A man who told his plus-sized dating app match she needed to drink SlimFast has been banned from Bumble for ‘rude and abusive behaviour’.
TikTok star Florence Simpson, 21, from Portsmouth, matched with a man known only as Ben on the dating app where women have to message first in heterosexual matches.
Opening up the exchange, the Solent University graduate known as Flo, who has nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok and often posts about body confidence wrote: ‘Okay, picture this. You’re off to big Tesco & ask if I want anything. I say “surprise me”. What are you bringing home?’ to which Ben cruelly responded: ‘Slimfast’.
A man who told his plus-sized dating app match she needs to drink SlimFast has been banned from Bumble for ‘rude and abusive behaviour’. TikTok star Florence Simpson, 21, from Portsmouth matched with a man known only as Ben on the dating app where women have to message first in heterosexual matches.
Opening up the exchange, the Solent University graduate known as Flo, who has nearly 700,000 followers on TikTok and often posts about body confidence wrote: ‘Okay, picture this. You’re off to big Tesco & ask if I want anything. I say “surprise me”. What are you bringing home?’ to which Ben cruelly responded: ‘Slimfast’
Sharing a screenshot of the conversation to Twitter, Flo said ‘Don’t you just love men. No judging my opening question okay, it normally gets hilarious responses!’
She later added: ‘I would like to reiterate as some people don’t seem to understand.
‘I do not care if he doesn’t find my body type attractive. I care that he consciously chose to match with me just to be rude to me.’
The tweet has since racked up nearly 30,000 likes with many praising Flo’s opening and berating Ben’s response.
She later added: ‘I would like to reiterate as some people don’t seem to understand.’I do not care if he doesn’t find my body type attractive. I care that he consciously chose to match with me just to be rude to me.’
Now a size 22, Flo hopes to slim down to a size 16 one day, but is happy in her size and often shares gorgeous bikini selfies
It also caught the attention of Bumble, who responded by blocking Ben from the female-friendly app.
‘Hi Flo! We’re so sorry this happened. Rude and abusive behaviour is never acceptable in the Hive, and we want you to know we’ve got your back.
‘Our team has located this user’s profile and blocked him from our platform. If you have any questions, please feel free to DM us,’ they said in a tweet.
FEMAIL has contacted Flo and Bumble for comment.
Flo first found fame on TikTok documenting her weight loss, and became known for the catchphrase ‘Hi, I’m Flo and I’m trying to fit back into my jeans’
Many were quick to praise Flo for her witty question and slick answer.
‘Absolutely fantastic opening line. Grotesque and pathetic response,’ one person said.
‘This is SUCH A GOOD opening question!!! Flo these men do not deserve your time of day,’ wrote another
‘The actual AUDACITY,’ commented a third.
Flo first found fame on TikTok documenting her weight loss, and became known for the catchphrase ‘Hi, I’m Flo and I’m trying to fit back into my jeans’.
Now a size 22, she says she hopes to slim down to a size 16 one day, but is happy in her size and often shares gorgeous bikini selfies.
She now has more than 700,000 followers across TikTok, Twitter and Instagram after first posting videos out of lockdown boredom last year.
She now has more than 700,000 followers across TikTok, Twitter and Instagram after first posting videos out of lockdown boredom last year
In January, Bumble banned all forms of body shaming on the app, including fat-phobic, ableist, racist, colourist, homophobic or transphobic language
They are also encouraging their community to report bad behaviour through their in-app reporting to enforce this specific set of guidelines.
In 2019, Bumble introduced Private Detector, a feature that uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect and blur unsolicited nude images. It then alerts the recipient who can choose to view, delete or report the image.
Naomi Walkland, Bumble’s Head of UK & Ireland told FEMAIL: ‘At Bumble, we have always been clear on our mission to create a kinder, more respectful and more equal space on the internet. Key to this has always been our zero-tolerance policy for racist and hate-driven speech, abusive behaviour and harassment.
‘We believe in being explicit when it comes to the kind of behaviour that is not welcome on our app and with these changes, we’re making it clear that body shaming is not acceptable on Bumble. We always want to lead with education and give our community a chance to learn to recognise this language and improve. However, we will not hesitate to permanently remove someone from the app if there are repeated incidents or particularly harmful comments.’
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