Reality TV star, social media influencer and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian recently revealed that she had experienced body shaming during her first pregnancy. 

Taking to Instagram, she said it had deeply affected her. 

In her post, Kim said that when she was pregnant with her daughter North — who is seven years old now — the jokes that people made on her figure were “very traumatizing".

She further wrote that "it can really break even the strongest person”.

The story is not available on her Instagram account now. 

"No matter how public someone’s life may seem, no one deserves to be treated with such cruelty or judgement for entertainment,” Kim said. 

“I gained 60 lbs and delivered almost 6 weeks early and I cried every single day over what was happening to my body mainly from the pressures of being constantly compared to what society considered a healthy pregnant person should look like…”

She also wrote that because of the preeclampsia she experienced during her first pregnancy, her body would swell uncontrollably.

"I felt so insecure and had this fear of wondering if I would ever get my pre baby body back. It became so difficult for her that she “couldn’t leave the house for months after. It really broke me,” added Kim. 

“Luckily I was able to take these frustrating, embarrassing feelings and channel it into motivation to get me where I am today, but to say this didn’t take a toll on me mentally would be a lie,” she said.

"I’m sharing this just to say I really hope everyone involved in the business of shaming and bullying someone to the point of breaking them down might reconsider and instead try to show some understanding and compassion,” added the Reality TV star.