“Modern Family” star Ariel Winter is opening up about how the media brutally criticized her physical appearance during her time on the ABC sitcom.
Winter was 14 years old when she began playing the role of Alex Dunphy and would go on to appear in 11 seasons of the 22-time Emmy-winning series, but reaching that level of fame can come with its downsides, as she soon discovered.
“It was every headline I read about myself, like, grown people writing articles about me saying how I looked terrible or pregnant or like a fat slut. I mean, I was 14,” Winter said in an interview with People. “It totally damaged my self-esteem.”
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