Celebrities who felt objectified in their hit TV shows, movies

It’s not OK. Many celebrities have spoken about feeling uncomfortable with how they’ve been sexualized in various hit TV shows and movies.

A few Boy Meets World The stars have spoken out about feeling objectified during their time on the fan-favorite ’90s show. Will Friedlewho played Eric Matthews during the series, revealed on his podcast “Pod Meets World” — which he co-hosts with his ex BMW costars Rider Strong and Danielle Fishel – how “creepy” some of his kissing scenes were.

“[Guest star] Marguerite Moreauwhen she came, we talked a little about it [our kissing scene] because it wasn’t like, ‘Hi, it’s nice to see you, now I have to jump on you and shove my tongue down your throat,’ that’s really creepy,” Kim Possible The voice actor shared in August 2022, “It was very uncomfortable. Everyone’s talking like, ‘Oh man, you can kiss all those girls!’ But it’s not as great as you think it is.”

He continued: “It’s really, really embarrassing, and doing it in front of an audience and hearing people go ‘wow’ and all that, it’s really embarrassing.”

For his part, Strong – who portrayed heartthrob Sean Hunter in all seven series of the show – praised the role of intimacy coordinator, which he and his co-stars did not have on set at the time. He also shared his thoughts on the difference between sexually charged scenes from the 90s to the 2020s.

“Back then it seemed like you were serving the idea that you had to be a bit sexy, but now it would just seem inappropriate – I don’t watch the show for that,” Fever star set.

“Maybe people who write content now are uncomfortable asking real 12-, 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds?” Fishel, who played Topanga Lawrence BMW, suggested. “I know when I was on set [as an adult] the conversation is: ‘We would never ask that of a child; we don’t do that because it’s an embarrassing thing to ask any 14-year-old to do.’”

Several other cases of objectification have occurred in other popular shows. Scott Pattersonfor example, he spoke in August 2022 about a “disturbing and disgusting” scene at Gilmore Girls where Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) looked at his character Luke is behind.

“I understand that it was not right and that I did not feel comfortable. In fact, it made me feel uncomfortable,” he said on his “I’m All In” podcast at the time. “It’s infuriating to be treated that way because you’re treated like an object. It’s disturbing and disgusting and I had to endure that through that scene and many takes.”

Euphoria star Jacob Elordifor his part, he revealed Men’s health in December 2021 how uncomfortable he felt while filming shirtless scenes in the HBO series as well as Kissing Booth movies.

“You quickly learn that what people take from those movies is your stature and your figure. You’ve got all kinds of older people around the world just talking about how you look,” he said of the Netflix movies. “I don’t think that’s really a conversation people have about men. It doesn’t keep me up at night, but it’s definitely frustrating.”

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