The actor says "horrific" memes on social media ridiculing her body made her a recluse.
“Then came the onslaught of horrific memes that started getting sent to me about my body,” Moretz said. And I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. The viral meme, which ridiculed the actor’s body, was created after a photographer snapped a picture of Moretz walking into a hotel carrying a pizza box.
Chloë Grace Moretz is opening up about how fame and social media caused her to "basically" become a "recluse."
My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.” And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” And this photo got manipulated into a character from ‘Family Guy’ with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time.”
Chloë Moretz has spoken out about the devastating impact of an infamous Family Guy meme after it went viral on social media.
[Film & TV Observer](https://thebrag.com/observer/film-tv/). “It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers. My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.” [Get unlimited access to the coverage that shapes our culture.Subscribe to Rolling Stone magazineSubscribe to Rolling Stone magazine](https://au.rollingstone.com/subscribe-magazine/) [Family Guy](https://thebrag.com/family-guy-long-time-character-comes-out/) with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time.” [Hunger](https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/chloe-grace-moretz-on-fame-and-social-media-i-basically-became-a-recluse/), Moretz opened up about the effects of suddenly becoming the target of trolls and body-shamers after a side-by-side comparison of the star with an image from the animated series went viral, saying that it gave her “anxiety” and made it her “super self-conscious”.
The actor said the meme contributed to her body dysmorphia.
“For a long time I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private. Moretz said the meme “took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious. Moretz, 25, has been acting for the last 20 years, and since she was 12 years old and the star of Kick-ass, has been hounded by paparazzi. And I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” A photo of her carrying a box of takeout pizza into a hotel room was made into a meme comparing her to the Family Guy character [Legs That Go All The Way Up Griffin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAUJ7Pt8_vs)— subjecting the actor to intense body scrutiny that she says has affected her for a long time.
WHEN a photoshopped image of Chloë Grace Moretz went viral, she became the subject of several online memes.Web denizens on social media even went as.
"I basically became a recluse. [Chloë and Legs Go All the Way Up Griffin](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/internet-memes/) from the [FOX](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/fox-news/) cartoon [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3690335/is-family-guy-leaving-adult-swim/). [The Addams Family](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/tv/2359419/netflix-tim-burton-new-addams-family-series-wednesday/) actress told [HUNGER](https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/chloe-grace-moretz-on-fame-and-social-media-i-basically-became-a-recluse/): "For a long time I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private. [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3404066/what-happened-brian-family-guy/) gag that didn't reference [Chloë](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5679579/2000s-noughties-child-stars-now-spy-kids-frankie-muniz/) in the first place, [Peter Griffin](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4989427/fat-dissolved-chin-peter-griffin/) remembers his great aunt and recalls how her legs went all the way up to her neck with no torso visible. It was great because I got away from the photographers and I was able to be myself and to have so many experiences that people didn’t photograph. [social media](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/social-media/) even went as far as to compare the [Tom and Jerry](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2367970/tom-and-jerry-the-movie-cast-release-date/) star to a character featured in [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/tv/2397817/family-guy-disney-plus-episodes-included-missing/). [People's Choice Award](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/awards-show-explainers/) winner. "This photo got manipulated into a character from Family Guy with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time. [Chloë's](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5936303/horror-film-kid-stars-now-orphan/) legs are longer than they actually are and that her torso is smaller than they are in reality. "Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the f**k up, it’s funny.’" [Chloë](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4598669/inside-nastiest-celeb-feuds-hilary-duff-lindsay-lohan/) and photoshopped her body. [Chloë Grace Moretz](https://www.the-sun.com/who/chloe-grace-moretz/) was photographed on her way back to her [New York City](https://www.the-sun.com/where/new-york-city/) hotel.
To this day, when I see that meme, it's something very hard for me to overcome,” she said.
I feel like a woman now.” “I’m a very different girl than I was. “My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.” “To this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” [dropped out of all her future film roles](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/deauville-chloe-grace-moretz-why-925689/), including a live-action reimagining of “The Little Mermaid,” to “reassess who I am and find myself within my roles again,” she said at the time. With therapy and a much-needed career break, Moretz has begun to process her own “self-loathing” and the “jarring shift in my consciousness” about the attention her body has received.