Lad Bible Apologises To Wentworth Miller For Fat-Shaming Meme After He Said: 'I Was Suicidal'

Lad Bible has been forced to apologise to ‘Prison Break’ star Wentworth Miller after he slammed an internet meme they posted on Facebook for 'fat-shaming’ him, explaining that he was suicidal when the picture was taken.

Miller picked up on the meme after it was published by the UK site, and explained what he was going through at the time in a post on Facebook.

“Today I found myself the subject of an Internet meme. Not for the first time. This one, however, stands out from the rest,” he said.

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“In 2010, semi-retired from acting, I was keeping a low-profile for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I was suicidal. This is a subject I’ve since written about, spoken about, shared about. But at the time I suffered in silence.

“Ashamed and in pain, I considered myself damaged goods. And the voices in my head urged me down the path to self-destruction. Not for the first time. I’ve struggled with depression since childhood.

“It’s a battle that’s cost me time, opportunities, relationships, and a thousand sleepless nights. In 2010, at the lowest point in my adult life, I was looking everywhere for relief/comfort/distraction. And I turned to food. It could have been anything. Drugs. Alcohol. Sex. But eating became the one thing I could look forward to. Count on to get me through.

“There were stretches when the highlight of my week was a favorite meal and a new episode of TOP CHEF. Sometimes that was enough. Had to be. And I put on weight. Big f***ing deal.”

The post has since been removed, but not before being shared over 12,000 times.

Lad Bible has since posted an apology on their website saying they got it “very, very wrong”.

“We want to say we’ve got this very, very wrong. Mental health is no joke or laughing matter. We certainly didn’t want to cause you pain by reminding you of such a low point in your life.”

Elaborating on the photo, Miller said: “One day, out for a hike in Los Angeles with a friend, we crossed paths with a film crew shooting a reality show. Unbeknownst to me, paparazzi were circling. They took my picture, and the photos were published alongside images of me from another time in my career. “Hunk To Chunk.” “Fit To Flab.” Etc.

“My mother has one of those “friends” who’s always the first to bring you bad news. They clipped one of these articles from a popular national magazine and mailed it to her. She called me, concerned.

“In 2010, fighting for my mental health, it was the last thing I needed.

“Long story short, I survived.”

41-year-old Miller, also a successful screenwriter as well as an on-screen star, spoke about his depression back in 2013, admitting to have tried to take his own life over struggling to come to terms with his sexuality as a teenager.

“The first time I tried to kill myself I was 15. I waited until my family went away for the family and I was alone in the house and I swallowed a bottle of pills,” he revealed while speaking at a human rights campaign dinner.

“I don’t remember what happened over the next couple of days but I’m pretty sure come Monday morning I was on the bus back to school pretending everything was fine.

“Growing up I was a target. Speaking the right way, standing the right way, holding your wrist the right way. Every day was a test and there was a thousand ways to fail.

“A thousand ways to portray yourself to not live up to someone else’s standards of what was accepted.

“I had multiple opportunities to speak my truth, which is that I was gay, but I chose not to. I was out privately to family and friends – publicly, I was not.

“I chose to lie – when I thought about the possibility of coming out, how that might impact me and the career I worked so hard for, I was filled with fear.”

Miller made his name in the series 'Prison Break’, and is currently part of the recurring cast in DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’.

His made his screenwriting debut with 'Stoker’ in 2013, directed by 'Oldboy’s Park Chan-wook.

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