Chloë Grace Moretz reveals she struggled with body dysmorphia after 'horrific' viral meme
foxnews.comChloë Grace Moretz opened up about her struggles with body dysmorphia and anxiety after becoming the target of viral social media memes.
In a recent interview with Hunger magazine, the 25-year-old actress revealed she sought therapy after intense online scrutiny made her "super self-conscious" about her body. "I had to work through that," Moretz explained. "For a long time, I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private.Then those two worlds collided, and I felt really raw and vulnerable and open." Chloë Grace Moretz opened up about her struggles with body dysmorphia and anxiety after becoming the target of viral social media memes. (Reuters) "And then came the onslaught of horrific memes that started getting sent to me about my body." "The Peripheral" star recalled how she was "really affected" by one particular meme that compared her body to a "Family Guy" character. "I’ve actually never really talked about this, but there was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand," she told the outlet. "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." In addition to the hurt she experienced after being body-shamed, the Atlanta native was also stung when her distress was dismissed by people around her. "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,’" she said.
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