💔 Baylen Out Loud: Baylen Dupree Breaks Down She Gained 18 Lbs, Admits Body Shaming on Social Media Is Hurting Her Self-Confidence
The 23-year-old said weight gain is the most difficult side effect of her new medication
Baylen Dupree is opening up about the frustration she feels from her recent weight gain.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of Baylen Out Loud, the 23-year-old revealed that she’s been the target of body shaming on social media after gaining 18 lbs. from a new medication she’s taking for her Tourette syndrome.
“Yesterday’s high has been tanked after reading some comments on social media,” she explains. “I got a couple — and what I mean by a couple, a lot of couple — of not nice comments towards my body.”
“Social media is hard, especially when you’re reading comments and those type of things, and it’s like, ‘Oh my God, I had no idea you’re pregnant. Congratulations.’ What? I’m sorry. There was never an announcement. That’s not happening,” she says.
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Baylen Dupree going through her clothes that no longer fit.
The clip shows Dupree in her room doing laundry and going through her clothes, then tossing a pair of shorts because they no longer fit.
“Nothing fits. My jeans don’t fit. My jeans shorts don’t fit,” she tells fiancé Colin Dooley.
Dooley asks Dupree if the weight gain is due to the new medication she’s been taking.
“Yep, the number one side effect, on top of being scared to go to the gym because my germs,” she replies. “I’ve gained 18 pounds that I cannot lose. It’s definitely frustrating because I really do like this medication.”
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Dupree hands her husband a pair of shorts and sadly tells him to throw them away because she’s “never going to fit them again.”
“This medication is intended to treat my mood,” she adds in a confessional. “I feel better, I sleep better, but at the end of the day with the weight gain, it’s definitely affecting my self confidence.”
The new episode of Baylen Out Loud airs Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 9 pm ET on TLC.
