Nicola Coughlan was the face of Bridgerton season three – touring the world with her co-star Luke Newton to promote the show.
At almost every stop Nicola was asked about her nude scenes.
It’s not a new question when it comes to Bridgerton or in fact any sex scene. But the narrative around Nicola was that she was “brave” to bare all because of her body.
While she put on a brave face during the press tour now she has opened up about how “insulting” she found the questions.
Speaking to TIME Magazine after being crowned a Next Generation Leader, she said: “Don’t call me brave. I have a cracking pair of boobs. There’s nothing brave about that, that’s actually just me showing them off.”
She went on to say: “I’m a few sizes below the average size of a woman in the UK and I’m seen as a ‘plus-size heroine.’
“I worked my arse off for that show. I barely saw my family and friends, and people were just going, ‘But your body …’”
While she understands that people mean it as a compliment, she can’t take it that way.
“But I don’t take it as nice. Making it about how I look is reductive and boring. What if I was suddenly going to play a ballerina and lose a s**t ton of weight, are you not going to like me anymore? That’s insane and so insulting.”
We love this energy Nicola!
