Hollywood celebrities are lining up behind actress Jennifer Aniston after she penned a blog criticizing the media for the way it scrutinizes female stars.
Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde were among the A-Listers who showed their support.
“Everybody needs to stop tearing down women,” McCarthy, 45, said on “Entertainment Tonight,” after declaring she was “one hundred thousand billion percent” behind Aniston.
Former “Friends” star Aniston, 47, published the blog, “For the Record,” on the Huffington Post on Tuesday, writing that she was sick of being harassed by photographers and tabloid reporters.
Aniston’s husband, actor Justin Theroux, posted an image of her to his Instagram page with the hashtag #wcw for “Woman Crush Wednesday.” He linked to her letter and wrote, “Here’s just one reason why.”
Aniston, who People magazine named as the most beautiful woman of 2016 in April, said she wrote the blog because she “wanted to participate in a larger conversation” even though she does not use social media.
The blog post was “liked” on Facebook more than 27,000 times by Wednesday afternoon.
“The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty,” Aniston wrote.
Many celebrities expressed their support by tweeting about the actor’s courageous blog :
Jennifer Aniston: “For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up.” https://t.co/NUdm9TYyxi # via @HuffPostWomen YOU GO GIRL👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Lauren Jauregui (@LaurenJauregui) July 13, 2016
Just when I thought I couldn’t love her any more 👏🏼🙌🏼👊🏼https://t.co/toy6asqhII
— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) July 13, 2016
This could not have been said better – so much praise and respect for #JenniferAniston ❤️🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/107pusxgsv
— Danielle Peazer (@DaniellePeazer) July 13, 2016
So much yes to this #WCW to #JenniferAniston, and her frank, smart, vulnerable article on body… https://t.co/2QGxAjdFuK
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) July 13, 2016
Another reason why I’m inspired by my friend Jennifer Aniston. https://t.co/OIePJ4AVeu
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) July 13, 2016
Once again, #JenniferAniston, ladies & gentlemen. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽https://t.co/2NVfxPL467
— Stana Katic (@Stana_Katic) July 13, 2016
And speaking of women that inspire, here’s #JenniferAniston saying it like it is…#womancrushwedensday #lifegoals https://t.co/8bnyiDCQwM
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) July 13, 2016
I love Jennifer Aniston so much https://t.co/LaEtDwNhfR
— Tanya Burr (@TanyaBurr) July 13, 2016
Thank you for using your voice.
Jennifer Aniston: “For the record..” https://t.co/wpWwEcwfLM— Pattie Mallette (@pattiemallette) July 13, 2016
(Feature image source: Twitter)