The Traitors winner Meryl Williams admits she’s had some “negative comments” since the show

She won the £101,050 prize alongside Aaron Evans and Hannah Byczkowski in the recently released series The Traitors.

And Meryl Williams opened up about her experience since the show this week, explaining that she’s had some “negative comments.”

The former call center agent, 25, who became the first person with dwarfism to win a reality game show, explained that even before appearing on the show, people would “point and stare” in the street.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Friday morning, Meryl explained her ‘amazing’ experience on the show as she changed the way people view dwarfism.

Presenters Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway questioned the Scot about the decision to go public with the venture.

She explained that trolling was a problem with or without TV, sharing, “I think because I experience it daily (trolling and hate) even before the show, when I go out into the street staring at people and that was before the show.”

“After the show I got some negative comments but it wasn’t something I hadn’t heard before and because I had such a good experience with the show I just ignored it.”

She continued, “But I do experience it, I did know what it would be like if people stared and pointed because that’s what people were more likely to do, but I thought by doing this I could at least get people’s ideas change so that they at least know. that we can do the same as they do.’

Meryl also explained that consciousness was the reason she wanted to do the BBC show in the first place, as she hoped to change perspective.

Next: The whole reason I wanted to go on the show was to raise awareness, a lot of people don’t think I can do the same things they can. So I thought, if I go ahead and take on the same challenges they all do, we’ll all have a level playing field.

“A lot of the challenges people would ask if I got extra time and stuff and I didn’t. Even when I go out, people think, “Oh, they can’t do this and they can’t do that,” so I just wanted to show that I can do exactly the same as everyone else.’

And after winning big on the show, the TV personality has previously spoken about the potential of her own clothing line for people with her condition.

Expanding on the idea, Meryl explained that she wanted to make clothes “accessible and affordable” for people — while her grandmother currently tailors adult clothes to fit her.

“I love Zara and I shop in adult clothes, I’m size 8-10, and my grandma changes all my clothes so she changes everything for me.

“Maybe I’d get into making clothes more accessible and affordable for people with dwarfism because if I wanted a pair of heels I’d have to get them custom made and it’s just so expensive.”

Meryl, Hannah and Aaron managed to beat ‘Traitor’ contestant Wilfred Webster for the prize money in the thrilling finale of the show.

The prize money was split equally between them as they worked together to solve the case of finding the last traitor.

And Meryl still has the money, as Kate and Ben quizzed her on whether she had blown it all after the win – which was filmed earlier this year.

She replied: No. I haven’t spent everything, I do have money left. I’ve always said I wanted to do presenting and stuff, so I thought, I’ll give myself six months and I’ll have that money as a security blanket so I can try different things. It’s obviously a great security blanket, and then see, hopefully continue that career.