Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan Asks Fans To Keep Opinions About Her Body To Themselves!
31.01.2022 - 22:29
/ perezhilton.com
The women of Hollywood have had enough feedback on their appearances, thank you very much!
It’s not secret that it’s hard to be a woman in the spotlight (or in general, but we digress). No matter what they look like, it seems every female celeb has had to fend off body shamers at some point. But of course, it’s all the more difficult when a person doesn’t fit society’s very rigid beauty standards.
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Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan has previously slammed the media’s “reductive” tendency to focus on a performer’s weight. Unfortunately, it’s a message that bears repeating, both to the media and the general public. On Sunday, the actress posted a gorgeous selfie to Twitter alongside a PSA:
That really could not be a more reasonable request! Sadly, with the dawn of social media, sometimes even the most well-meaning fans can be intrusive with their comments.
As it happens, Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey also had something to say about busybodies worried about her weight on Twitter. After recently speaking to Rolling Stone about her experience with body shamers, she retweeted a since-deleted post from writer Ashley C. Ford, about people being “confused” that she was “not thin and also not trying to lose weight.”
The momma added:
Yesss! Tell ’em!
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Melanie’s husband Jason Ritter also weighed in, expressing a similar sentiment to Nicola’s — although his suggestion for the looky-loos was a bit less polite:
We can’t say we disagree. As a general rule of thumb, we should all avoid commenting on other people’s bodies – particularly on social media. Let’s hope people take