Chloë Grace Moretz says ‘Family Guy’ meme made her ‘tremendous self-conscious’

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Chloë Grace Moretz is opening up about how fame and social media triggered her to “mainly” grow to be a “recluse.”

“For a very long time I used to be in a position to be the Chloë that individuals see and the Chloë that I’m in non-public,” the “Kick-Ass” star stated in an interview with Hunger.

“Then these two worlds collided and I felt actually uncooked and susceptible and open. And then got here the onslaught of horrific memes that began getting despatched to me about my physique,” she advised the publication. “I’ve really by no means actually talked about this, however there was one meme that actually affected me, of me strolling right into a resort with a pizza field in my hand. And this picture bought manipulated into a personality from ‘Family Guy’ with the lengthy legs and the quick torso, and it was one of the crucial widespread memes on the time.”

Moretz stated that expressing how upset she was about her physique being made enjoyable of was met with “Oh, shut the f*** up, it’s humorous.”

“And I simply keep in mind sitting there and considering, my physique is getting used as a joke and it’s one thing that I can’t change about who I’m, and it’s being posted throughout Instagram,” she stated. “It was one thing so benign as strolling right into a resort with leftovers. And to at the present time, once I see that meme, it’s one thing very exhausting for me to beat.”

It resulted in her turning into “tremendous self-conscious” she stated.

“I mainly grew to become a recluse,” the actress stated. “It was nice as a result of I bought away from the photographers and I used to be in a position to be myself, and to have so many experiences that individuals didn’t {photograph}, however on the similar time it made me severely anxious once I was photographed. My coronary heart fee would rise and I’d hyperventilate.”