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Anya Taylor-Joy Was Once Asked If She’s “Self-Conscious” Because Her Eyes Are “So Far Apart” During An Interview, And It’s Truly Heartbreaking
Anya Taylor-Joy Was Once Asked If She’s “Self-Conscious” Because Her Eyes Are “So Far Apart” During An Interview, And It’s Truly Heartbreaking,“I kind of stopped looking in mirrors for a very long time. I still don’t really spend a lot of time in front of mirrors because I don’t really have to deal with my face.”

Anya Taylor-Joy Was Once Asked If She’s “Self-Conscious” Because Her Eyes Are “So Far Apart” During An Interview, And It’s Truly Heartbreaking

You know Anya Taylor-Joy.

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Back in 2016, Anya — who was 20 at the time — sat down with W Magazine for a wide-ranging conversation about her career and newfound intense level of fame.

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And during the interview, she was immediately asked if she’s ever felt “self-conscious” over her facial features.

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Per the transcript of the conversation, the very first question posed to Anya was, “You have those beautiful eyes and they’re so far apart. When you were a kid, did they make you self-conscious?”

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And in response, Anya heartbreakingly revealed that she was made to feel insecure after being tagged in Facebook photos that poked fun at her eyes.

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“I can definitely remember when Facebook was a thing and I was never aware that my eyes were far apart and then someone tagged me in a picture with a fish and they were like, ‘This is you ’cause your eyes are like here,’” she recalled.

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“I was really upset about it and I didn’t enjoy it,” she went on, before revealing that the cruel comparison left her unable to look at herself in mirrors for a long time afterwards.

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Anya later told the interviewer that she was still “growing into” herself, and felt a lot “less awkward” as a result.

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As soon as Anya’s past comments resurfaced across Twitter this weekend, fans rushed to defend and support the actor.

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“what is wrong with people she is literally stunning,” one person tweeted. “she’s gorgeous people need to leave her alone,” another person echoed.

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Going on to discuss society’s “unrealistic beauty standards,” several more Twitter users highlighted the pressure people face to conform to the very narrow definition of “beauty,” which is largely perpetuated by the entertainment industry.

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“This is heartbreaking. It’s simply because she looks ethereal, and not like the cookie cutter influencer/Kardashian image that’s absolutely friggen everywhere,” someone wrote.

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