Florence Pugh slams the ‘godawful headlines’ body-shaming Black Doves star Keira Knightley

Dune’s Florence Pugh has criticised the way women’s bodies are spoken about, particularly the media’s treatment of Black Doves star Keira Knightley.

Speaking to The Sunday Times, Pugh, whose own body has often been the topic of discussion, cited the “godawful headlines” about Knightley over the years as an example of how perverse body-shaming continues to be.

While a teen and starring in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Love Actually, Knightley had to face lots of comments about her appearance. She once told Elle UK: “There was a very long time when [interviewers] were all: ‘Well, you’re a s*** actor and you’re anorexic and people hate you’, which, for a teenager or somebody in their early twenties, is a very strange thing.”

And now, Oscar-nominee Pugh

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