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'Bridgerton' Star Nicola Coughlan Urges People To Keep Their Opinions On Her Body To Themselves

Nicola Coughlan has had enough. In a brief but blunt post on Instagram, the "Bridgerton" star told fans and followers to hold off on commenting on her weight and her body.

By Gina Florio1 min read
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Nicola Coughlan, who has starred in Bridgerton and Derry Girls, has spoken up before about how uncomfortable she is with people commenting on her body rather than her work. In an op-ed for The Guardian in 2018, she wrote, "Something in our society tells us that women’s bodies are fair game for scrutiny in a way that men’s simply are not."