A PLUS-SIZE woman who has struggled with her body image for years has admitted on television that she does not find herself or other obese people attractive.

This week’s episode of the BBC Two show Who Are You Calling Fat? captures the moment Babs, 50, opens up about her views on overweight people - just moments after getting upset over her own appearance in a body positivity dance class aimed at larger women.

The prison supervisor, who does not give her surname and lives in Sussex, has struggled to manage her weight from an early age. She reveals she sees aspects of beauty within people - but “can’t lie” when she says she does not find obese people appealing.

While her fellow obese housemates prepare for an upcoming party, Babs questions whether those who endorse body positivity are vocal about their views as a way of hiding their insecurities.

The BBC Two documentary sees nine obese individuals share a house as they discuss subjects surrounding their weight and obesity within society.

“Each one of you is attractive in your own way,” she explains. “You know Courtney, I don’t find her size attractive but she has a beautiful personality and has a lovely way about her.”

After the emotional conversation, Victoria takes Courtney, 26, from Lincolnshire, who is a self-love advocate aside, to share Babs’ controversial comments about her.

She interprets Babs’ comments about her to mean she thinks she has a lovely personality but ugly looks - leaving her upset.

“I don’t know if I should feel hurt or not that she looks at my body like that,” says Courtney.

Speaking to the cameras, Babs explains: “It’s been quite an emotional day with frictions between me and Victoria and Courtney. ‘Do I find fat people attractive?’ I can’t lie...I told the truth and the answer’s ‘no’.”

And after she apologises to Courtney for the remarks, Courtney admits: ‘I do get what you mean and where you’re coming from, I felt like that.’

“I felt like I couldn’t see any kind of beauty in any of this. It was disgusting to me, I do get it.”

Babs previously admitted being a serial dieter with a binge-eating disorder, struggling with her weight since childhood.

“I started to gain weight when my parents separated when I was six or seven,” she said. “I found comfort in food. I was 12 stone when I was 12 and at my heaviest I was nearly 28st at 40.”

Babs, who fears ridicule, got type 2 diabetes and was told to lose weight. She is in the series to raise awareness of mental health around obesity.

She says: “It’s time to recognise eating disorders come in many forms, not just bulimia and anorexia, and we don’t need to be constantly told to eat less and move more.”