Pugh advised British Vogue in a brand new interview on Wednesday that she’s struggled with all of the commentary about her physique, together with the scrutiny of her nipples in 2022 after she wore a sheer Valentino gown. “It’s so exhausting,” she mentioned within the interview. “[The internet’s] a really imply place. It’s actually painful to learn individuals being nasty about my confidence or nasty about my weight.”
The Dune 2 star mentioned that the commentary “by no means feels good.” However Pugh additionally mentioned that it’s vital for her to be genuine. “The one factor I at all times wished to realize was to by no means promote another person, one thing that isn’t the actual me,” she mentioned.
Pugh additionally addressed criticism that she’s too assured. “I don’t suppose it’s confidence in hoping individuals like me. I believe it’s simply, like, I don’t wish to be anybody else,” she mentioned within the interview, making it clear she’s not making an attempt to be something aside from who she is. “I’m not a mannequin,” mentioned Pugh. However she additionally famous that she must do photograph shoots as a part of her job. “It’s portraying a very completely different model of myself that I don’t essentially imagine in,” she mentioned. “It’s important to imagine that you just need to be in these pages being stunning. However now I do know what I wish to present. I do know who I wish to present.”
That is hardly Pugh’s first time clapping again at criticism. In 2022, she shared a prolonged submit on Instagram, occurring the offensive after receiving criticism for going braless underneath that see-through Valentino gown. “So lots of you wished to aggressively let me understand how dissatisfied you have been by my ‘tiny tits,’ or how I must be embarrassed by being so ‘flat chested,’” she wrote within the Instagram caption. “I’ve lived in my physique for a very long time. I’m totally conscious of my breast measurement and am not frightened of it.”
She ended that submit on this be aware: “Develop up. Respect individuals. Respect our bodies. Respect all ladies. Respect people. Life will get an entire lot simpler, I promise.”
Pugh additionally had this to say in her interview with British Vogue: “I do know who I wish to be and I do know what I seem like. There’s no insecurities about what I’m anymore.”
