a 4-minute segment on WKBT-TV in La Crosse, calling the writer a bully. She urged young viewers not to allow such people to define their self-worth.