What Overweight Discrimination – Emma Chawner Turns Down Job Offer

What a disgusting and disgraceful family the Chawner's are. They are just plain lazy and gluttinous! They should be investigated for benefit fraud for a start because how on earth they manage to claim over £22 000 in benifits is beyond me, when us hard working tax payers are lucky to earn £12 000 per year. The parents should be up for child abuse allowing their daughters to become that size. On the job side of it, that is no excuse to not work - too fat to work lol! its pathetic - the real reason is they are just too bone idle to work. There again its a good job she didnt take the security job 'standing at the door all day' no one would have been able to get through the door past her huge disgusting bulk. All I can say is GO ON A DIET!

Well said!!! Poor Tax Payers..things need to chance Now!

Im so aim so mad the father uses his diebetes as an excuse I'm 40 I weight 18 stone I'm diebetic also had cancer have been left with a condition call lymphodema oh yes and I HAVE WORKED FULL TIME through all off this I am now on a healthy eating plane as I put on weight after giving up smoking I've lost a sone In a month by just healthy eating and portion control so to two the chawners I say this fat lazy slobs they should be mad to clean the streets for there benifits scum !!!!!!!!!!

I can understand why Emma wouldn't want to take that security job. There are two obvious reasons why she isn't qualified right off. This is a standing job, and standing for an entire work day isn't good for plus-size people who weigh considerably-less than she does. Of course, the other obvious reason I have in mind could be changed if our society would just be a little less meanspirited when it comes to people who are obese. Emma doesn't want to be on display for an eight-hour workday and become the victim of smirks and cruel remarks. There's surely a positive place for Emma (and others like her) in our society, but we've got to be receptive to Emma and her ilk and help them to find their niches in life. Has anybody ever thought that these weight issues might be--at least, partially--health-related such as having an underactive thyroid gland and/or nonworking pituitary gland? While overweight generally comes from another gland issue (overactive salivary gland), I always wonder about those people who have become large-to-the-extreme and believe that there's something medical going on there, too. Best wishes to you, Emma! You're in my prayers, love, and positive thoughts!

The Chawners have really "put their heads on the block" by allowing a TV series to be made on their attempts to lose weight. I have watched all of the series so far and I have some sympathy with them, but they don t do much to help themselves. They have been given lots of help that other overweight people will not get ie personal trainers and dieticians. I was really annoyed by Emma in last nights episode ( Feb 10th) Thousands of pounds were paid( who by I wonder...) to send the two girls to a French diet farm. She was so ungrateful and still smoked despite strict no smoking rules. The parents are now lon g past the poin t of no return. Phil has heart problems and Audrey may only have a short time to live. They are not just too fat to work. They cannot work because their obesity has caused severe health problems. I really hope that Emma and Sam lose weight and break the cycle.

I really do think that this Family, rea4lly needs a reality check, because if they don't surely they know they will die of obesity related illnesses. I remain self concious about my weight and constantly put myself down. But I get up, and do a mile run and cardio and eat healthily and look on special dieting programs which provide a safe supported program to help you lose weight, so I totally agree with others that think this family is Lazy. I have done something about my weight because I could'nt stand to look at myself in the mirror, If the chawners can't even stand, you know it has gone to far.

I have never in my life posted a comment on this sort of site, but feel so strongly about this that I felt I had to. I watched the first series and thought good on the Chawners for trying to sort themselves out, but this second series has made me think what a total waste of time they are. It infuriates me that I have to get up at 6am every morning to go to work to pay for them to sit on their backsides and watch TV all day and eat. Why on earth is the benefits office not looking into this. They have no intention of looking for work or working. It's fraud. They have had all the help going to try to give them a chance to lead a normal respectable life, but have just laughed and totally rejected everything offered. One thing which I am sure would make them get off their behinds and lose weight is if they were told their benefits were going to stop in 6 months and would have to find work then, whatever it was. I'm sure the vast majority of us would love to change our job for something we would really love to do, but how often does that happen, we do what we have to to pay our bills. I think the parents are to blame, they should be done for child abuse they way they have treated their children and still are. Get away girls and get yourself a decent life, take this opportunity. Look at your mother - that will be you in years to come, you must want better than that. Good luck!

What a disgrace, these people and their bloody dog should be put down. I'm paying for everything they stuff into their fat frames. If they don't earn, they shouldn't eat.

I totally agree. I was going to make a comment more like Chex but you've nailed it. The mother absolutely disgusts me and the rest of the family aren't too far behind.

Oh NO...not the little dog!

Poor wee thing gets soooo excited at the mere mention of "excercise" that it's cruel to watch.....maybe I can arrange for him / her to come 'n live with me in New Zealand!

Are they ( the Chawners ) being paid to appear and bare all on TV ?

THY are fat and lazy it is time thy got of there asses @stoped taking my tax
all 4 off them

It is clear to me that the oldest daughter has taken over the role of mother, while the parents have reverted to being children, which is unhealthy and not socially acceptable. Both daughters should be leaving their comfort zone and become independent.This would make the parents more self reliant
It is a scary thought to think that the mother's biggest dream is to live in Coronation St .....more worrying still is that they are allowed to vote and breed!

The economy is in as bad shape as these people and all they can do is eat it all. No self respect at all. I do not know why Lorraine Kelly was helping these people. If she had to do anything for her money either she would look down at them in shame too. Lousy dogs. They don't have any intention of paying anything back. I say we should cut their money to £140 for the family, same as one of them working minimum wage. See if that helps them lose weight after paying rent and bills.

I cannot believe that * -earned taxpayers money is going to fund the Chawners lard- * while most honest,hardworking citizens struggle to make the ends meet.And as for Emma,who claims to be "the next Amy Winehouse",I hope she dies of diabetes,muck like Henry the VIII!

What a disgrace!! Pitty the poor TAX Payers!! Why have adverts on televisiong about TAX Fraud when there is proof of this right infront of our eyes, I only ear £12,000 a year and I have to go to work weather im Ill or healthy. Its all excuses with these people. The Chawner parents are very very lazy and have caused this to themselves. They dont deserve any help at all, they aint even got off their behinds and done anything, only the children. Take away their benefits!! They will soon realise what the real world is like!!!!!!!!!ALSO Phill the dad is very childish about the children going away..GROW up!!

No, sorry I disagree with your comment that Phil is childish about the girls leaving , he is downright sick. To threaten to disown your 22 year old daughter because she has met a man, to claim she has 'betrayed' him the man is sick. No wonder the son has kept out of the way !!!!!!

well done chawners i had to live on streets cus i lost me job and cus i no english i wasnt geting any support from noone

What a load of stuck up, arrogant, self-satisfied prigs most of you are !!! Give those poor people a break. None of this abuse is helpful - how can you expect them to go through life with a positive attitude, when they are being treated like scum. Changing to a healthy lifestyle won't repair their emotional scars.
Have a heart people - build them up, don't tear them down !!!

Agreed

they are scum, they make me feel physically sick with thier poor hygiene, i feel sorry for the dog cause that house must stinkcause the mother cant be arsed gettin up and going to the toilet when corrie is on!. theyve got 2 pcs a laptop and a virgin plus box and havent worked a day in over a decade, i work 70 hours a week and i couldnt afford what they've got, how is that right???

the only one that deserves any sympathy is the oldest daughter samantha i feel so sorry for this poor girl the other daughter only wants on tv she thinks she is a celeb as for the mother this woman needs to see a phyciatrist cant believe the amount of money this family gets my husband works over sixty hours a week for less than they get it makes me sick

Emma is the most disgusting loud mouthed lazy idle person I have ever come across, as for turning down jobs well isnt that against bennefit rules?? the one i did feel sorry for was samantha, if she was to move out of the house away from family I think she will lose the weight and get on in life its the family that is holding her back as for the dad I also think he would do something with life away from family what I would like to know is why Emma on camera wears a cast when there is clearly nothing wrong with her because she was filmed without the cast on and she seemed fine.

I have to say I sympathise with the 2 girls. They stood no chance from day one with parents like they have. Audrey is a terrible mother who has not got a maternal instinct in her body. She makes me sick. Kids learn by example, here there is none . Eat and watch tv in squalor is all they know. Stop benefits, they may get up off their backsides then !

These people are total skunks. They disgust me living off the state, at our, the taxpayers, expense. I watched some of the series and found myself laughing at these people but the reality of it is their situation is a disgrace. They don't deserve all they have been given.

Get the girls away from their parents and then help them with achieving weight loss and jobs, their parents are 90% of their problems!!!!!!

I quite aqgee, the girls are v pritty but they need to get away from mum and dad . and when they are away they need to meet boys and there self pride would grow.then it may false them to loose weight. Girls if you are reading this , its hard but leave home you will never look back .

They should be reported for keeping that larger dog they have now accuried in that box.
Where are the RSPCA - not to be following this up?

I am watching the new series on bio. This family will never lose weight, they are not interested. Unless you have a medical problem the only reason any one is overweight is because of what you put in your mouth. I would be interested to know how much this family are getting paid to ignore all the help and advice they have been given. I need to lose a stone (because of the amount of food I ate), any chance the tv company could help me out. Thought not.

Most people's comments on this family are made by people who are ignorant and single minded, most people who condem this family have been on benefits themselves or they have family members who are or have been claiming at one time or another, this family are not the only family who are overweight and claiming benefits so why are they being targeted? there are thousands of them out there who don't want to work, my husband has worked all his life and paid thousands of pounds in tax, I have always said to him I can't understand the tax payers in this country, they complain to each other about people claiming benefits when they should be made to go to work, but then they do nothing about it, why doesn't every tax payer petition the government and demand that their hard earned cash be used for important things like housing, medical care, education, and benefits for people who really need it, we are all guilty of letting the government do what they like with our money, nothing will change until we do, so don't waste your energy condeming people like the Chawners if your not prepared to do anything about it, as for the sick indivigual who said the dog should be put down, you have a serious medical condition, you are mentally ill, it frightenes the life out of me knowing I walk among people like you every day, that dog has done nothing to you or anyone else, it has more right to walk this earth than you have, it's the likes of you who should be put down and make the world a safe and better place to live, you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself for even suggesting such an heinous thought.

Rina, are you for real?????????, are you watching the same prog as the rest of us ?. Its you thats blind, goody two shoes !!, What a pile of absolute rubbish!!!. Its also the likes of you that are allowing people like this family ( except Samantha ) get away with what they are!!. Those Parents are a bloody disgrace and are not fit to have that title. You need a reality check and get off your high horse!. I would be curious to know just how much money they are getting for doing this??

Now, I may not defend the Chawner's choice of lifestyle, I can invariably say that those who count as fat are 1, the majority of the UK, as most women are size sixteen or above and 2, most definitely discriminated against. You know how many shops only stock up to size 12? Disgraceful. We don't know the ins and outs, the medical conditions or anything that could have caused the weight gain or stopped them from losing it. And also, we don't know whether what she said was true prior to the offer. And if you think about it, she wants to work in a salon, and gets a security job? You can see why she might decline. She doesn't want just any job; she wants to work in a salon. Wake up and smell the coffee; the universal size eight is just a dream.

Having watched the Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge and now the Chawner's last chance. I am absolutely disgusted by the comments made by Audrey in last night's episode. On learning that her Husband and two Daughters were having their CV's professionally produced and were prepared to take unpaid work if it would lead to paid employment; her only comment was "well thats that then, we will lose our benefits". It was pointed out to her that the family would be earning a living, but her comments were that they would have to earn a lot of money to match what they received in State handouts.

Personally, the only one worth any support is Sam and the sooner she gets away from her toxic family and lives independently, the better.

Agreed!! I find myself screaming at the producer of this programme to get Samantha out of that house and give the poor girl another home and a chance of a normal life....the other sister is a no-hoper at the moment, but who knows, if Sam goes, then Emma might surprise us as well.

I hadn't watched any of the previous series' but found this series by accident whilst flicking channels. The mother's attitude to any form of physical movement is laughable. When Sam got back from USA she wanted the whole family to go out for a walk, The mother's response? "It's Bank Holiday. You don't go walking on Bank Holiday's". What difference is a Bank Holiday to any other day of the year to her? She is just a lazy good for nothing who lives in cloud cuckoo land.I agree with others, get Sam out of the house and into her own life. She is too young to be responsible for a bunch of no-hopers. It's obvious she want to better herself but is being held back.

tried to watch this program what a bunch of ungratefull tossers

watch all the fat programs realy enjoy then think there tossers to get that way but admire the way that most succeed watched the first series what a lazy bunch of dross

I have watched the whole series of the chawners and whilst it has amused me it has also made my blood boil. Sadly there are lots of individuals out there that think society owes them a living and have lost all sense of self respect. These people area drain on society irrespective of their size and just observing them in their family home fills me with disgust. Ther have so many issues i wouldnt know where to start and their size is the least of their worries! The father needs to address his unhealthy interest in his daughters, both sam and emma need to get the hell away from there and the mother needs to be put out of her misery. Problem solved!

myself and my wife have followed the chawners from begining to what i hope will soon be the end ,with their constant bickering and blaming each other,if being disfunctinal burned calories they would waste away in a heartbeat . david cameron if you want to get your benefits reform through take this lot to the house of lords but for gods sake dont lay on a buffet for them the taxpayers are overburdened enough as it is. and one last thing if they want to lose weight try the cattle prod and 6 rotweillers on a lead diet that would help or at the very least be good entertainment

The girls need to stop making excuses for themselves and take a good look in the mirror. I see overweight people in customer service jobs everyday. Really I think you both lack motivation and are full of self pity.

these Chawners are a drain on society, they think they are celebraties when people are actually laughing at them they are the most disfunctinal family I have ever seen, they should be ashamed of themselves they dont want to work but why should they when the tax payers are keeping them.

I think the Chawner Family have been victimised. When I first viewed it here in New Zealand, I expected, a family of giant people, but was genuinely surprised to see that their weight problems are no different to any other person who has weight problems around the world. They are advertised as being the biggest( fattest) family in Britain, but that is false I'm sure of that. Yes, they are over weight, have no jobs, no incentives, very low self esteem and self-worth and live off the benefit, but they're only four out of how many that are on benefits in Britain. Give these people a fair go. I think the producers of this show knew how the public would react to this farce they call a show. Society is so cruel.

I watched the show last night and I'm so glad that I don't have parents like them. The father and mother putting down the girls for wanting to go to France for health reasons is terrible.i am overweight and I work 40hrs a week and have never had a problem getting a job because I'm willing to do anything to put food on my families table and get self satisfaction and self worth and esteem for doing this.if they could get the girls away from their parents and show them what a real family is like, one that gives and takes, supports each other and only wants what is best for all,they may have a chance!