Katherine Ryan had to face severe ‘fat shaming’ criticisms when she was actually hiding her pregnancy. This evidently shows the dark side of the industry and the people. Besides, she even hid her eight-month pregnancy from her workplace. This was because she was afraid of losing work. This is just one example of what happens in the industry. Is there even logic to this? We don’t know. We don’t know when this unfair treatment of women will stop. How can pregnancy be a barrier to work unless she is asking for her maternity leave?
Furthermore, netizens have brutally trolled Ryan, fat-shaming her, unaware of her condition. Another evil of society is body shaming people. In this blog, we will share with you about her life. And all the plight she had to go through during her pregnancy. Stay with us throughout the end if you are curious as well.
Who is Katherine Ryan?
Early Life
Katherine Louisa Ryan was born on 30 June 1983. Firstly, she is a Canadian-Irish comedian, writer, presenter, and actress in the United Kingdom.
Secondly, Ryan’s father, Finbar is a draughtsman and owner of an engineering company. He emigrated from Ireland to Canada. Thirdly, her mother Julie McCarthy is British/Canadian and owns an IT consulting company. Fourthly, Ryan and her younger sisters were born and brought up in Sarnia, Ontario.
Fifthly, Katherine Ryan’s parents separated when she was in her teens. Sixthly, when she was 18, she left home to study city planning at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto. While she was in university, she worked at the restaurant chain Hooters. Furthermore, in her spare time, she participated in open mic nights as an alternative form of personal entertainment. And by graduation, she had developed a basic comedic routine.
Career
Katherine Ryan has appeared on many British panel shows. Let us know about some of them. 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own and Mock the Week. Furthermore, we have Would I Lie to You?, QI, Just a Minute, Safeword, and Have I Got News for You. In addition, in 2015, she replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two. Ryan has appeared as an actress on many television series in the UK. Some of them are the sitcoms Campus, Episodes, and her Netflix show The Duchess.
As a stand-up comedian, Ryan has appeared on the BBC’s Live at the Apollo, both as a featured act and as a lead act. She has had two live stand-up specials released on Netflix: Katherine Ryan: In Trouble (2017) and Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room (2019).
Furthermore, for her comedy work, Katherine Ryan won the Nivea Funny Women Award. Besides, she was runner-up in the Amused Moose Laugh-Off competition in 2008.
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Katherine Ryan Plight During The Pregnancy
Katherine Ryan was eight months pregnant when she presented ITV reality dating show Ready To Mingle. However, no one had a clue she was even having her second child.
Katherine said certain things later to the reporters. “During my pregnancy, I wasn’t telling anyone.”
“You can’t get insured on any production if you are pregnant.”
However, she also took a subtle dig at the hypocrisy of the industry.
“Sometimes, if you are important enough, they go the extra mile. You see Holly Willoughby is pregnant and that’s because she’s worth it.”
“I had been off for the whole pandemic. I walked on to set for Ready To Mingle eight months pregnant.”
Katherine Ryan said that if one goes on the BBC’s insurance site it clearly mentions conditions. It doesn’t insure for any matters of the womb. “If your vagina falls off on set, that’s it.”
“You don’t want to let down a production if you have some complication of pregnancy.”
Furthermore, she adds in front of the reporters a working condition. If an entire day gets cancelled on the shooting of the Sitcom for these reasons one will not be insured.
“If you had an eye infection and they couldn’t film you, that day would be insured. And everyone would get paid and go home.” That is a weird condition of work, isn’t it?
Severe Body Shaming From Netizens
Katherine Ryan slammed Will Smith after the Chris Rock Oscars slap for not accepting a joke. However, she got a brutal reaction after commenting on the 30-year age gap between actor Nicolas Cage, 58, and his pregnant wife Riko. She has an Amazon Prime Video series, Backstage With Katherine Ryan. There she invites comedians to perform and chat with her at London’s Roundhouse Theatre.
She even criticized comedian Seann Walsh for his Strictly kissing scandal with professional dancer Katya Jones.
However, she got severe taunts she got from the unaware netizens for being fat during her pregnancy. And that is beyond any other criticism she got earlier.
Katherine has two children — Fred, who turned one this month, with her civil partner Bobby Kootstra. And 12-year-old Violet, from a previous relationship. She was expecting Fred during filming.
Katherine has talked about her pain in 2020 when she had a miscarriage at ten weeks with the media. She told certain things in Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell podcast. “I have had some experience of pregnancy loss, so I did lots of research into avoiding that. There is a thing where you take steroids and then an intravenous thing every four weeks. And it calms your immune system.
In addition, she said that those steroids turn people into “sumo wrestlers”.
The Pathetic Comments on Her Appearance
“I gained, like, three stones in three months, basically on my face. And I got so big. Because I talk about Botox and filler, the whole of the internet was like, ‘Katherine has really done it this time, she has f***ed up her face’.I just had to sit there with this fat Madonna face and be like, ‘Yeah’.
“But it didn’t bother me. I had been called lots of things. Facelift, too much filler or fat, it didn’t bother me though. I just thought it was fascinating, eye-opening.”
“When people say things about my appearance it doesn’t bother me. But I’d never experienced being called fat.”
“It is interesting to me because I only took a tourism trip into being fat. People are really mean about other people being fat. They are really nasty.”
What Does Katherine Ryan Say About The Love Of Her Life?
Katherine Ryan calls North London her home and that is where her heart belongs. Yes! She lives there with Bobby, her first love. Furthermore, she told an interesting anecdote about the duo. The pair split after a drunken row at their high school prom in 1998, then reconnected 20 years later.
Katherine has shared how much she loves him with the reporter. “He is the love of my life. I have loved him since I was a 15-year-old. He is a stay-at-home dad/professional golfer.”
Ending Note
Katherine Ryan is one fighter. She is maintaining a healthy balance in her private and professional life. We wish her success in her future.
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