Lili Reinhart Doesn’t ‘Alter’ Her Body in Photos: ‘I Would Never Want to Set That Standard for Myself’

Staying true to herself. Lili Reinhart told Miley Cyrus during a Thursday, April 2, episode of “Bright Minded” that she refuses to “alter” her body in Instagram photos. “I think kind of the idea of Instagram is to project your best self. I think I have always kind of approached social media in the way of, ‘I don’t want to show a perfect version of myself because I could never live up to that expectation,’” the Riverdale actress, 23, mused.

“If anyone meets me in person, they’re not going to see what you would see on Instagram if I was trying to portray myself as this perfectly put together human being because that’s just not who I am. I think it’s such a hard standard to set for yourself, I would never want to set that standard for myself,” she continued.

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Instead, Lili prefers to use Instagram for other reasons. “I genuinely just think Instagram should be a way to express your creativity. You can show the highlights of your life, the beautiful things happening in your life. But when it comes to altering your body, I think you’re hurting yourself more than anyone else and you’re also hurting the people looking at Instagram and thinking that’s a body they can have, when you’re altering it yourself!” she expressed.

“It’s already skinny women [who] are shrinking their waists even more and that to me, is so frustrating,” Lili admitted. “There are already so many people with body issues  — people look at themselves poorly — so if you see an already skinny person making their waists smaller, it’s frustrating.”

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With Lili’s upcoming collection of poetry, Swimming Lessons, dropping in May, Miley, 27, asked the CW star if she wrote any pieces about body image. “Swimming Lessons is a lot about love and grief and it is about anxiety and depression, as well,” she explained. If she were to write a second collection, Lili said it would be “a little more body-focused or have a lot more body-conscious thoughts.”

We look forward to reading her powerful thoughts.

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