Chloë Grace Moretz reflects on damaging impact of ‘Family Guy’ meme

[hewontgo]

"To this day, it's something very hard for me to overcome" https://t.co/4muPek0bUV
- NME (@NME) September 27, 2022
Moretz, 25, has revealed how a Family Guy-related meme about her body negatively impacted her life

Comments

[automaticpeople]

I remember that in Family Guy, but I’ve never seen this meme. I have to admit that I didn’t get it, until I read the full quote. I thought it was a “she has great long legs” comparison. Are they saying she has a short torso, because I don’t think she does?

[espressotorte]

She's basically high waisted. It's men being dickheaded because they never know what they're looking at when it comes to a woman's appearance

[astraie]

Oh, they know... but they have ~pReFeReNcEs~

[dandyxwarhol]

IIRC the picture of her was photoshopped to look disproportionate? The photo included here is super normal to me, but I remember it looking very exaggerated (like basically removed the middle part of her body so it looked just like the Family Guy character.)

[ginainabottle]

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.'

I hope that person is no longer a part of her life tbh. If a person I even minimally respect brings up something that bothers them, I just quit doing it. It doesn't matter if you think it's stupid or that they're overreacting - it's not about you. Don't actively choose to be an asshole to people who are just minding their own business.

[blorpz]

obviously, yes, i stop doing things that bother my friends without needing an explanation. and i hope i'd never tell a friend to shut the fuck up if they're upset.

but i do think it helps to check your friends sometimes though. like, "hey, chloe, i think you're disproportionally upset about this thing, do you want to talk about it?" which may be at the heart of what their friend was getting at. unless they were truly being an ass

[whiling]

even if it was a playful tone, the heart of "shut the fuck up, it's funny" is not "do you want to talk about it"

[whatsyourtakeon]

Was she disproportionally upset though?

I know youre giving a hypothetical situation, but I dont think you can say that it's an overreaction unless you've been made into a bodyshaming internet meme.

Some people are just not emotionally intelligent/empathetic and it shows with responses like the one her friend gave her.

[anterrabre]

People are awful about her body type and there's nothing wrong with it; she just has broad shoulders and a short torso and is built more like a gymnast and there's nothing wrong with that. She has wonderful legs and always seems to be sweet.

[chllschse]

Yeah. It’s like when people talk about Miss Flo’s body - I don’t get it.

[analievelyn]

lmaoo at you calling her` miss flo. took me a min to know you werent talking about the progressive spokeswoman

[veracity]

I'm similar in build and short, so I completely get what she means. I can't imagine on a celeb level.

[bluesforgotten]

i completely understand that being compared to an unflattering character is difficult and we are all sensitive to the flaws we perceive in ourselves regardless of whether others would notice them. tall, skinny, short, pale, tan, curvy, whatever - everyone has their own "things"

that said, i always thought her legs looked bomb in these pics.

[nermal_kat]

I guess I don't understand. She looked terrific in the pizza box photos.

[possiblewerf]

Yeah I don't think the meme is meant to be mean-spirited, a funny resemblance in a photo is different than a blanket comment on her actual body. But it's really understandable how she feels about it

[nermal_kat]

oh no, now I get it. That's just an awful thing to do