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The Traitors winner Meryl Williams says she was forced to hide in a toilet after being targeted by feral teenagers on a London-bound train.
Williams, who was born with dwarfism, won a share of the BBC show’s £101,050 cash prize after appearing on its first series in 2022.
And she admitted to being an ‘easy target’ for a gang of four youths – after recently admitting she has only just gained the confidence to travel by train.
Addressing TikTok followers on Monday, Williams, 28, admitted she had retreated to a nearby toilet in a bid to escape their verbal abuse.
‘Living with this condition is something that you can’t hide,’ she explained. ‘People see you straight away; they notice you straight away, you’re just an easy target.
‘I got on the train, they sat opposite me because I’m sitting on the seats with tables, and so far they’ve said that I need a stepladder to get on the train, I’m a midget, they’ve watched dwarf throwing, they’ve taken videos of me, they’ve taken photos of me, they said I’ve got sausage fingers, and they’ve laughed at me.’
The Traitors winner Meryl Williams was forced to hide in a toilet after being targeted by feral teenagers on a London-bound train
Williams, who was born with dwarfism, won a share of the BBC show’s £101,050 cash prize with Aaron Evans and Hannah Byczkowski after appearing on its first series in 2022
The Scottish influencer admitted she was staying in the toilet until they left the train, and condemned fellow passengers for not stepping in.
She added: ‘This is all in the space of 10 minutes. I’m on my own right now. Everyone around me has witnessed this, heard this, and no one’s said anything. I don’t know what to do.
‘So I thought, I know they’re getting off at Durham, and they got on at Newcastle, so if you know these people, let me know, four teenagers… so I’m gonna wait in the toilet until the Durham stop, then I’ll go out.’
Williams has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia which affects the growth of cartilage and can lead to a larger forehead.
After winning season one of the hit BBC show as a Faithful with with Aaron Evans and Hannah Byczkowski, she used her £33,000 share of the prize money on surgery.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline last January, Williams said she was shocked by the initial results as it left her looking like she ‘had a fight’ and admitted she ‘went into hiding’ while she recovered.
She approached a surgeon at London’s Harley Street Specialist Hospital in February last year and after two phone calls, a Zoom call, and one in-person appointment, Meryl went under the knife for two hours in July.
Having ‘always hated’ her forehead, in childhood she would always style a fringe in an attempt to hide, before gathering the funds to go under the knife.
Addressing TikTok followers on Monday, Williams admitted she had retreated to a nearby toilet to escape their verbal abuse
After winning season one of the hit BBC show as a Faithful, she used her £33,000 share of the prize money on surgery
The Scottish influencer won a new legion of fans after starring on season one of The Traitors in 2022
The procedure involved having the upper part of her forehead removed and then her scalp lifted and moved forward.
Speaking about the recovery, Williams said: ‘I genuinely looked like I’d had a fight. I went into hiding for about a month and didn’t leave because it was yellowish and the bruising as well.
‘It looked a lot worse than it was and people thought I was in a lot more pain than I was.
‘Then I started noticing the hair loss, obviously with a cutting along the hairline, hair is going to fall out. I was fortunate enough that it did grow back.’
While she’s glad she had it done, Williams admitted that she wouldn’t want to do it again, explaining: ‘It’s not for the fainthearted!
‘But it was still the best decision and I’m so glad I’ve done it. I’m glad I’ve just got it out of the way. It’s something that I wouldn’t want to have to go through again.’