Florence Pugh says she has received body shaming comments since baring her breasts in a see-through Valentino dress. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Two days after turning heads in a see-through, nipple-baring pink Valentino dress at the Italian fashion label’s Haute Couture show in Rome, Florence Pugh has spoken out about the “vulgar” comments – many criticizing her breast size – she’s received since then.
On Sunday, the English actress took to Instagram to call out the body-shaming remarks sent by men after she wore a revealing dress to the Valentino Haute Couture show in Rome on Friday night — “and all because of two cute little nipples,” she noted.
“Listen, I knew when I wore this amazing Valentino dress that there was no way there wouldn’t be a comment on it,” the Black Widow star wrote. “Whether it was negative or positive, we all knew what we were doing. I was excited to wear it, not one iota of nervousness. I wasn’t before, during, or even now after.’
Pugh, 26, addressed the barrage of comments she received in response to her daring look.
“What was interesting to watch and witness is how easy it is for men to completely destroy a woman’s body, publicly, proudly, for all to see,” she wrote. “Do you even do that with your job titles and work emails in your bio?
“It’s not the first time, and it certainly won’t be the last time, that a woman will hear what’s wrong with her body from a crowd of strangers,” the Oscar-nominated star continued. “What is alarming is how vulgar some of you men can be. Fortunately, I have come to terms with the complexity of my body that makes me, me. I’m happy with all the “flaws” I couldn’t bear to look at when I was 14. So many of you wanted to aggressively tell me how disappointed you were with my “small tits” or how I should be embarrassed that I so ‘flat chested’.’
However, the negative feedback hasn’t shaken the ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ star’s confidence.
“I lived in my body for a long time,” Pugh wrote. “I am fully aware of my breast size and I am not afraid of it. More worrying is… Why are you so afraid of breasts? Little ones? Big? Left? Right? Only one? Maybe none? What. Well. So. Terrifying. It makes me wonder what happened to you that you are so happy with being so upset about the size of my tits and body?
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“I’m so grateful to have grown up in a family of very strong, powerful women with curves,” she added. “We were raised to find strength in the folds of our bodies. Let’s talk loudly about being comfortable. My mission has always been in this industry to say ‘fuck this and fuck that’ when someone expects my body to become an opinion about what’s hot or sexually attractive.”
Defiant Pugh didn’t mince her words as she called on men to “grow up” and stop being “loudly insulting” about women and their bodies.
I wore this dress because I know. If in 2022 it’s so easy for you to violently abuse women in public, then the answer is that you’re the one who doesn’t know. Grow up. Respect people. Respect the bodies. Respect all women. Respect people. Life will get a lot easier, I promise.”
Pugh shouts ‘highly offensive’ comments about women after being singled out. (Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Pugh’s post included a photo of her with her fingers covering her nipples “for those who feel more comfortable with that inch of darker skin being covered.” She also added the hashtag #F***ingFreeTheF***ingNipple.”
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