In this era of constant scrolling, we come across people in the fitness industry with astounding and ripped physique almost every other minute. However, it is essential to realize that the advent of the internet has made the availability of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs easier than ever. Due to this, it is common for people to fall into the trap and doubting themselves and questioning their healthy bodies. This rising issue has given birth to a much-needed concept of body positivity.

Hollywood actor and singer Troye Sivan is one such individual who actively talks about the importance of body positivity using his immense following on social media platforms. Recently, the Wolverine star also posted an Instagram story where he made a candid confession about how people see his body.

Troye Sivan makes eye-opening confession

A few weeks back, Sivan released a music video for his new single, ‘Rush.’ However, the video received a ton of negative comments and backlash surrounding a lack of body diversity. While there were many appreciations as well, others pointed out that Sivan offered a very limited perspective of how the community looks like. As Sivan responded to all this drama, he recently posted an Instagram story as well where he gave his take on how people see him.  

He wrote, “I like my body and I think that makes some people uncomfortable. Don’t ask me about this in interviews. I don’t wanna talk about it unless I wanna talk about it, which I think is fair. Ty love yous.” While Sivan is fighting the battle of his life, let’s take a look at how he responded to the controversy surrounding his music video.

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Troye Sivan’s response to ‘the lack of body diversity’ claims

Sivan, who has played famous roles in movies like Wolverine and the Spud franchise, has a whopping following of 15 million on his Instagram. A person who is that influential in the industry is sure to find himself in some controversy every now and then. Giving his honest take on why the video had no body diversity, Sivan told Billboard that he admits that not much thought was put in before shooting the video.

However, he also pointed out an irony in one of the articles that he read that was criticising him. “There was this article yesterday, and they were talking about [the lack of body diversity], and in the same sentence, this person said ‘Eat something, you stupid twinks,’” Sivan disclosed.

“I definitely hear the critique,” Sivan told Billboard following Rush‘s music video release. “To be honest, it just wasn’t a thought we had — we obviously weren’t saying, ‘We want to have one specific type of person in the video.’ We just made the video, and there wasn’t a ton of thought put behind that.”

What are your views on Sivan’s words? Let us know in the comments.

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