Chloë Grace Moretz Reveals She Was Body-Shamed By Older Male Actor At 15 Years Old

Actor Chloë Grace Moretz has opened up about being body-shamed by a male co-star when she was just 15 years old.

Moretz said she was starring alongside an older, male actor who was her love interest, when he told her he’d “never date her in real life” because she was “too big” for him.

The 20-year-old told Variety magazine she has to deal with sexism “every day”, claiming on one occasion that she was ostracised by a younger male lead. More recently she said she wasn’t chosen for a role because of her blonde hair.

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Being body-shamed at 15 was probably one of the worst moments for Moretz. She explained that the guy who said it - who was in his early to mid 20s - was one of the only actors that had ever made her cry on set.

“I went bawling to my brother and he was like, ‘What happened?’ And I was like, ‘He told me I was too big’,” she recalled. “My brother was so angry.

“I had to pick it up and go back on set and pretend he was a love interest, and it was really hard... It just makes you realise that there are some really bad people out there and for some reason, he felt the need to say that to me.

“You have to kind of forgive and not forget really, but it was just like wow. It was jarring. I look back on it and I was 15, which is really, really dark.”

Moretz has had to deal with her fair share of body-shaming over the years - including from online bullies. Last year, the actor went on a Twitter rant aimed at trolls who “sit behind their computer screens” spouting nastiness and body-shaming others.

“When will people hiding behind computer screens get tired of calling someone ‘fat’ or ‘masculine’?” she tweeted. “Does it make you feel good typing your hateful comments? Does it fulfil you in some dark way?

“Sit back before you fire away commenting ignorant things and imagine the real HUMAN BEING you are commenting about. He or she is a PERSON, with feelings and thoughts and a life that you are affecting so negatively.

“I’ve spent my whole life in front of cameras growing up with miscellaneous people judging and critiquing every little thing about myself.

“It’s time we all stop hiding behind keyboards pretending we know even the smallest thing about the people we judge.”

Famous Women Get Real About Body-Shaming

Kate Winslet(01 of08)

Kate Winslet is an Oscar-winning actress, but it could have been a very different story if she’d listened to criticism from body-shamers when she was younger.

“I got bullied at school, they called me ‘blubber’, they teased me for wanting to act, they locked me in the cupboard, laughed at me,” she said at a charity event.

“I wasn’t the prettiest, I’ve always had big feet, and I was even told that I might be lucky in my acting if I was happy to settle for the ‘fat girl’ parts. And they would say, ‘You’re just not what we’re looking for Kate’. I’d hear that a lot.”

“I learned to embrace my flaws, to make no apology for who I am,” she said. “This is who I am. The real me. Kate from Reading.” (credit:PA Archive/PA Images)

Lady Gaga(02 of08)

When Lady Gaga wore a crop top for her 2017 Super Bowl performance she received cruel remarks about her stomach. But she rose above the hatred to share a positive message on body image.

“I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I’m proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too,” she said on Instagram.

“No matter who you are or what you do. I could give you a million reasons why you don’t need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed.” (credit:Ronald Martinez via Getty Images)

Serena Williams(03 of08)

Twitter trolls told Serena Williams that she was "built like a man", but that didn't stop her from being super body-confident.

"I love that I am a full woman and I’m strong and I’m powerful and I’m beautiful at the same time," she said. "And there’s nothing wrong with that." (credit:PETER PARKS via Getty Images)

Jennifer Aniston(04 of08)

Sick and tired of the media speculating about whether or not she was "pregnant", Jennifer Aniston penned an exclusive blog on The Huffington Post about body-shaming and how we value women.

"The objectification and scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing," she said.

"The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty." (credit:C Flanigan via Getty Images)

Cheryl(05 of08)

In 2015, Cheryl called for body-shaming to be made "illegal" after some news outlets and members of the public accused her of being "too skinny".

“The body shaming has to stop. It’s bulls***. Something has to be done, changed, even if it’s done in law," she said. (credit:PA Archive/PA Images)

Vogue Williams(06 of08)

Model and TV presenter Vogue Williams told Aol's BUILD LDN she thought it was important to hit back at body-shamers after she was "papped on a beach".

"I got trolled - and it was hundreds and hundreds of comments and different news outlets saying I was fat, I was two stone overweight," she said.

"I actually hit back on that one because I thought people would be looking at me and thinking: ‘If people think she’s fat, what am I supposed to be?’ I also just think how has it come to this, that people find it okay to comment on people’s bodies?

"I would never call somebody fat and I would never call somebody too skinny. People are just the weight that they are, everyone is different and everyone is on a different path in life." (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)

Amy Schumer(07 of08)

When a film critic called actress and comedian Amy Schumer "chubby", she responded by saying: "I am a US size 6 and have no plans of changing.

"This is it. Stay on or get off." (credit:NBC via Getty Images)

Tyra Banks(08 of08)

After she was papped in a swimsuit and body-shamed by the media, Tyra Banks' response made chat show history.

She appeared in front of the live 'Tyra' audience wearing that same swimsuit and said: “If I had lower self esteem, I would probably be starving myself right now. But that’s exactly what is happening to other women all over this country.”

She ended her speech by telling the haters: "Kiss my fat ass." (credit:Tibrina Hobson via Getty Images)

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