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Nicola Coughlan is right: ‘body positivity’ traps us in the same old conversations | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Bridgerton star has told of her horror at being approached by a fan who only wanted to talk about her body. Surely it’s time we focused on something else

Nicola Coughlan is sick of the subject of “body positivity”, and thank God, because so am I. “The thing I say sometimes that pisses people off is I have no interest in body positivity,” she said in a recent interview. Like Coughlan and no doubt many, many other women, I’m sick of talking about it, thinking about it, reading about it, all of it (I do recognise a certain irony in my writing about it, but hear me out). In the same interview, Coughlan recounted an encounter with a fan: “I remember this really drunk girl once talking to me in a bathroom being like, ‘I loved [Bridgerton] because of your body’ and started talking about my body, and I was like, ‘I want to die. I hate this so much.’”

Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan Slams Body Comments After Her Weight Loss

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan explained that she has "no interest" in body positivity, explaining how "bizarre" it was to be described as plus-size even after losing a "bunch of weight."

The Bridgerton actress, who stars as Penelope on the Netflix show, explained that she has no desire to speak about her body or her weight loss.

"The thing I say sometimes that pisses people off is, ‘I have no interest in body positivity,’" she told Elle in an interview published March 4. "When I was a kid growing up, I never thought about that. I didn’t look at actors and think about their bodies. So, I actually don’t care."

Nicola Coughlan Says She Has 'No Interest In Body Positivity'

Nicola Coughlan has never been one to shy away from a difficult conversation, especially when it comes to the public’s often intrusive fascination with women’s bodies.

While promoting Bridgerton season three, she was told she was “very brave” for appearing in nude scenes, a compliment that was notably not directed at her female co-stars. Without missing a beat, Coughlan responded by pointing out the double standard, saying, “You know, it is hard because I think women with my body type — women with perfect breasts — we do not see ourselves onscreen enough.” The remark quickly became emblematic of the way body conversations around female actors can be both reductive and oddly selective.

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