Lili Reinhart, best known for starring in CW’s hit series “Riverdale,” is opening up about developing an eating disorder after struggling with body dysmorphia while filming the show’s sixth season.
“I really don’t like looking at Season 6 imagery or pictures, because I know that 99% of my thoughts were about my body,” the actor, 28, said in a recent interview with Self magazine. “I was a thousand percent just disassociated through that entire day or scene because my entire inner dialogue is just… ‘Your body’s changing.’”
Reinhart, who played Betty Cooper in the series from 2017-2023, described dealing with a slew of mysterious gut issues and unexplainable weight gain. She shared that she was tested for several autoimmune diseases, but doctors still had no clue about what was to blame.
“I’ve done all of them. And my gut’s still like, ‘Hey, bitch, you got something. You just can’t figure out what it is,’” Reinhart added in the interview, published Jan. 22.
Reinhart has gotten candid about her experiences with body dysmorphia and obsessive-compulsive disorder in the past.
“I’ve been struggling with obsessive thoughts about my body/weight the last few months and it’s gotten pretty severe in the last week,” she wrote in her Instagram Stories in Jan. 2022, BuzzFeed reports. “So I want to take a moment to be vulnerable and share this in the hope that any of you who are also struggling don’t feel so alone.”
The “Hustlers” star went on to share how being in Hollywood, which is “so obsessed with women’s bodies and weights,” led to her having “toxic” thoughts about her body image.
“I’m here with you. It’s challenging to look at your body with love instead of criticism. It’s a practice I’m still learning,” she continued. “I didn’t think being in this industry, that is so obsessed with women’s bodies and weights, could ever mess with my own body acceptance and positivity. But it has.”
The “Chemical Hearts” actor shared that she wishes she hadn’t “grown up in a time where the media worshipped only one size of women” before noting that she knows she’s “not alone in this toxic way of thinking.”
Reinhart wrapped up her message adding, “Let’s continue to talk about it. Normalize it. Empathize with others. Show compassion and kindness.”
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