A meteorologist battling cancer has responded to a viewer who sent a “hateful email” to the entire newsroom about her wig.
Fox 23 meteorologist Laura Mock, 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in May and began chemotherapy shortly after.
As a result of the treatment, her hair began to fall out, so she recently decided to shave it and wear a wig while on air.
But she was recently horrified when someone watching her segment decided to send a negative message about her fake hair to her and all of her coworkers.
Laura revealed via Facebook last week that a viewer had emailed everyone working at the news outlet with a snide comment about her hair.
She shared a screenshot of the email, which had the subject line: Laura Mock.
A meteorologist battling cancer has responded to a viewer who sent a “hateful email” to the entire newsroom about her wig.
Fox 23 meteorologist Laura Mock, 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in May and began chemotherapy shortly after.
As a result of the treatment, her hair began to fall out, so she recently decided to shave it off and wear a wig while on air. She is seen with the wig on.
“Can you please stop playing with your hair and doing the weather forecast? It looks like you’ve put on fake hair,” it said in all caps.
Laura accompanied the post with a powerful message to her enemy about body shaming.
“News flash: it’s fake,” she wrote. “I started losing my hair (thanks to chemo!) at the end of June and have been wearing a wig for just over a week now.”
‘Think twice before sending hateful emails to local journalists. This one was directed at our entire newsroom.
—Does it bother me? Not really. I’m very sensitive and I have other things to worry about, like the cancer I’m trying to get rid of. That doesn’t mean I should tolerate comments like that.
The 33-year-old also uploaded a snap showing her sharing the forecast on air while wearing the wig, and another showing her proudly holding it up to the camera.
While discussing the incident with the Today On the show, Laura explained that she decided to speak out in hopes of helping other people who may be victims of online harassment.
“There are women who get these comments every day who may not be battling cancer, but they’re battling other things in their lives and we don’t deserve to have this happen to us,” she said.
But Laura (seen with the wig) was left horrified after someone who was watching her segment decided to send a negative message about her fake locks to her and all of her coworkers.
She shared a screenshot of the email via Facebook, which read: “Can you stop playing with your hair and doing the weather forecast? It looks like you’ve put in fake hair.”
Laura accompanied the post with a powerful message to her hater about body shaming.
Laura has been very open about her diagnosis and shared it on air shortly after starting her treatment.
She described the moment she shaved her hair off as “liberating” and added that despite the horrific email, she is not ashamed of having to wear a wig.
“It’s not perfect, obviously it’s a wig, but it makes me look normal to people,” she explained.
“I’ve been inundated with positive comments. There haven’t been many negative ones, but when they come, they stand out above all else.”
She concluded with a statement to anyone who may be thinking of posting a nasty comment or sending a negative message to a public figure or someone they see on TV.
“The people we see on local television are just that: we are people too. We go through our own struggles every day,” he continued.
“If our makeup and hair aren’t in place, give us a little grace. You don’t know what our morning was like, what our week was like.”
While speaking about the incident with the Today show, Laura explained that she decided to speak out about it online in hopes of helping other people who may be victims of online bullying.
“There are women who get these comments every day who may not be battling cancer, but they are battling other things in their lives,” she said. She has been seen during treatment
Laura’s Facebook post was filled with messages of support.
Laura’s Facebook post was filled with messages of support.
“You are beautiful. With hair. Without hair. With a wig. Without a wig,” wrote one person.
“Anyone hateful enough to send such an email has something deeper going on inside them and should reflect on it rather than becoming keyboard warriors. People should choose kindness.”
“I love your response to posting a picture holding the wig. It made me laugh and I could feel your humor through the photo. You can do it,” added another.
“People are absolutely sad and bored. You are beautiful! Keep rocking,” someone else said.
“You have amazing hair babe. Keep shining,” read a fourth comment.
A fifth said: “I’m so sorry. Thank you for reminding me that we should just love and support others, not put them down.”
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