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Erin Moriarty is not here for the hate.
The “Boys” star took to Instagram Friday to passionately address Megyn Kelly’s claim that she is “obsessed” with plastic surgery and the intense bullying that followed.
“We’re all subject to levels of bullying throughout our lives but I am horrified, and I felt that I deserved to take a second to address these things,” she began in her lengthy post.
“To receive a message about a disgustingly false, counterproductive to the degree of being ironically misogynistic video of Megyn Kelly commenting on the manner — to learn the widespread nature of this has left me horrified.”
During her Jan. 17 podcast discussion with Michael Knowles of the “Daily Wire,” Kelly, 53, accused Moriarty, 29, of going under the knife and receiving injections to “completely change her face.”
Erin Moriarty has responded to Megyn Kelly’s claims that she’s had lip fillers, cheek implants and a nose job. YouTube/@MegynKelly“She’s got the Kim Kardashian lips. She’s made her nose so skinny it looks like a pencil now. She’s got, like, what appear[s] to me to be cheek implants,” the former Fox News host theorized as she compared what she claimed to be a “relatively recent” photo of Moriariy to an even more recent one.
“More and more young women are doing this,” Kelly lamented.
“It’s not about an objection to plastic surgery, it’s about an obsession with turning yourself into this fake version of yourself.”
The actress took to her Instagram Friday to share a lengthy message in which she denied the news reporter’s claims and said she was “horrified.” Instagram/@erinelairmoriartyKelly also said she sees getting work done to one’s face as a sign of “mental illness.”
Moriarty clapped back at the photo comparison, saying Kelly used an image of her that was taken before she turned 21 years old.
The after photo that Kelly used, Moriarty explained, was taken after she had her makeup done, which involved “major contouring.”
Moriarty said she feels the need to take a social media break but will be leaving her message up. Getty Images “There’s no excuse for these horrific allegations, the verbal abuse that I have had to delete, and genuinely false information that is being used to perpetuate a message that is exhibitionist feminism,” she stated. Getty Images for Vanity Fair“I remember leaving and feeling pretty [after getting my makeup done],” she noted.
Moriarty has since deleted the photo in question from her Instagram feed.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Subscribe to our daily newsletter Shop our exclusive merchThe “Captain Fantastic” actress went on to claim the bullying she has received from internet trolls following Kelly’s comments has evolved into “harassment” and has “broken [her] heart.”
During her podcast this week, Kelly accused Moriarty of “completely” changing her face with injections and plastic surgery. YouTube/@MegynKelly“There’s no excuse for these horrific allegations, the verbal abuse that I have had to delete, and genuinely false information that is being used to perpetuate a message that is exhibitionist feminism,” she wrote.
“You don’t have to believe me when I say these videos are absolutely false.”
Wrapping up her post, Moriarty continued, “You never know what someone is going through … and irregardless, there is no excuse for the words that have been spoken directly to be or about me.”
“It’s not about an objection to plastic surgery, it’s about an obsession with turning yourself into this fake version of yourself,” Kelly claimed. YouTube / Megyn Kelly Kelly has not reacted to Moriarty’s post as of this writing. Megyn Kelly/YouTubePage Six did not immediately receive a response from Kelly or Moriarty’s teams regarding the situation.
Moriarty received some support from her “Boys” co-stars, including Chace Crawford, who left her a red heart emoji and Jack Quaid, who commented, “Love you, Erin. F–k the haters.”
Moriarty has also appeared in “One Life to Live,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and 2016’s “Blood Father.”