Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, is clapping back against the haters.
After a video featuring Farley with a noticeably slimmed physique was posted via social media on Friday, September 18, people flocked to the comments section to criticize her weight.
Farley, 41, addressed the criticism – including accusations that she had taken Ozempic or other GLP-1 medication to achieve the look – via a comment of her own.
“Apologies to everyone offended by my weight lol.” she wrote. “I have never been this thin since middle school, but unfortunately, I was told I couldn’t eat for six days in the hospital as they debated taking out my appendix while I was also suffering from a kidney abscess the size of a golf ball… appendicitis, and a kidney infection sucks (and because I had this ongoing I was losing weight over the summer).
She added, “But what sucks more is the fact that I can’t control how thin I am right now and I did not do any ‘shots’ for this to happen… but I will ask when I gain all the [weight] back for you to then comment about how fat I got 😂😂 because women can’t win either way.”
In response, several followers defended Farley against the more aggressive commenters.
“As someone who has been through major health battles myself, this breaks my heart. People have NO idea what illness does to the body,” wrote one social media user. “There’s a total lack of sympathy and understanding from those who expect everyone to be 100% all the time. They think if they can’t feel it, it isn’t real. It’s not true. You are a warrior, and you just keep shining bright ✨️💜”
Another told Farley, “Do what you have to do to make yourself healthy. People will always have opinions. The only ones that matter know your struggle and support you.”
Earlier this month, Farley opened about her health ordeal, which led to her being hospitalized.
“Not the ‘first day of school’ picture I wanted to post… but then again, I guess we wouldn’t have one,” Farley wrote via Instagram on September 3, alongside a photo of herself wearing a hospital gown.
Her daughter Meilani, 12, and son Greyson, 10, whom she shares with ex-husband Roger Mathews, were also featured in the image.
She continued, “This past week has probably been one of the hardest weeks of my life. I’ve spent every day fighting to get healthy enough to get home to my family while dealing with a horrible kidney infection and appendicitis.”
Farley explained that something felt was off in her body for “months” before her hospitalization.
“I want to say it came out of nowhere, but the truth is, I haven’t felt like myself for months,” she continued. “Weight loss, exhaustion, constantly feeling off … and then last Friday, my body finally said, ‘We aren’t making it like this anymore.’”
