Alicia Silverstone recalls cruel body-shaming on Batman & Robin press tour
More than two decades after the release of the ill-fated superhero flick “Batman & Robin,” star Alicia Silverstone is speaking out against the scrutiny she faced.
The “Beauty Shop” actress, 45, ha dpreviously revealed she was body-shamed and nicknamed “Fatgirl” during the press tour for the 1997 film in which she plays Batgirl.
Silverstone was 20 years old when she filmed the Joel Schumacher flick. The “Clueless” star recently shot a reaction video to a TikTok user, @foreversymone, speaking about the body-image issues Silverstone faced over her “Batman” role.
“I want justice for Alicia Silverstone!” the fan exclaimed in the video. “You had her f–ked up!”
The user showed a headline from a May 1996 article titled “A Weighty Issue,” in which Silverstone’s body was being compared to Babe the Pig. The article appeared in an Entertainment Weekly column called News and Notes.
“They were obsessed with her weight,” the fan added. “As a fat woman who grew up obsessed with ‘Clueless,’ who grew up obsessed with this movie that is pure camp, it just makes me very frustrated to know that … she couldn’t have been more than 130 [pounds] and they were straight-up ripping on her constantly over this.”
Silverstone nodded in agreement and quipped “I love you!” to the fan for speaking up.
“Say you’re sorry to Alicia Silverstone!” the fan demanded, directing her anger toward certain publications who shamed her way back when.
In a 2020 interview with the Guardian, Silverstone looked back the bad press and negative reviews “Batman & Robin” got when it debuted.
“They would make fun of my body when I was younger. It was hurtful, but I knew they were wrong. I wasn’t confused,” she said. “I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone’s body shape. That doesn’t seem like the right thing to be doing to a human.”
In the same ’90s EW article, a source claimed that Silverstone “lost 10 pounds, and she’s on her way to losing another 10” for the DC film.
Late director Schumacher even noted in the same column that the Batgirl character is a “strenuous role.”
“They’re roles where the audience gets to know them a little more intimately, physically. Silverstone will wear a skintight version of the Batsuit,” the “St. Elmo’s Fire” filmmaker said at the time, adding that the suit comes ”with nipples. We’re an equal opportunity movie.”
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