Eva Amurri got emotional when reading about her wedding dress after with chef Ian Hock in June.
“I felt hot tears spring to my eyes in a way that brought me right back to Middle School,” the actress, 39, on Wednesday.
“Here were people I didn’t even know and who didn’t know me, spending time and energy typing something that they hoped would bring me one thing and one thing only: Shame.”
Amurri, who is the daughter of Oscar winner Susan Sarandon, said she hand-selected photos to submit to People magazine, in which she felt “beautiful and exactly like [herself].”
However, by the time the post was shared online, the photos garnered a lot of negative attention.
“I was so taken aback by the fact that it was already viral….and for two reasons completely out of my control: ” the newlywed said before noting that her natural breasts fluctuate with weight as a “mom of three” who has “breastfed all three kids.”
“Are my breasts the same perkiness they were at 20 years old before they sustained human life three times over? Definitely not. Do I care? Some days more than others,” Amurri added.
“But my body isn’t something I’m ashamed of, and moreover (as any person with huge breasts knows) the more your décolleté is exposed and opened up, the more flattering your clothing is to your whole figure in general.”
The “Middle of Nowhere” star said that some of the “cruel comments” shared read, “Yeah strapless dresses aren’t for everyone 😶”, “Awful, inappropriate dress”, “Awful dress!!!! So unflattering! Put them away!”, “That’s the weirdest display of tatas my eyes have ever seen,” and “DROOPY BEWBS.”
Amurri said what made her feel “yucky” the most was the fact that she felt people had witnessed her family’s joy in the photos yet their goal was to “try to hurt” them.
“I was being picked apart by strangers for things I try to never qualify about myself (what my breasts look like in clothes), because I’m a human being just trying to feel beautiful, be a good person, raise my kids, and enjoy my life,” she said.
“Perhaps stupidly, it had never even occurred to me that people would have such a strong reaction to what my body looked like in a dress I picked for my own wedding.”
Amurri said she purposefully asked to wear a “sexy” and “elegant” gown at all her dress appointments.
She ultimately chose a strapless, corseted dress with a column shape designed by Kim Kassas, which she paired with a billowing skirt that she bought at Bridal Reflections in New York City.
“It had never occurred to me that people I don’t even know would find my body so offensive, and especially that they would care so much about what I would choose to wear on my own wedding day,” Amurri said.
The “Saved!” star said it was “unsettling” for her to process the “emotional aggression” from strangers, but after some contemplation “for a while,” she “realized that the problem here was them.”
Amurri also took some time in her blog to , who also recently caught flack for her , stating women “are f—ked” and “can’t win” no matter what they choose.
“What has society come to, when you can neither be sexy elegant, nor modestly elegant, on your own terms, at your own wedding?” the “Banger Sisters” actress asked.
“Two women got married on the same day clothed vastly differently, and neither was ‘right.’”
Like Amurri, Nick Viall’s wife, Natalie Joy, was also over her bust-baring wedding dress.
“Some of yall are actually being ridiculous with these comments,” the influencer hit back before explaining, “Yes I’m breastfeeding so as the night went on my boobs got bigger.”
She added at the time, “i was surrounded by people that i consider family and literal family. nobody made it weird so yall don’t make it weird. Anyways continuing on with good vibes and wishing yall the best !!!”