Sherrock details online abuse as World Darts Championship return nears: "They would take the mick about every little thing"

Fallon Sherrock as a public figure and sportsman gains the good side which includes adulation from the crowd but like many also the bad side in the form of abuse which has mostly been online in the case of 'The Queen of The Palace'.

In a recent interview with The Daily Mail, she detailed how it got worse after her run at the World Championship after initially receiving some after her face swelled up due to a kidney problem at the 2017 BDO World Championship.

"I had some really horrible abuse after the last time,' she said to The Daily Mail.

"I had a bit a few years ago when I took medication for a kidney issue and my face swelled up for a televised game (in 2017), but it was far more after I competed at the Worlds."

"Some of it was pretty basic,' she continued. 'Why is she there? She isn't good enough'. Then it would get more personal. They would take the mick about every little thing.

"I don't check it now because I couldn't keep looking at it, but it was a few hundred a month.

"It would get worse if I went on TV — I'd feel anxiety about the way I look.

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It has got better slightly for Sherrock after reaching the final of the Nordic Darts Masters but in her opinion, it shouldn't happen at all.

"I am not as bad now but I had to make sure I ate at lunchtime and not just prior (to playing) so I didn't get people saying I look fat. I shouldn't have to tolerate that."

"The abuse has got a little better since the final with Michael (Van Gerwen) but I know it's there. I guess some people realised after that I am maybe not such a bad player after all."