While traipsing around the internet recently, actress Alicia Silverstone stumbled onto a photo of herself with the caption, "Alicia Silverstone Candid Fat Photo.”
As Today reported, the “Clueless” star showed off her canny sense of humor and posted a fun clapback at the body-shaming.
In the hilarious TikTok clip, “abcdfu” by GAYLE plays over the aforementioned photo of Silverstone walking across grass, barefoot, and in a simple navy blue dress. Then suddenly Silverstone pops up in front of the picture wearing big stylish glasses, a huge smile, and raising the most workable finger for this situation.
The caption says succinctly, “Damn, I think I look good.”
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Silverstone has had a history of having to face such inconsiderate nonsense, but that history has been matched by the consistency of her strong response.
In an April 2020 interview with UK outlet The Guardian, she addressed the body shaming that, early on in her career, shook her to a point of thinking about quitting Hollywood altogether.
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After she was cast to play Batgirl in 1997’s “Batman & Robin,” some tabloids took to nicknaming Silverstone “Fatgirl,” and she said it got to the point where paparazzi were calling out the hurtful name while chasing her around.
To add insult to injury, critics then panned the movie. Silverstone especially got pilloried, leading to a “worst supporting actress” award at the 1998 Razzie Awards.
“That definitely wasn’t my favorite filmmaking experience,” she said to The Guardian, adding, “I stopped loving acting for a very long time."
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But even in that moment of self-questioning, Silverstone knew to not put stock in the unfortunate body-shaming end of the business.
“They would make fun of my body when I was younger,” she recalled. “It was hurtful but I knew they were wrong. I wasn’t confused. I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone’s body shape; that doesn’t seem like the right thing to be doing to a human.”
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