'If getting plastic surgery is going to make you enjoy your life better, do it,' the actress says in an interview.
- Jul 4, 2018
AceShowbiz - Riverdale star Lili Reinhart wishes more women in the public eye were honest about having plastic surgery.
The actress finds high profile social media users promote unrealistic standards of beauty by sharing images of themselves looking flawless at all times.
"The most-followed people on Instagram are skinny people who have abs, long legs, silky hair and filled-in eyebrows," she states in a new interview with HarpersBazaar.com. "But then people really love when I say, 'It's OK to not have a 24-inch waist and it's OK to have pimples'. But those same people are praising the people with images of flawless everything. Which side are you on?".
The 21-year-old finds it especially disheartening when those who have altered their appearance don't own up to it.
"We're in a generation where people say, 'Be who you are. Embrace your differences'," she rages. "And then they also praise people who have plastic faces. It's like, 'Don't deny those rumours'".
She adds, "If getting plastic surgery is going to make you enjoy your life better, do it... I understand if there are people out there who aren't happy when they look at the mirror, and they can't find that love for themselves. I know people who have gotten plastic surgery and it's changed their lives. That's really wonderful. But I think you should be able to own up to it".
Reinhart is open about the fact that the way she often looks on the red carpet and in photoshoots isn't how she appears in her everyday life.
"I'm not that flawless image person," she explains. "I could never live up to that. I'm not going to make people think I'm this airbrushed version of myself. There are lots of versions of me. My hair looks like s**t most of the time. It looks great when I'm on a carpet, sure, but that's not the only side I want people to see of myself".
