Actress Melanie Lynskey is talking out concerning the physique shaming she’s been subjected to because of the recognition of her new Showtime collection, Yellowjackets. The “most egregious” feedback, she says, are those who declare to stem from a priority for her well being, not understanding that “skinny does not always equal healthy.”
On Friday, Lynskey — who can at the moment even be seen as Leonardo DiCaprio’s spouse within the movie Don’t Look Up — responded to a since-deleted tweet from acclaimed author Ashley C. Ford about individuals being in disbelief that she’s not attempting to drop a few pounds and is actually assured in her physique.
“The story of my life since Yellowjackets premiered,” the New Zealand actress, 44, commented. “Most egregious are the ‘I care about her health!!’ people.”
The Coyote Ugly star, who shares a 3-year-old daughter with husband Jason Ritter, shot down the belief that she’s not lively or match.
“Bitch you don’t see me on my Peloton!” she tweeted at critics. “You don’t see me running through the park with my child. Skinny does not always equal healthy.”
Her tweet resonated with many, together with author Jenelle Riley, who shared her personal frustration with “strangers who are bigger experts on my health than my doctor.”
“I mean… it’s so crazy,” Lynskey responded. “Is it going to end in our lifetimes?”
Jameela Jamil additionally tweeted her assist, writing, “God I love you so much.”
Lynskey not too long ago shared an incident through which a member of the Yellowjackets manufacturing workforce requested her about her weight.
“They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do? I’m sure the producers will get you a trainer. They’d love to help you with this,'” she informed Rolling Stone.
The body-shaming remarks drew protest from her co-stars Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress.
In the identical interview, the previous Two and a Half Men star spoke about feeling missed following her breakthrough function within the 1994 Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures, through which she starred reverse a teenage Kate Winslet.
“I was the person who was sort of just sitting there while everyone was excited about somebody prettier,” Lynskey mentioned of Winslet. “She was very confident, she found it very easy to do interviews. And it was hard for me. I was so shy.”
She added, “It simply felt like [Kate] was anyone who knew how the world labored, and knew find out how to be a gorgeous girl. And I felt like, ‘I’m by no means gonna be that.’ She simply felt magical to me.”
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