WWE’s Paigeis showing her support for Florence Pugh, the actress who plays her in the recently-released biopicFighting with My Family.
“Her character is based on real-world WWE champion Paige, whose legs are significantly slimmer,” the author wrote, adding that Pugh had “chunky thighs.”
Shortly after the review was published online, it caught the attention of Pugh — and she was less than thrilled about the author’s decision to publicly body shame her, especially during a time when Hollywood is working to become more inclusive, she said.
“Oh dear. Singling out my ‘chunky’ thighs doesn’t help normalising an ‘all shape&size’ Hollywood,” the 23-year-old actresswrote on TwitterFriday.
“In fact that’s part of the problem,” she continued. “I do hope people take more away from the film than the circumference of my hams.”
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Representatives for theEvening Standarddid not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The Good Place‘sJameela Jamil, who has been anoutspoken advocate for body positivity, also responded to Pugh’s tweet and showed her support for her fellow actress.
“Good point. Well made. You’re brilliant and I love you and your mind and your talent and your thighs,” shewrote, adding a red heart emoji at the end.
Jameela Jamil’s tweet.Jameela Jamil/Twitter
In addition, many of Pugh and Paige’s fans tweeted their outrage for the body shaming.
“Ugh – in 2019 we still have to listen to actress body evaluation in reviews? Sorry @Florence_Pugh that you have to weather this – we’re with you on it, keep calling it out. We got this,” wrote one follower.
“Well that’s a big load of rubbish. You were the perfect @RealPaigeWWE Loved the film and your performance!” added someone else.
“I don’t understand why it’s even a thing! How can someone watch a film and come away with ‘chunky thighs’ as a comment! Bizarre”
Some, meanwhile, slammed the female author for not empowering other women.
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After making her WWE debut in 2014 and winning her first-ever match, Paige revealed that although the defining moment felt surreal, she did feel real-life pressure to change her look to fit in.
“It was something that I’d been fighting for for so many years, and to get the opportunity to be the Divas Champion, it just soothed my mind because I wasn’t a typical Diva,” Paigetold PEOPLE. “I didn’t look like the rest of the divas. I was the oddball, the misfit. The reception from the fans was amazing. Even when I watch it back now, it’s insane to me.”
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“I didn’t go as blonde because my hair would’ve fallen out, but I did lighten my hair back to my natural color, which is like a dirty blonde/brown color and I got a spray tan,” she added. “I took my piercings out. I tried to conform to what I thought was Diva, but it just didn’t work out for me and I wasn’t comfortable.”
It was actually her brother Zak who encouraged her to embrace her appearance. “My brother said, ‘The reason why you got signed was because of the way you look. Why are you changing?'” Paige revealed.
Fighting with My Familyis in theaters now.
source: people.com
