{"id":88368,"date":"2023-12-01T20:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88368"},"modified":"2023-12-01T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:43:55","slug":"america-ferrera-says-it-was-so-insane-how-her-average-size-body-was-hollywoods-version-of-imperfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/celebrities\/america-ferrera-says-it-was-so-insane-how-her-average-size-body-was-hollywoods-version-of-imperfect\/","title":{"rendered":"America Ferrera Says It Was 'So Insane' How Her 'Average-Size Body' Was Hollywood's Version Of 'Imperfect'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking back, America Ferrera<\/strong> is appalled by the narrative surrounding her body!<\/p>\n

It’s no secret Hollywood has a bad habit of body shaming women, and the Barbie<\/em> star was just one of many who unfortunately experienced this throughout her career. In Elle<\/em>‘s candid new 2023 Women in Hollywood issue out on Thursday, the 39-year-old actress called out the “ridiculous” way her body was always a topic of conversation — whether it be through her roles in hits like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/em> or Ugly Betty<\/em> or in the media. She reflected:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s so insane is, you go back and look, and I had a very average-size body. And so the idea that people were looking at me and saying, \u2018That\u2019s curvy\u2019 is crazy. Not that I care, but it\u2019s like, that\u2019s insane that we thought that was so groundbreaking. I was Hollywood\u2019s version of imperfect, which seems so ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seriously is!! Nobody\u2019s body should ever be judged like that — plus, she looked amazing then! But the times were different, we guess…<\/p>\n

Acknowledging this is something so many people have faced, the Superstore<\/em> alum added:<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t feel alone in that either. There are so many women who were called brave, just because they are people in bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s so condescending and rude to call someone “brave” for their appearance — OOF! While it sounds like she’s no longer affected by the inappropriate commentary, it took her time to “unlearn” everything. She told Redbook<\/em> back in 2017:<\/p>\n

“I grew up believing a lot of things about myself that I had to unlearn — things that pertain to being a good woman, things about my weight or height. As women, you’re taught that your value is all about your appearance, not your ideas and your tenacity and your courage and your bravery and your adventurous spirit. Look, I love getting dressed up and looking beautiful. But that’s one tiny piece of me.”<\/p>\n

Ugh! So frustrating she even had to go through this emotional process of unlearning when there was never anything wrong with her to begin with. If only these shameful narratives would be shut down for good!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0RvngQrvYE\/<\/p>\n

A post shared by America Ferrera (@americaferrera)<\/p>\n

Thankfully, now that she has much more say over her career, America is focused on pushing the boundaries with her roles, she continued in her Elle<\/em> chat:<\/p>\n

“What I continue to wish for my career, and women\u2019s careers and people of color\u2019s careers, is that we don\u2019t have to exist inside of these boxes or these lanes — that we don\u2019t have to be relegated to represent just the thing that the culture wants us to represent.”<\/p>\n

The Dumb Money<\/em> star explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be more of who I am as a person, and to get to make art that doesn\u2019t fit into any of the boxes and isn\u2019t about the dominant conversation people have wanted to have about me because I\u2019m a woman who doesn\u2019t fit into stereotypical Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazing!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re here for that! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Share them in the comments (below).<\/p>\n

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