Photo: Dia Dipasupil/GettyLili Reinhartis a role model for her fans for a reason — theRiverdalestar speaks openly and frequentlyabout body image and her struggles with acne.The actress, 21, said in a new interview thather cystic acneled tobody dysmorphia, and just seeing one zit on her face can wreck her day.“I have a specific type of body dysmorphia that stems from acne,”Reinhart toldGlamourin their October issue. “I see any acne on my face as an obsessive thing. [It’s] the only thing I can think about, and it makes me want to hide.”She admitted that her acne had ruined her night the day before the interview.“I cried last night to my mom over FaceTime because of how ugly I felt I looked,” Reinhart said. “My skin has caused me a lot of anxiety and sadness.”But opening up about iton social mediahas helped, and led to new friendships.“[Singer] Lorde actually messaged me on Instagram when I had spoken out about my acne, and she was like, ‘Girl, I feel you. I’m totally on the same page as you,’ ” Reinhart said. “It was really comforting and very sweet of her.”Lili Reinhart.Lili Reinhart/InstagramThere is, though, a side of Reinhart that she said she hasn’t shared online. She also keepsher rumored relationshipwith costarCole Sprouseoff social media, for the most part.“I haven’t really shown the super vulnerable side of myself to my audience,” she said. “If I did that, I wouldn’t have anything left for myself. I talk about my mental health. I talk about depression. But I’m private about the things that I want to be private about.”RELATED VIDEO: Lili Reinhart Responds to Pregnancy Rumors: I ‘Will Never Apologize’ for ‘My Body’Reinhart said she also gets frustrated with the paparazzi and fans who make assumptions about her, like whenshe had to shoot down pregnancy rumorsover the summer aftera photo of her looking “bloated” circulated online.“It’s only been two years that I’ve been semi in the spotlight, and it still pisses me off so bad when I see someone trying to sneak a photo of me,” she said, adding that she sometimes feels “like a zoo animal.”“Sometimes I feel like I look like s—. Sometimes I don’t want to talk to anyone. And it’s like, I’m allowed to have those days,” she continued. “I’m not going to apologize for that.”
Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Lili Reinhartis a role model for her fans for a reason — theRiverdalestar speaks openly and frequentlyabout body image and her struggles with acne.The actress, 21, said in a new interview thather cystic acneled tobody dysmorphia, and just seeing one zit on her face can wreck her day.“I have a specific type of body dysmorphia that stems from acne,”Reinhart toldGlamourin their October issue. “I see any acne on my face as an obsessive thing. [It’s] the only thing I can think about, and it makes me want to hide.”She admitted that her acne had ruined her night the day before the interview.“I cried last night to my mom over FaceTime because of how ugly I felt I looked,” Reinhart said. “My skin has caused me a lot of anxiety and sadness.”But opening up about iton social mediahas helped, and led to new friendships.“[Singer] Lorde actually messaged me on Instagram when I had spoken out about my acne, and she was like, ‘Girl, I feel you. I’m totally on the same page as you,’ ” Reinhart said. “It was really comforting and very sweet of her.”Lili Reinhart.Lili Reinhart/InstagramThere is, though, a side of Reinhart that she said she hasn’t shared online. She also keepsher rumored relationshipwith costarCole Sprouseoff social media, for the most part.“I haven’t really shown the super vulnerable side of myself to my audience,” she said. “If I did that, I wouldn’t have anything left for myself. I talk about my mental health. I talk about depression. But I’m private about the things that I want to be private about.”RELATED VIDEO: Lili Reinhart Responds to Pregnancy Rumors: I ‘Will Never Apologize’ for ‘My Body’Reinhart said she also gets frustrated with the paparazzi and fans who make assumptions about her, like whenshe had to shoot down pregnancy rumorsover the summer aftera photo of her looking “bloated” circulated online.“It’s only been two years that I’ve been semi in the spotlight, and it still pisses me off so bad when I see someone trying to sneak a photo of me,” she said, adding that she sometimes feels “like a zoo animal.”“Sometimes I feel like I look like s—. Sometimes I don’t want to talk to anyone. And it’s like, I’m allowed to have those days,” she continued. “I’m not going to apologize for that.”
Lili Reinhartis a role model for her fans for a reason — theRiverdalestar speaks openly and frequentlyabout body image and her struggles with acne.
The actress, 21, said in a new interview thather cystic acneled tobody dysmorphia, and just seeing one zit on her face can wreck her day.
“I have a specific type of body dysmorphia that stems from acne,”Reinhart toldGlamourin their October issue. “I see any acne on my face as an obsessive thing. [It’s] the only thing I can think about, and it makes me want to hide.”
She admitted that her acne had ruined her night the day before the interview.
“I cried last night to my mom over FaceTime because of how ugly I felt I looked,” Reinhart said. “My skin has caused me a lot of anxiety and sadness.”
But opening up about iton social mediahas helped, and led to new friendships.
“[Singer] Lorde actually messaged me on Instagram when I had spoken out about my acne, and she was like, ‘Girl, I feel you. I’m totally on the same page as you,’ ” Reinhart said. “It was really comforting and very sweet of her.”
Lili Reinhart.Lili Reinhart/Instagram
There is, though, a side of Reinhart that she said she hasn’t shared online. She also keepsher rumored relationshipwith costarCole Sprouseoff social media, for the most part.
“I haven’t really shown the super vulnerable side of myself to my audience,” she said. “If I did that, I wouldn’t have anything left for myself. I talk about my mental health. I talk about depression. But I’m private about the things that I want to be private about.”
RELATED VIDEO: Lili Reinhart Responds to Pregnancy Rumors: I ‘Will Never Apologize’ for ‘My Body’
Reinhart said she also gets frustrated with the paparazzi and fans who make assumptions about her, like whenshe had to shoot down pregnancy rumorsover the summer aftera photo of her looking “bloated” circulated online.
“It’s only been two years that I’ve been semi in the spotlight, and it still pisses me off so bad when I see someone trying to sneak a photo of me,” she said, adding that she sometimes feels “like a zoo animal.”
“Sometimes I feel like I look like s—. Sometimes I don’t want to talk to anyone. And it’s like, I’m allowed to have those days,” she continued. “I’m not going to apologize for that.”
source: people.com
