Jonah Hill went through his decades-long battle with body insecurity, telling all the kids out there “who don’t take off their shirts by the pool” that they are ‘wonderful and awesome and perfect’.
Hill took to Instagram on Friday night after The Daily Mail posted a photo of him changing shirts after a recent surfing session. The Oscar-nominated actor has attached the article – photos and all – and in the caption he opens up about his years of anxiety about body issues.
The star “War Dogs” and “Superbad” said he never felt comfortable taking off his shirt in the pool, not even with family and friends, until the mid-30s, adding that it “probably would have happened sooner if my child insecurity had not been exacerbated by years of public ridicule about my body through press and interviews. does not phase, is foolish. ”
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Now Hill wants to encourage and support children who were like him at their age today and tell them that they are “perfect” as they are.
“I’m 37 and finally love and accept myself,” he wrote. ‘This is not a’ good thing for me ‘. And it’s definitely not a ‘bad feeling for me’. This is for the the [sic] children who do not take off their shirt by the pool. Have fun. You are wonderful and wonderful and perfect. All my love. “
Hill then added a coda: “Oh, and Daily Mail, not even you can take that smile off my face,” complete with a smiling face.
Earlier in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2018, Hill addressed his struggle with weight fluctuations, saying: ‘I became famous in my late teens and then spent most of my young adult life listening to people say I was fat. and was rough and unattractive. ”
He said he only realized years later, when he was directing “Mid90s,” “how hurtful it was in my head.”