TV traffic reporter Leslie Horton has developed a thick skin over the years because of nasty feedback from viewers, but she unleashed a viral smackdown last week after she says one of them “crossed my line.”
The usually unflappable host, who has been at Global Calgary since 1995, was about to give a live report on the morning show when she decided to read out a message she received during a break.
“I’m just gonna respond to an email that I just got saying, 'Congratulations on your pregnancy. If you’re gonna wear old bus-driver pants, you have to expect emails like this,”’ Horton said.
“So thanks for that,” she responded. "No, I’m not pregnant. I actually lost my uterus to cancer last year. And this is what women of my age look like. So if it is offensive to you, that is unfortunate.
“Think about the emails that you send.”
I agree there’s a huge problem and it disproportionately affects women and it is disproportionately men causing it. And that’s worth talking about and fighting against. I’m ready to take responsibility and fight this where I can, despite not being affected myself. But blaming all men is useless. What should we do, put all men in prison? No, we need to make sure women are protected and men are properly educated, and that men who do digusting shit are properly punished. We need to raise awareness about toxic masculinity. When people blame me and badmouth me for shit that other people did wrong that’s sexism.
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