“Bridgerton” star, Nicola Coughlan, has taken to the internet to request that fans—and trolls—stop sending comments about her weight.
The now-deleted Instagram post began:
“Hello! So just a thing- if you have an opinion about my body please, please don’t share it with me. Most people are being nice and not trying to be offensive but I am just one real life human being and it’s really hard to take the weight of thousands of opinions on how you look being sent directly to you every day. If you have an opinion about me that’s ok, I understand I’m on TV and that people will have things to think and say but I beg you not to send it to me directly.”
This isn’t the first time Coughlan had to request people stop mentioning her body. Earlier, she took to Twitter to make a similar request.
Every time I’m asked about my body in an interview it makes me deeply uncomfortable and so sad I’m not just allowed to just talk about the job I do that I so love. It’s so reductive to women when we’re making great strides for diversity in the arts, but questions like that just pull us backwards. Also, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, I’m not a body positivity activist, I’m an actor I would lose or gain weight if an important role requirement. My body is the tool I use to tell stories, not what I define myself by.”
Sources:
‘Bridgerton’ Star Nicola Coughlan Asks Fans to Stop Commenting on Her Body (insider.com)
On Nicola Coughlan, Fat Identity, & The Shame Of Having To Beg For Respect | British Vogue
Nicola Coughlan About Weight Loss And Body-Shaming Comments (glamourbuff.com)
