'A lot of girls feel pressure to look perfect but guys don't': Bella Thorne discusses body shaming in Cosmopolitan magazine
By Rachel Levy for MailOnline
She seems to handle stardom well.
But fame hasn't necessarily come easily for Bella Thorne, as the 17-year-old The Duff star revealed to the February issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
On the constant pressure to look and act perfect, the Disney actress said: 'I think a lot of girls do [feel pressure], and it’s unfair because guys don’t.'
'Guys can have acne scars and be overweight or rude. If a girl is the least bit sarcastic or she speaks out about something, she’s a b****. It’s completely messed up,' the actress added.
And Bella, who frequently tweets and shares photos on Instagram, has to deal with some of that backlash on social media.
The Blended star claimed there's a fine line between how much skin is appropriate to show in pictures.
'If a girl wears a bathing suit, she is a ho and is body-shamed. If you don’t show your body, you’re a prude,' Bella told the publication.
'You take pictures with a guy and you’re a ho; you take pictures with a girlfriend and you’re a lesbian. I don’t understand how girls can sit there and pick one another apart.'
Bella said she and her friends only have compliments and words of praise for one another.
Though, it took a while for the actress to be comfortable in her own skin.
When speaking about lessons she's learned during her on-and-off relationship to her boyfriend of three years, Tristan Klier, Bella said: 'Do not stalk who [guys are] following on Instagram, thinking, "She has this. Maybe he likes that?" That’ll just kill you. Take it from a girl who never had boobs.
'Every woman in my family has huge boobs. And the girls in Tristan’s school—I don’t know what’s in their food, but all their boobs are legit huge.
'I was always flat-chested, and that really gave me a complex growing up. Once I stopped stressing about them, they grew.'
Meanwhile, the Neutrogena ambassador stuns in the glossy pages of Cosmopolitan.
In one photo, the actress is clad in a red bandanna-inspired bandeau blouse and matching high-waisted skirt.
Another shot shows the Shake It Up! star sporting a floral pink crop top, patterned white jacket, and matching yellow circle-printed trousers.
Bella continued to show her eye-catching spring flair in a striped two-piece set while holding onto an adorable pup.
Aside from her thriving acting career, Bella is writing her own young adult series, Autumn Falls.
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