Alicia Silverstone has responded to body-shaming with a defiant gesture, after a photo of her was labelled “fat” online. The 45-year-old actress shared a TikTok video on 25 January, showing a picture of herself in a navy blue dress that had been captioned “Alicia Silverstone Candid Fat Photo.”
In the clip, Silverstone smiles and holds up her middle finger as the song “abcdfu” by GAYLE plays in the background. She wrote in the caption: “Damn. I think I look good.” The video has amassed over 4 million views, with many TikTok users praising her reaction and noting how great she looks in the photo.
Comments included: “Girl you look good! They’re just trying to make money off your haters,” and “DON’T LET THE HATERS GET TO YOU YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL.” Another user wrote: “If that’s what they call fat, I’m in! Lol you look great!”
This is not the first time the Clueless star has addressed body-shaming. In April 2020, she told The Guardian that when she played Batgirl in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, tabloids referred to her as “fatgirl.” She recalled: “They would make fun of my body when I was younger. It was hurtful but I knew they were wrong. I wasn’t confused.”
Silverstone added that she tried not to get too angry, saying: “And no, I didn’t say ‘f*** you’ and come out like a warrior but I would just walk away and go, ‘Okay I know what that is and I’m done, I’m not going near that again.’” She noted that the experience helped her focus on the acting work she wanted to do, rather than what she felt she should do.
