Story at a glance
- Actor Nicola Coughlan took to social media to ask fans and users to stop contacting her to share their opinions about her body.
- Coughlan is known for her roles on hit shows such as “Derry Girls” and “Bridgerton.”
- She previously wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian in 2018 about the scrutiny of actors’ looks after an entertainment critic repeatedly commented on her weight in multiple reviews.
“Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan took to social media to ask fans and other users to stop contacting her to share their opinions about her body.
“Hello! So just a thing- if you have an opinion about my body please, please don’t share it with me,” Coughlan wrote on Instagram Sunday. “Most people are being nice and not trying to be offensive but I am just one real life human being and it’s really hard to take the weight of thousands of opinions on how you look being sent directly to you every day.”
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Coughlan — who rose to fame for her roles on “Derry Girls” and “Bridgerton” — has previously spoken out about the prevalence of commenting and reporting on actors’ physiques.
She wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian in 2018 about the scrutiny of actors’ looks after an entertainment critic repeatedly commented on her weight in multiple reviews.
“If you have an opinion about me that’s ok,” Coughlan wrote on Sunday, “I understand I’m on TV and that people will have things to think and say but I beg you not to send it to me directly.”
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