Riverdale's Lili Reinhart calls out 'Cosmopolitan Philippines' for Photoshopping her waist
Riverdale stars Lili Reinhart and Camila Mendes had an important message for Cosmopolitan Philippines: Don't Photoshop our bodies.
Reinhart took to Instagram to call out the magazine for editing her waist. She highlighted the extent of the editing by presenting the image beside the U.S. version of Cosmopolitan.
Her Riverdale co-star Camila Mendes's waist also got the Photoshop treatment.
After posting both sets of unedited and edited images, Reinhart left a powerful message on the topic of body confidence.
"Camila and I have worked incredibly hard to feel confident and comfortable in the bodies that we have," wrote Reinhart.
"It's an every day battle, sometimes. And to see our bodies become so distorted in an editing process is a perfect example of the obstacles we have yet to overcome," she added.
"So we cannot stop fighting. Out battle has only just begun. We are fucking powerful, beautiful, and strong...we aren't going to hide behind Photoshop to conform to beauty standards," she wrote in another Story.
"That's why I'm calling out @Cosmopolitan_Philippines. It's sad that you felt our bodies needed to be slimmed down. But Camila and I are fucking beautiful. As is. And you can't 'fix' us," Reinhart continues.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
