Florence Pugh on Her ‘Painful’ Physique Feedback and Weight Shaming

Pugh instructed British Vogue in a brand new interview on Wednesday that she’s struggled with all of the commentary about her physique, together with the scrutiny of her nipples in 2022 after she wore a sheer Valentino gown. “It’s so exhausting,” she stated within the interview. “[The internet’s] a really imply place. It’s actually painful to learn individuals being nasty about my confidence or nasty about my weight.”

The Dune 2 star stated that the commentary “by no means feels good.” However Pugh additionally stated that it’s necessary for her to be genuine. “The one factor I all the time wished to attain was to by no means promote another person, one thing that isn’t the true me,” she stated.

Pugh additionally addressed criticism that she’s too assured. “I don’t suppose it’s confidence in hoping individuals like me. I believe it’s simply, like, I don’t wish to be anybody else,” she stated within the interview, making it clear she’s not making an attempt to be something apart from who she is. “I’m not a mannequin,” stated Pugh. However she additionally famous that she must do photograph shoots as a part of her job. “It’s portraying a very completely different model of myself that I don’t essentially consider in,” she stated. “It’s a must to consider that you just need to be in these pages being stunning. However now I do know what I wish to present. I do know who I wish to present.”

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That is hardly Pugh’s first time clapping again at criticism. In 2022, she shared a prolonged submit on Instagram, happening the offensive after receiving criticism for going braless below that see-through Valentino gown. “So lots of you wished to aggressively let me know the way upset you have been by my ‘tiny tits,’ or how I ought to be embarrassed by being so ‘flat chested,’” she wrote within the Instagram caption. “I’ve lived in my physique for a very long time. I’m absolutely conscious of my breast measurement and am not frightened of it.”

She ended that submit on this notice: “Develop up. Respect individuals. Respect our bodies. Respect all ladies. Respect people. Life will get a complete lot simpler, I promise.”

Pugh additionally had this to say in her interview with British Vogue: “I do know who I wish to be and I do know what I appear to be. There’s no insecurities about what I’m anymore.”