Chloe Grace Moretz is getting real about how a viral meme was very hurtful to her.
In an interview with Hunger Magazine, the Kick-Ass star spoke about how a viral meme comparing her body to a Family Guy character greatly contributed to her body dysmorphia and anxiety. She said:
“There was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand.
And this photo got manipulated into a character from Family Guy with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time.”
The actress, who’s been very vocal against body shaming in the past, went on to reveal how the meme made her feel powerless about discussions about her own body — particularly as everyone else seemed to be in on the joke. Chloe shared:
“Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the f** up, it’s funny.
And I just remember sitting there and thinking, my body is being used as a joke and it’s something that I can’t change about who I am, and it is being posted all over Instagram.”
It still has an impact on her, until now:
“To this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.”
Chloe said that after the met went viral on social media, she felt “kind of sad” and stepped away from the public eye:
“It took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious.
And I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world — is extrapolated by the issues of social media. It’s a headf—.”
