Chloë Grace Moretz Defends Her Twitter Feud With Kim Kardashian Over Nude Selfie
Less than two months ago, Chloë Grace Moretz and Kim Kardashian West got into a war of words on Twitter after Chloë commented on a nude selfie posted by the reality TV star. Now the 19-year-old actress tells Glamour magazine why she felt she had to speak out.
“I had just gotten off a plane from South Korea, I was incredibly jet-lagged, and I couldn’t take one more thing. I saw that photo, and I had to say something,” she told the mag. “That picture wasn’t linked to body confidence. It wasn’t a #BodyConfidence or #LoveWhoYouAre. It was done in a slightly voyeuristic light, which I felt was a little inappropriate for young women to see.”
The Neighbors 2 star said she was concerned about the kind of message Kim’s pic could send to her fans.
“I would hate for young women to feel they need to post certain photos in order to gain likes, retweets, favorites, and male attention. … I wasn’t slut-shaming. It’s not about body shaming.”
Chloë’s initial tweet in March read, "I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than our bodies.” She later added, “There’s a huge difference in respecting the platform that you’re given as a celebrity and ‘slut shaming,’ something I never have done and would never do.” Kim quickly responded, tweeting, “Let’s all welcome @ChloeGMoretz to Twitter, since no one knows who she is."
Moretz appears on the June cover of Glamour. (Photo: Glamour)
Chloë told the mag that she found Kim’s response funny.
“I started laughing,” she recalled. “I was at dinner with my family [when] I got the notification [on my phone]. I look at it and I go, ‘Oh my god. She responded.’ My mom took the most offense to it because it was girl-on-girl hate and Kim didn’t come back with an educated response on body confidence. It was aggressive, and also it was incorrect. I don’t have 45 million followers or a TV show that follows my life. But people know who I am. I pride myself on having opinions, and I don’t express them in snarky ways toward people.”
The former child star may be outspoken, but she also values her privacy. Check out the video to find out what Chloë, who has been romantically linked to Brooklyn Beckham, had to say about her dating life, and tune in to The Insider With Yahoo on TV tonight for the latest in entertainment news.
