Moretz is due to star in the thriller series The Peripheral, which is due for release on 21 October on Amazon Prime.

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28th September 2022
06:35pm BST

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"Everyone was making fun of my body, and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the fuck up, it’s funny,'” Moretz continued.
“And 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, and it is being posted all over Instagram.
"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.”
She explained that it led to her no longer enjoying getting dressed up and going out, and made her "super self-conscious."
The actor continued: "I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. It’s a headf**k.”
Body dysmorphia is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance, which are usually unnoticeable to others.
“I basically became a recluse,” Moretz said of the effect of social media memes about her body. “It was great because I got away from the photographers and I was able to be myself, and to have so many experiences that people didn’t photograph, but at the same time it made me severely anxious when I was photographed. My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.”
Moretz is due to star in the thriller series The Peripheral, which is due for release on 21 October on Amazon Prime.
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