Coughlan revealed that she receives direct messages about her appearance “every day.”
Yesterday Coughlan posted a mirror selfie taken before a recentappearance onSaturday Night Live.
So just a thing," she begins.
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“If you have an opinion about my body yo, yo don’t share it with me.
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As for Coughlan, this isn’t the first time the actress has addressed criticism of her body.
And I plan to be in a lot of damn shows.”
Coughlan then discussed the experience in 2019, sharing that Fisher had made a false assumption about her character.
“My character is bullied because she’s strange, she’s odd, and she’s an outcast.
She’s not bullied because she’s a fat girl,” she toldMetro UK.
She continued, “I take my job so seriously; I worked so hard.
If you think my accent was rubbish, say that.
But to say ‘she’s bullied because she’s overweight,’ no.
You just fundamentally got that wrong.”
She later addressed online commentary about her role inBridgerton.
I was, like, ‘Are you serious?’
she toldThe Irish Timesin 2020.
“I’m not this gigantic sumo wrestler, and even if I were, would it matter?
Would it be relevant?”
