Nicola Coughlan — Star Of "Bridgerton" — Begged Fans To Stop Commenting On Her Body, After Revealing People Have Been Sharing Their Opinions Directly With Her Every Day

    "If you have an opinion about my body, please, please don't share it with me."

    Natalie Oganesyan
    by Natalie Oganesyan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan would kindly appreciate it if you kept your opinions on her body to yourself.

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    The 35-year-old actor — known for her breakout role in Derry Girls — took to Instagram today to share a heartfelt plea with fans, asking them to not share their opinions on her body with her.

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    "Hello! So just a thing: If you have an opinion about my body, please, please don't share it with me," she began.

    "Most people are being nice and not trying to be offensive," she added, "but I am just one real-life human being, and it's really hard to take the weight of thousands of opinions on how you look being sent directly to you every day."

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    She continued, "If you have an opinion about me, that's OK. I understand I'm on TV and that people will have things to think and say, but I beg you not to send them to me directly ❤️."

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    Concluding her post, she wrote, "Anyway, here's a pic of me in my hotel in NY about to go to SNL. It's unrelated to this post but I'm delighted with my hair in it."

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    It's deeply unsettling and uncomfortable to think that people thought it was alright to inundate Nicola with messages about how she looks — whether well intentioned or not.

    On Friday, fellow actor Melanie Lynskey — who stars in Yellowjackets — shared a similar sentiment about being frustrated by people's unsolicited comments on her body.

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    "The story of my life since Yellowjackets premiered. Most egregious are the 'I care about her health!!' people... Bitch, you don't see me on my Peloton! You don't see me running through the park with my child. Skinny does not always equal healthy," she wrote.

    A bewildering and not-at-all-difficult-to-execute thought: Leave actors and their bodies alone?