‘Riverdale’ actress Lili Reinhart recently revealed that she struggled with body dysmorphia while filming her last episode of “Riverdale.” The actor was one of the original cast members of the show, which started in 2017.
Over the years, Reinhart has stood out as an advocate of body positivity on several occasions. The 26-year-old has spoken about her struggles with her body, including the days she had a particularly bad body image. Reinhart has also called out some celebrities on how they project their views onto others.
In a recent interview, the “Riverdale” star talked about how she developed body dysmorphia at a young age and how it has gotten better for her over the years. Reinhart also revealed that while filming the final season of “Riverdale,” she looked back at herself at age 19 and found her current appearance lacking.
Read on to learn more.
Lili Reinhart Says She Compares What She Looked Like At 19 With What She Looks Like Now
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Reinhart joins Dr. Daniel Amen in his series, “Scan My Brain,” and talks about how he faced a new spiral in his mental health after seeing his body change significantly on camera. The actress revealed that she often compares her current appearance to her 19-year-old self when she first started “Riverdale.”
Reinhart said, “I’m exposed to pictures of myself all the time on social media, on my shows, pictures of me on my shows, which started when I was 19. So I’m always comparing what I look like now to what I looked like when I was 19 , a child.”
The 26-year-old revealed that constantly comparing her body to her younger self made her “scared of the changes that have happened.” Reinhart explains the comparison puts her in a constant battle with herself.
“It’s me vs me. I was from a few years ago compared to me now and thought, how can I go back to that? How can I look like that again?” said the “Look Both Ways” actor.
Lili Reinhart On Her Weight Issues
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During a series of interviews, Reinhart spoke about the more recent changes she’s faced as she’s gotten older, revealing that the changes have become increasingly challenging for her to deal with. The actress explained her struggles with weight gain and said she had a tough time shooting the final season of “Riverdale” because it was the heaviest she’d ever been.
“Recording my performance [Riverdale] and having that weight gain basically documented on camera, episode by episode, week by week of my life, my weight ups and downs,” explained Reinhart. “It felt so much like this huge problem, this thing that literally took 90% of my brain capacity; I hardly think about anything else.”
The 26-year-old revealed that most of her thoughts during that period revolved around her weight. This includes her food intake, how she can lose weight, how she looks now compared to before and how other people look different. “All my thoughts were about my body, and it was overwhelming and a very negative headspace that I had,” Reinhart said.
She Had Body Dysmorphia At 13
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The “Hustlers” star went on to reveal that while she often struggles with negative body image, she is on her way out of the toughest period. Reinhart explained that she first developed body dysmorphia when she was just 13 years old, and at the time, she had to deal with “really bad” skin.
“I was doing my makeup in the dark,” recalls the 26-year-old. “I don’t want to look at myself, but then also obsessively look at myself to try and see how I look at a different angle, to see acne at a different angle, and it’s like ‘I hate looking in the mirror, but I have to’ obsessive component there.
Reinhart explained that in the previous months, she often looked at her body in the mirror “obsessively” because of her weight gain and continued to become more uncomfortable with her job and her public nature.
Lili Reinhart Says It’s Hard to Spread Body Positivity
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Because of how she feels about her body almost every day, Reinhart revealed that she sometimes finds it difficult to advocate for body positivity. The actress explained, “It’s hard when I’m really trying to convey the idea of loving yourself and accepting yourself, and you don’t have to fit a one-size-fits-all image in your life, especially as an actor.”
Reinhart further explained that she sometimes feels like a “fraud” when she thinks about looking like someone else compared to her own appearance despite promoting a body positive message to her fans. The 26-year-old went on to say that it’s “OK” because in addition to delivering a message of self-love, she’s “still learning it on her own.”
The actress explained that she still hasn’t mastered a positive attitude about her body, and sometimes she feels bad about her appearance. However, in that moment, Reinhart revealed that she was always “empowered to talk about them and speak up about them.”
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