Lili Reinhart is fed up with teasing, and she decided to let it be known. The 21-year-old actress plays the role of Betty Cooper in the series “Riverdale”, broadcast on Netflix in France. In the final season, her character does a striptease and ends up in a set of black lingerie, dancing on a bar.
A scene that has earned him many derogatory comments and bad taste jokes on social networks. Among the most recurring, a photo montage, showing on the left the actress and on the right a model wearing the same outfit with captions comparing the two young women. “Who wears the ensemble best?”, “Lili or the model?” or “Who is the sexiest?” she could read.
After two weeks, the actress decided to speak on his Tumblr account. “It’s a poll. A competition. A comparison between two bodies. It feeds judgment and negative comments,” writes the young actress. “I don’t have the body of this model. I’m perfectly aware of it. I don’t have a thigh gap, an hourglass figure, toned arms or a muscular belly. not this girl. How can anyone think I should look like her, “she continues.
Denounce hypocrisy
“It’s very disappointing. This photo was posted by fan accounts. The same accounts that love to talk about the incredible friendship the girls in the show have, the girl power, the feminism of Veronica (a character from Riverdale) , and body-positivism “, she laments. Before adding: “this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever seen”.
“You are the problem, do you understand?”, She calls out to her detractors. “You are promoting the idea that all women should look like this model and that it is not okay to look like anything else. This is why eating disorders exist, that young adolescents commit suicide. cause of an image problem and that people suffer from dysmorphophobia, “she continues.
Lili Reinhart explains that it is difficult for a young woman to come to terms with her body, especially if society constantly criticizes her and compares her to others. “I hope this post will make you think the next time you want to criticize a woman’s weight or her figure,” concludes the young woman.
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