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Melanie Lynskeyis calling out body-shaming trolls.
The New Zealand-born actress, 44, shared some of the underhanded criticism she’s received since her hit Showtime seriesYellowjacketspremiered in November, quote tweeting apostFriday from author and body positivity advocate Ashley C. Ford.
“The story of my life sinceYellowjacketspremiered,” Lynskeywrote. “Most egregious are the ‘I care about her health!!’ people… b— you don’t see me on my Peloton! You don’t see me running through the park with my child. Skinny does not always equal healthy.”
She previouslyopened up about body shamingthat took place behind the scenes, revealing that a member of theYellowjacketsproduction team criticized her shape during filming.
“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,'” Lynskey recounted earlier this month in an interview withRolling Stone. She also noted that her costarsTawny Cypress,Christina Ricci, andJuliette Lewiscame to her defense, with Lewis, 48, penning a letter to the producers.
She explained that body positivity was an important factor in how she developed the character. “It was really important to me for [Shauna] to not ever comment on my body, to not have me putting a dress on and being like, ‘I wish I looked a bit better,'” Lynskey said.
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“I did find it important that this character is just comfortable and sexual and not thinking or talking about it, because I want women to be able to to watch it and be like, ‘Wow, she looks like me and nobody’s saying she’s the fat one,'” she added. “That representation is important.”
TheBut I’m a Cheerleaderactress opened up to PEOPLE about insecurities and eating issuesstemming from her “different shape"during a 2016 interview.
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“I was losing my mind trying to conform to something that was not physically possible for me,” she said. “I was very unwell for a long time. I had eating issues and at a certain point I was like, ‘I’m not going to survive’ — not like I was on death’s door or anything, but I was so unhappy and my hair was falling out.”
“I was like, ‘I just need to look the way I’m supposed to look’ and have faith that people are going to want to put someone in a film or on a show who looks like this. I did have to truly become comfortable with myself, because you can’t fake it,” Lynskey added.
source: people.com
