Florence Pugh Addresses ‘Really Painful’ Comments About Her Weight [Video]

Florence Pugh is speaking out about body shaming. The actress recently opened up and addressed some “really painful” comments she’s faced about her weight. “It’s so hard,” she told Vogue. “[The internet’s] a very mean place.”

“It’s really painful to read people being nasty about my confidence or nasty about my weight,” Pugh continued. “It never feels good. The one thing I always wanted to achieve was to never sell someone else, something that isn’t the real me.” 

Going on to address how she perceives her self-esteem, Pugh said, “I don’t think it’s confidence in hoping people like me. I think it’s just, like, I don’t want to be anyone else.”

During her conversation with Vouge, Pugh was also doing a photoshoot, which she says is “a muscle I’ve learnt to be all right at,” then adding, “but I’m not a model. …