Melanie Lynskey has opened up about how she and other actresses were body shamed on the set of Coyote Ugly, recalling how she starved herself to be a size four for the 2000 movie. 
The 45-year-old actress reflected on her experience filming the cult classic in a joint interview with her Yellowjackets co-stars Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, and Christina Ricci for a cover story featured in . 
'All the girls had this regimen they had to go on. It was ridiculous. I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a [size] four,' she said of the pressure to [url=/news/weight_loss/index.html]lose weight. 





'I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a [size] four,' she told The Hollywood Reporter of playing Gloria in the cult classic (pictured) 

Lynskey played Gloria, 'the best friend from Jersey,' in the film, which stars Piper Perabo as Violet Sanford, an aspiring songwriter who moves to New York City and gets a job at a women-run bar. 
The New Zealand native detailed the harsh criticism she faced behind the scenes, including how she was treated by the film's original costume designer. 
'[There were] already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, "Nobody told me there would be girls like you,"' she said. 
'Really intense feedback about my physicality, my body, people doing my makeup and being like, "I'm just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff." Just the feedback was constantly like, "You're not beautiful. You're not beautiful."'





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Lynskey noted that the film's lead, Piper Perabo (left), faced even more scrutiny when it came to her body, appearance, and what she was eating






Lynskey reflected on the experience during a joint cover interview with her Yellowjackets co-stars Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, and Christina Ricci













Lynskey later clarified her comments on Twitter, saying she was not referring to the costume designer and makeup artists who were credited on Coyote Ugly 

'My answer was kind of a jumble — I had experiences with makeup artists offering to help my face look better but that did not happen on Coyote Ugly,' she explained. 'The hair and makeup team were amazing and so kind and among the best I've ever worked with.' 





Lynskey and her husband, Jason Ritter (pictured), have both clapped back at body shamers on Twitter following the premiere of Yellowjackets late last year  






The next day, Ritter took to Twitter to post a scathing comment in support of his wife 

In late January, the actress clapped at online trolls who criticized her figure while pretending to care about her health. 
'The story of my life since Yellowjackets premiered. Most egregious are the "I care about her health!!" people…b***h you don't see me on my [url=https://imgur.com/hot?q=Peleton]Peleton [sic]!' she wrote in response to a now-deleted tweet.
'You don't see me running through the park with my child. Skinny does not always equal healthy,' she added.
Lynskey's husband, Jason Ritter, took to Twitter the next day to defend her. The couple welcomed their first child together in late 2018. 
'If anyone has any further unsolicited comments about *anybody* else's body, they can feel free to write them in permanent ink onto their own foreheads and swan dive directly into the sun,' Ritter wrote, retweeting his wife's original post. 






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