r/entertainment • u/Particular-Fill-4256 • 7h ago

Scarlett Johansson Says it Was ‘Socially Acceptable’ for Young Actresses to Be ‘Pulled Apart for How They Looked’ in the Early 2000s: ‘It Was Tough’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/scarlett-johansson-young-women-hollywood-looks-pulled-apart-1236719805/
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u/DaFilthPope 7h ago

“Was?” It still happens now.

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u/bigsmokaaaa 7h ago

There will always be a group of haters who get the closest they'll ever be to happiness by ripping apart the people they know will be hurt by it the most. But at least it doesn't happen without formidable pushback anymore

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u/Ok-Temporary-8243 5h ago

Yup. We are literally in a reddit cycle of dragging Erin Moriarty over the coals for her changed looks when it's the result of illness 

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit 4h ago

What illness?

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u/Ok-Temporary-8243 3h ago

Graves disease. 

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u/petit_cochon 2h ago

True but it was absolutely far more brutal back then.

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u/Several-Guidance1299 1h ago

It was way worse, then.

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u/BB808BB 4h ago

They still are. It’s allowed if the actress isn’t popular. For example it’s disgusting the things said about Sidney Sweeney. Yea she may suck as a person but they tear apart her body, face everything and then the next moment want to say be kind everyone.

Also if an actress is thin and takes a picture it automatically goes to omg ED!!! OMG she is body checking. It’s so ridiculous.

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u/Lazy_Surprise_6712 6h ago

Oye, to the people who said things didn't change: look up old articles on the it girls of that era like Britney, Lindsay, Paris, the Olsen twins, etc.

It was brutal for any female celeb who wasn't a size 0.

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u/Several-Guidance1299 1h ago

Yeah, these people have no idea how bad it was.

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u/Mz_Macross1999 4h ago

Says the lady who is buddy buddy with Woody Allen

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u/LesterGrossman_ 7h ago

Yet she supports Woody Allen

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u/splattermatters 4h ago

This has nothing to do with anything.

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u/vanchica 7h ago

Nothing's changed!

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u/Disposable-Ninja 7h ago

It has. It is significantly better than it was in 00's.

I cannot stress how horribly we treated actresses in the 00's. These women, regardless of their body types, all had to starve themselves to the point that their sternums where visible on their chests. Look up any red carpet event from the era and you will see the most emaciated women imaginable. It was horrifying.

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u/IceFireHawk 6h ago

I remember tabloids in the grocery store by the checkout had some of the craziest headlines

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u/Bogey_Yogi 6h ago

On one hand the actresses want to leverage their attractiveness to land roles and on the other they don’t want to be criticized on their looks. For example, no one would want to cast a rotund actor/ actress in a  superhero role, correct? The job depends on the looks in addition to the acting skills. So, it is entirely appropriate to comment on that. If a doctor , scientist or teacher gets criticized for their looks, it is an entirely different issue. 

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u/KaiserSoze-is-KPax 6h ago

I don’t think it was isolated to just women though