Overview
- The Irish singer CMAT posted on Instagram after her Radio 1 Big Weekend set in Sunderland last Sunday to say she feels "deep sadness" over renewed body-shaming directed at her.
- She wrote that the abuse has intensified as her fame has grown and that she removed Instagram, TikTok and X from her phone to protect her mental health.
- CMAT added screenshots of a Substack essay by Front Row Feels that she said captured why the attacks hurt, and she rejected framing that she is "being defiant" about her appearance.
- Broadcasters and fellow musicians, including Lauren Laverne and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, publicly backed her, while concrete platform or industry remedies beyond past comment moderation have not been reported.
- The episode echoes similar harassment CMAT faced after a 2024 Big Weekend appearance and raises pressure on social platforms and festival broadcasters to address the mental-health toll of gendered online abuse.