Chloe Grace Moretz opened up about the dark side of being turned into a meme. The 25-year-old star was turned into a meme inspired by a Family Guy character after being photographed by the paparazzi in 2016.
She revealed that the viral photos left her suffering from body dysmorphia and that she became a “recluse” in the aftermath. Click inside to read more… Chloe opened up about the experience in an interview with Hunger Magazine. “There was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand,” she said. “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 added she did not receive support upon voicing how the meme made her feel. “Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the f-ck 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,” Chloe said. “It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers.
And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” Chloe added that she “basically became a recluse.” Although there were some positives to hiding out, being photographed became triggering. “It was great because I got away from the photographers and I was able to be myself, and to have so many experiences that people didn’t photograph, but at the same time it made me severely anxious when I was photographed,” she explained. “My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.” “I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal
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