Anna Paquin fires back at Internet trolls over 'fat' comments
Anna Paquin has taken aim at body shamers who have suggested the actress is pregnant again after showing off a fuller figure at the premiere of her new film, The Good Dinosaur.
The True Blood actress walked the red carpet at the Los Angeles event wearing an embroidered black dress with a full skirt, and outfit that prompted some Internet trolls to comment on her look on Twitter.com.
Clearing up speculation about her apparent weight gain after the
bash, she snarled, "Fun fact: Wearing a dress that is not
skintight=Pregnant/invites people 2 call u (sic) fat. I'm neither
so thanks 4 (sic) that."
The mother of two, who also shared a snap of herself at the
premiere with her husband and former TV co-star Stephen Moyer,
later returned to the social media site to hit back at other
critical comments she had received after her previous tweet.
She wrote, "dear mother nature, people who bravely hide behind
computers and pass judgment have informed me my pale skin and dark
hair=old/ugle (ugly)/harsh."
Her post prompted her real fans to shower her with praise, and
Paquin, 33, expressed her thanks by responding, "sorry if this
feels like blatant compliment fishing, really not my intention but
do appreciate the love (sic)".
The actress, who shares fraternal three-year-old twins Poppy and
Charlie with Moyer, previously opened up about the pressures of
staying slim in Hollywood.
"It's one of those things that's instilled in you, that it'd be
really unfortunate for you to not fit the sample size," she told
Shape magazine in 2010. "I think that's a shame.
"If you're not in shape and you don't look a certain way you might
not get the parts you want. I wish it wasn't an aspect of the job,
but I'd be lying if I said it isn't something I think about."