‘You look different’: Deborah Knight fires back at online trolls commenting on her appearance

Television and radio host Deborah Knight revealed she is constantly harassed by online trolls about her appearance. 

When the 47-year-old shares pictures of herself without makeup to social media, she says she is flooded with negative comments. 

Speaking to the ABC at the Women in Media event in Brisbane on Friday, Deborah condemned the pointless abuse. 

‘Even yesterday – I post pictures of who I interview on radio and I had just spoken to Wally Lewis, so I posted a picture,’ Deborah started, setting the scene. 

She continued: ‘Immediately someone posted on my Instagram account saying, ‘Well, you look so different without makeup’. And it is like, ‘No s**t, Sherlock’, you know?’

Deborah appears to delete hateful messages on her social media, but reveals she finds the trolling ‘tiresome’.   

Trolls have also attacked her for not spending enough time with her three children: Darcy, 11, Elsa, nine, and Audrey, four. 

But the celebrated journalist pointed out it was rare to see the same criticism towards her ‘male colleagues’. 

‘I think I should be setting a strong example for my daughters by being successful and working hard,’ Deborah hit back. 

Deborah was booted from Channel Nine at the end of last year, alongside Georgie Gardner and weatherman Steve Jacobs due to poor ratings.

They were replaced on The Today Show by Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon. 

Deborah now works as a radio presenter on Sydney-based commercial radio station 2GB.