Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey hits back at body-shaming comments: 'Skinny does not always equal healthy'
Actress Melanie Lynskey has hit back at the barrage of body-shaming comments she's received since starring on the hit drama Yellowjackets.
The New Zealand actress — who also found fame on Sweet Home Alabama and Two and a Half Men — took to Twitter to address the countless messages she receives from people who seemingly "care" about her health but are really low-key shaming her for her size.
The 44-year-old opened up about her experience after retweeting a since-deleted Tweet from writer Ashley C. Ford, who said people were "confused" by the fact she's "not thin and also not trying to lose weight".
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Melanie Lynskey found fame on Sweet Home Alabama and Two and a Half Men. Instagram
"The story of my life since Yellowjackets premiered. Most egregious are the 'I care about her health!!' people…" Lynskey wrote.
"b---h you don't see me on my Peleton! You don't see me running through the park with my child. Skinny does not always equal healthy."
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In the psychological drama series, a group of New Jersey high school girls football team are involved in a plane crash in Canada and try to survive in the wilderness against all odds. Lynskey plays one of the students, Shauna, who tells the story of survival through a series of flashbacks from their 1996 incident.
Lynskey's tweet has since been 'liked' by 28,800 followers on Twitter, with her actor husband Jason Ritter leading the way.
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Melanie Lynskey with her Yellowjackets co-stars (fro left to right): Jasmin Savoy Brown, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci. Getty
"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," tweeted the Parenthood alum, who shares a two-year-old daughter with Lynskey.
Just weeks ago, Lynskey revealed a crew member from the show made a critical comment about her body on set.
"They were asking me, 'What do you plan to do? I'm sure the producers will get you a trainer. They'd love to help you with this,'" she recalled to Rolling Stone.
Lynskey explained it was "important that [Shauna] is just comfortable and sexual and not thinking or talking about it, because I wanted women to be able to watch it and be like, 'Wow, she looks like me and nobody's saying she's the fat one.' That representation is important."
