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Chloe Grace Moretz became a 'recluse' after fat-shaming Family Guy meme went viral
READ MORE: Chloë Grace Moretz slams Twitter trolls for calling her 'fat' and 'masculine'She said: "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."The meme was of the Family Guy cartoon character 'Legs Go All the Way Up Griffin', which was next to a picture of Chloe, who had been snapped carrying a pizza into a hotel in 2016.Speaking to Hunger magazine, Chloe 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."Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, 'Oh, shut the f**k up, it's funny'."To this day, when I see that meme, it's something very hard for me to overcome."Chloe said the impact of the meme left her with body dysmorphia and that she felt "kind of sad" that she had to go through the ordeal.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."At the same time, it made me severely anxious when I was photographed," she added. "My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate."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."I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world — is extrapolated by the issues of social media.
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Chloë Grace Moretz reflects on damaging impact of ‘Family Guy’ meme: “It made me super self-conscious”
Chloë Grace Moretz has revealed how a Family Guy-related meme about her body negatively impacted her life.In an interview with Hunger the Kick-Ass actress spoke about one particular image of herself in which she is seen entering a hotel after collecting a pizza delivery.The image later became a meme on social media, with people comparing Moretz’s body to the Family Guy character Legs Go All The Way Up Griffin, the great aunt of main character Peter Griffin.Reflecting on the widespread use of the meme, Moretz said that it made it her “super self-conscious”.“I’ve actually never really talked about this, but there was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand,” she said. “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.”Moretz went on to explain how those around her played down the situation, describing the joke as “funny”.“Everyone was making fun of my body, and I brought it up with someone, and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the fuck 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 added: “It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers.
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