Chloë Grace Moretz revealed that the Family Guy meme made her feel self-conscious
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Chloë Grace Moretz recently reflected on how the Family Guy meme negatively impacted her life.
Here is everything you need to know.
The Family Guy meme explained
Chloë Grace Moretz is referring to a photo that was clicked while she was entering a hotel with pizza in her hands.
Nevertheless, shortly after the image turned into a scene featuring on Fox’s hit sitcom series Family Guy.
A character based on Moretz’s picture was introduced in the tenth season of the show. It was included in an episode titled Amish Guy.
The said character is named Legs Go All The Way Up Griffin and is a great aunt of the protagonist Peter Griffin. Seth McFarlane lent her voice to the character.
However, it was the exaggerated body proportions of the character that caught the eye of the viewers. As the name suggests, she had long legs but a short torso.
Subsequently, the character soon became a meme on social media.
Chloë Grace Moretz gets candid about the Family Guy meme
Chloë Grace Moretz talked about the viral meme during an interview with Hunger magazine. It was published on 20th September.
She revealed, ‘Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, “Oh, shut the f*** up, it’s funny.”‘
Furthermore, the 500 Days of Summer actress mentioned, ‘I just remember sitting there and thinking, my body is being used as a joke and it’s something that I can’t change about who I am. It is being posted all over Instagram.’
She continued, ‘It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers. And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.’
Additionally, the 25-year-old star claimed, ‘It took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious.’
How did Chloë Grace Moretz cope with fame at such a young age?
Chloë Grace Moretz said that she was only 12 years old when her blockbuster movie Kick-Ass was released.
The Suspiria beauty said, ‘There’s always gonna be the darkness that comes with fame.’
She added that after the 2010 superhero comedy film ‘everything shifted.’
Moretz further explained that she has ‘always used acting as a form of therapy.’
