SHE may be a reality show favourite – but even Tanya Bardsley is no stranger to brutal trolling about her appearance.
In an age where all of us are constantly reminded to be kinder to one another, the mum-of-four, who is most known for starring in The Real Housewives of Cheshire, knows what it’s like to see harsh comments left by keyboard warriors on her Instagram page.
The English model, who started her career in the public eye as a glamour girl, posing for lads’ mags, revealed that online bullies always have something to say about her looks.
Chatting with the hosts of Nip, Tuck, Not Giving a F**k, the 43-year-old WAG who has been a Real Housewife for seven years, said she gets daily trolling but tries not to let it get to her.
The wife of Macclesfield Town F.C. assistant manager Phil Bardsley said: ”It’s just about my looks – ‘What’s happened to you, Tanya?’, ‘Have you had a car crash?'”
The reality TV star, mum to Rocco, Renz, Ralphi and Gabriella, has always been very vocal about the cosmetic surgery she’s had – and insisted more celebs should follow in suit.
”You’ve got to just share. There are so many people – I won’t name names – and they just deny it, and I just go ‘But I know you have!”’
The 42-year-old, who’s done a few bits and pieces of acting in the past, including featuring in a Lynx advert in 2003, has had a range of enhancements – from less intense ones, such as a brow lift, to a mummy tummy tuck.
“Me I’d eat donkey sh*t,” she candidly admitted. “If it made me look younger, I’d drink it in a smoothie.”
Tanya has also had two boob jobs, explaining: ”I had them done the first time and then after Ralphi I did an uplift.
”I don’t know whether that was the surgeon but it was more the aftercare. I was out drinking, partying.
”Because I always just healed, and I was young and stupid,” the mum explained, adding she got a hematoma – a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery.
”The surgeon had to put a thing in and just draw all of this black blood out,” she recalled the horrific incident with the hosts.
”It’s really, really scarred. But the Ralphi was a baby and I thought ‘I am not going another six weeks not picking him up’.
”I’ll revisit it but [not yet] – and Phil’s not bothered. A fussy man is a lonely man, he’ll sh*g me anyway,” chuckled the star.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”My £6k ‘Mummy makeover’ was meant to be the icing on the cake but I’m all wonky” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6364081408112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]She has also had a tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, a cosmetic surgery to improve the shape of the tummy area (abdomen).
It can involve removing excess loose skin, fat and stretch marks and tightening the abdominal muscles.
The aim is to remove excess skin on the tummy that cannot be removed through exercise – for example, excess skin caused by pregnancy or losing a lot of weight.
It’s not a quick fix for losing weight as the procedure is usually only recommended for people with a healthy body mass index (BMI).
”My body was absolutely smashing – until Ralphi,” said Tanya, who was left with sagging skin and abdominal separation despite exercising vigorously.
She had a full tummy tuck and admitted: “It was the worst pain I’d ever been through.
“Because obviously they cut you, they were lifting the skin to add the tummy muscles back.
“I just bounce back from surgery, so I was like ‘oh it’s fine’ but that was wow – but it was worth it.
“Before I couldn’t even wear a bikini because there’s that much skin.”
[boxout headline=”NHS advice on having cosmetic surgery abroad” intro=”THE NHS had advice for anyone considering going abroad for surgery. “]It might cost less than in the UK, but you need to weigh up potential savings against the potential risks. Safety standards may not be as high.
No surgery is risk-free. Complications can happen after surgery in the UK or abroad. If you have complications after an operation in the UK, it’s the surgeon’s responsibility to provide follow-up treatment.
Overseas clinics may not provide follow-up treatment, or they may not provide it to the same standard as in the UK.
When you make enquiries about your treatment, find out:
- What happens if there are complications?
- Where follow-up appointments will be?
- What happens if you need more surgery after the original procedure – how easily can you travel back to the destination where you had the surgery?
- How much it’ll cost?
Also find out:
- How surgeons and clinics are regulated in your chosen country
- How standards are enforced
And ask the surgeon:
- What training and qualifications they have?
- What organisations they belong to?
- How long they have been practising?
- How many procedures like the one you’re having they have done?
- If they speak a language you understand – they need to be able to explain the procedure to you and understand your concerns or questions?
For more NHS advice on having surgery abroad, visit the website – here.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the star explained why she opted for surgery on her stomach.
“Whenever I had a wee I was sick of looking at a bulldog’s forehead because that’s what it looked like with all the skin bunched up.
“I thought, I’m sick of looking of you so I’m having you off!” she said.
