Scots The Traitors winner Meryl Williams was forced to hide in a train toilet after being mocked by a group of teens who “laughed and took videos of her”.
Meryl, from Edinburgh, scooped a share of £101,000 in prize money, after she was one of three winners in the first season back in 2022.
The 28-year-old, who lives with dwarfism, posted a video on Tiktok yesterday from a train to London explaining how she had been forced to take refuge in the toilet after being accosted by a group of four teenagers.
She said the yobs had been calling her a ‘midget’ and laughed at her ‘sausage fingers.’ After suffering the torrent of abuse she decided to go to the toilet to get away from the teens until they got off the train.
Meryl Williams appeared on the first series of the Traitors
(Image: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz)
In the video, captioned ‘dwarfism awareness,’ Meryl said: “So, I am currently hiding in the toilets on the train down to London, away from four teenagers that are sat opposite me and giving me abuse.
“I think living with my condition, or having this condition, is something you can’t hide. People see you straight away, they notice you straight away.
“You’re just an easy target. They sat opposite me, and so far they’ve said that I need a step ladder to get on the train. They said 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. They’ve said, ‘excuse me’ and then when I look up they stuck their tongues out and laughed at me.
“This was all in the space of ten minutes and everyone around me, I am on my own right now, has witnessed this and nobody said anything. I know they’re getting off at Durham and got on at Newcastle so if anyone knows them please let me know. I’m going to wait in the toilet until the Durham stop and then I’ll go out after that.
“If you ever see someone that is different or has got a disability, please be nicer to them and please be kinder to them. I used to only ever drive for this exact reason.
“I felt safe in my car, I was protected. Nobody could see me, no one could laugh at me or make fun of me. I’ve recently just got my confidence to start going on the train.”
Meryl ended the video by pleading with the teens to be nicer to people in future.
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