Chloë Grace Moretz has been acting since she was a child and growing up in front of the cameras has not been easy. The actor recently opened up about a Family Guy meme that made her self-conscious and had her become a “recluse.”“There was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand,” Moretz told Hunger Magazine of the horrific meme. “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.”The Kick-Ass alum said she “felt really raw and vulnerable and open,” once she became aware that her private life couldn’t be maintained that way as she gained notoriety.
Becoming a meme was something that made Moretz feel powerless and more so when her feelings were shut down when she raised concerns over it.“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.After becoming a meme on social media she said she “was kind of sad,” explaining, “It took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious.
And I think that body dysmorphia – which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. It’s a headf***.”Moretz mentioned that she “became a recluse” after the meme went viral and started to evade photographers as she was finally able to be herself.“At the same time it made me severely anxious when I was
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