Chloe Grace Moretz Family Guy' Meme

The actor says "horrific" memes on social media ridiculing her body made her a recluse.

“Then came the onslaught of horrific memes that started getting sent to me about my body,” Moretz said. And I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. The viral meme, which ridiculed the actor’s body, was created after a photographer snapped a picture of Moretz walking into a hotel carrying a pizza box.

Chloë Grace Moretz is opening up about how fame and social media caused her to "basically" become a "recluse."

My heart rate would rise and I would hyperventilate.” And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” And this photo got manipulated into a character from ‘Family Guy’ with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time.”

The actor said the meme contributed to her body dysmorphia.

“For a long time I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private. Moretz said the meme “took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious. Moretz, 25, has been acting for the last 20 years, and since she was 12 years old and the star of Kick-ass, has been hounded by paparazzi. And I think that body dysmorphia — which we all deal with in this world – is extrapolated by the issues of social media. And to this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” A photo of her carrying a box of takeout pizza into a hotel room was made into a meme comparing her to the Family Guy character [Legs That Go All The Way Up Griffin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAUJ7Pt8_vs)— subjecting the actor to intense body scrutiny that she says has affected her for a long time.

Chloë Grace Moretz on a viral meme from a Family Guy episode which contributed to her struggle with anxiety and body dysmorphia.

“It took a layer of something that I used to enjoy, which was getting dressed up and going to a carpet and taking a photo, and made me super self-conscious,” she shared. [Mother/Android](https://youtu.be/JRl214mDZ-g), [Tom & Jerry](https://youtu.be/kP9TfCWaQT4) and the animated [The Addams Family](https://youtu.be/c95edsw17QE) films — Moretz noted that she “basically became a recluse” outside of her onscreen appearances. “And I just remember sitting there and thinking, my body is being used as a joke and it’s something that I can’t change about who I am, and it is being posted all over Instagram.” The meme had a lasting impact on Moretz, 25, adding, “To this day, when I see that meme, it’s something very hard for me to overcome.” After the meme became viral, the actress said that she felt “kind of sad” and largely turned away from the public eye. “Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the f— up, it’s funny,'” she recalled. [Hunger Magazine](https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/chloe-grace-moretz-on-fame-and-social-media-i-basically-became-a-recluse/), the Kick-A– star said, “There was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand.

WHEN a photoshopped image of Chloë Grace Moretz went viral, she became the subject of several online memes.Web denizens on social media even went as.

"I basically became a recluse. [Chloë and Legs Go All the Way Up Griffin](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/internet-memes/) from the [FOX](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/fox-news/) cartoon [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3690335/is-family-guy-leaving-adult-swim/). [The Addams Family](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/tv/2359419/netflix-tim-burton-new-addams-family-series-wednesday/) actress told [HUNGER](https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/chloe-grace-moretz-on-fame-and-social-media-i-basically-became-a-recluse/): "For a long time I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private. [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3404066/what-happened-brian-family-guy/) gag that didn't reference [Chloë](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5679579/2000s-noughties-child-stars-now-spy-kids-frankie-muniz/) in the first place, [Peter Griffin](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4989427/fat-dissolved-chin-peter-griffin/) remembers his great aunt and recalls how her legs went all the way up to her neck with no torso visible. It was great because I got away from the photographers and I was able to be myself and to have so many experiences that people didn’t photograph. [social media](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/social-media/) even went as far as to compare the [Tom and Jerry](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2367970/tom-and-jerry-the-movie-cast-release-date/) star to a character featured in [Family Guy](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/tv/2397817/family-guy-disney-plus-episodes-included-missing/). [People's Choice Award](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/awards-show-explainers/) winner. "This photo got manipulated into a character from Family Guy with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time. [Chloë's](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5936303/horror-film-kid-stars-now-orphan/) legs are longer than they actually are and that her torso is smaller than they are in reality. "Everyone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, ‘Oh, shut the f**k up, it’s funny.’" [Chloë](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/4598669/inside-nastiest-celeb-feuds-hilary-duff-lindsay-lohan/) and photoshopped her body. [Chloë Grace Moretz](https://www.the-sun.com/who/chloe-grace-moretz/) was photographed on her way back to her [New York City](https://www.the-sun.com/where/new-york-city/) hotel.