Anna Faris Talks About Being ‘Self-Conscious’ Of Her Body: ‘I Didn’t Want Anybody To See It’

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Anna Faris is getting candid about her body image issues. This week, the “Mom” star appeared on Chelsea Handler’s “Dear Chelsea…” podcast, and opened up about her “slow growth” accepting love from others. READ MORE: Anna Faris Has Some Practical Advice About Marriage For Her 8-Year-Old Son “I was terrified that I wasn’t a good lover, especially when I was younger,” she said. “I was so self-conscious of my body.

I didn’t want anybody to see it, but I would dance on the edges of it. I wanted to be desired desperately.” Faris continued, “My mom never complimented my physical appearance.

I was such a late bloomer — I had chubby cheeks, I wore headgear for f**king years. I think my parents did that to me because they wanted me to stay a virgin … That was one of the struggles in my life for sure.” She also revealed that her eagerness to please and wanting to be desired by men led her to change her body. “I just got fake boobs and bleached my hair.

That was my strategy,” she said, adding that even as an actress, she has trouble accepting praise about her appearance. “In Hollywood, if you’re at a thing and everybody looks beautiful and someone is like ‘I think you look so beautiful,’ I can’t absorb that very well.