Mandy Moore is currently on a whirlwind press tour for NBC’s This Is Us, America’s favorite form of catharsis, in which she plays the show’s matriarch, Rebecca Pearson. It’s a role that’s made Moore the most visible she’s been in years, and with that, unfortunately, comes online trolls.
Moore brushed with a few of them last night on Instagram. The actress and singer posted a picture of herself on set at The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, encouraging people to tune in. “Love any time I get to hang with the sweetest @jimmyfallon on @fallontonight. Watch us at 11:35 on @nbc,” she wrote.
But a few people on Instagram thought Moore had digitally altered the photo to make her waist look smaller. “Why are the lines of the wood panels straight until her midsection? That’s a very clear indicator of Photoshop,” one person wrote. “Seriously, with a bicep that looks like that, Photoshop took over the waist. Unfortunate from you…no one’s waist is that thin,” wrote another.
To be clear, whether or not Moore Photoshopped her image isn’t the issue here. She has every right to present herself how she wants on social media. The problem is anonymous users on social media thinking they have the right to critique people’s bodies. All this speculation and shaming is just gross.
Moore, for the record, didn’t Photoshop this post and clapped back accordingly. “Not nice or true. Do better,” she wrote in response to one of the comments. She then updated the photo’s caption with,” I am 5’10″ and a size 6. I have NEVER Photoshopped pictures. That’s not what I’m about. If you’re going to be rude about people’s bodies, go elsewhere.”
See the post for yourself, below:
Somewhere in an alternative universe, the Big Three are cheering Moore on.
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