Real Housewives star left gobsmacked as vile troll said she'd 'get cancer'

08 April 2023 , 21:15

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Real Housewives star left gobsmacked as vile troll said she'd 'get cancer'

The Real Housewives of Toronto star Kara Alloway has revealed the extent of cruel threats against her and her family by vile online trolls.

The star of the reality series claims show producers painted her as a 'villain' of the show very quickly and "cherry picking" during editing made her an easy target.

Threats included telling her that her husband would leave her, she would get cancer and threats against her three children.

The former cast member of the reality show has now opened up about the threats and bullying by writing a fiction book and using her own experiences to help her write.

Kara Alloway says producers of Real Housewives of Toronto "cherry picked" edits and made her out to be a "villain" (Getty Images)

The reality star has used her experiences to form the basis of her new fiction book Most Hated (WireImage)

Her book titled 'Most Hated', talks about her own experiences and how she felt forced to grow "alligator skin" to protect herself from the haters.

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Speaking in an interview to the Daily Star, she explained: "There were some really mean messages. I had one woman saying, 'Your husband will leave you, something bad will happen to your kids, and you'll get cancer'.

"I remember going, 'It's just a show! Why would you say that to someone?'"

The reality star also revealed she felt stung by the way the series of The Real Housewives of Toronto was edited. She said: "I thought I was so prepared for what was coming down the pipe at me, but first of all you can never be prepared for the edit.

The star revealed she was targeted by cruel trolls who threatened her three children (karaalloway/Instagram)

"It really hit me when I was walking into a scene one time wearing these really high heels and I was tottering a little. I said, 'Oh my gosh, I’m going to look like I’m drunk.'

"One of the cameramen stopped and said, 'Oh don’t worry, they’ll speed up your walk in the edit.'

"That was the first time it hit me because I was being so careful with what I was saying, choosing words I never considered using. And it all came down to cherry-picking."

The star said she received threats including trolls telling her she would get cancer (karaalloway/Instagram)

One threat she received told her: "Your husband will leave you, something bad will happen to your kids, and you'll get cancer" (Getty Images)

Kara has now used her experiences to help form the inspiration for her new book Most Hated. She explained: "We have six women who are involved in a reality television show.

"That's the backdrop for all of the things that play out. I got to peel back the curtain a little so readers can say, 'Wow, does that actually happen on reality TV?'"

Niamh Spence