Melanie Lynskey Opens Up About Body Image in Hollywood: 'It's Hard to Be a Size 10 Next to a Size 0'

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Yellowjackets star recently told , "It’s been a very long journey. I fought against it for a very long time—the shape that my body’s supposed to be." Lynskey, who who trolled her for her appearance, recalled suffering from an , saying, "I spent many years not really eating, and being very worried about what I look like."Saying what many of us have felt, Lynskey added, "[it's] hard to be a size 10 next to a size 0."This content can also be viewed on the site it from.These days, though, the actor is happy to be a role model for both viewers and her daughter, whom she shares with husband Jason Ritter. "A couple of years ago, I had a miscarriage and I just didn’t really recover from it physically," she revealed, adding, "and having a very young daughter made me really think about—okay, I need to be kinder to myself and accepting and saying sorry to my body for what it just went through and giving my daughter a positive example of what it looks like to have a mother who just is accepting her body." Couldn't agree more."I just think it's good for women to get to see different shapes and sizes...

I want to be representative of what a lot of women in the world looks like," she said of her visibility on-screen.And before one single person opens their mouth to talk “health," Melanie Lynskey is on top of it, okay?This content can also be viewed on the site it from.She Pelotons, she runs, and Skinny.

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