Ashley Benson Responds To Hollywood Saying She’s ‘Too Fat’
Ashley Benson (Photo: Getty)
It’s sadly not hard to believe that even happy, healthy Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson has been affected by Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards. “I was just told I was too fat for a part,” she shared in Ocean Drive, “I’m a size 2! I cried for 30 minutes, but then you have to let it roll off your shoulders or it could cause a serious eating disorder. A lot of people in this industry hear they need to lose weight more times than they should. It does make you stronger, though. Because if you let that affect you, you can’t be in this industry—you’d go crazy.”
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The 26-year-old also talked about looking unrecognizable in a recent photo shoot thanks to Photoshop, “I was so disappointed. I hate to think that girls are like, ‘She’s so skinny! Her skin is so perfect!’ I have pimples just like they do,” she said, which prompted her to share a zit cream selfie:
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Benson explained she took the photo because she “wanted to show people I’m not perfect—no one is.” Let’s hope we see a lot less of these kinds of stories in 2016.
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