Catherine Mazoyer reveals harsh discrimination on TV based on appearance: ‘It’s horrible’

National actress, Kathryn Mazoyerafter being surprised recently revealed an old story about discrimination she faced on television when a director criticised her appearance.

During an appearance on Maly Jorquiere’s podcast “Hazte ver”, the interpreter admitted that the situation is quite complicated because She suffered from body dysmorphia since she was a child and was always very insecure about her appearance.

“I have body dysmorphic disorder because as a child I was always the fattest in the class and was bullied (…) Suddenly I grew taller when I was 10 years old and I was measuring my current height (1.75 meters) “, As mentioned at the beginning Advertising plan.

At the age of 15, Mazoyer got her first opportunity to act in the TV series “Marrón Glacé, Returns”, but she admits that she did not Have the best memories At that time.

“It was a hostile place because a lot of models went into television, there was a lot of prejudice, a lot of competition (…) I was 15 and I wasn’t ready to face a job like that on my own. Maybe it was a little early”he said.

Likewise, he mentioned “I’ve always been very insecure about my looks and people tell me they think I’m pretty or beautiful but I don’t understand why they tell me that.”

“I started getting into horseshoes, I started getting into television, which is the most inappropriate place to have this disease. There you have to conform to (…) There is a super established code of beauty in soap operas”hold.

He then explained that once “The director sent me to tell me I was too fat to act in a soap opera.”

In this sense, he pointed out that the above “It was terrible because besides my image issues, it made me feel insecure about my talent and my work.”

“At that moment, I said[my job]didn’t matter at all. I was very responsible, studious, I went to the University of Chile, I could play any type of role, but it didn’t matter. The job I got because I worked for so many years… was worthless.”,He said.

In addition, he also stated “When I was doing ‘Lola’ they called me JLo (…) Even if I lost weight, I always had curves, I always had hips, I was tall and big. So, there was no size for me on TV channels, and they always had to buy me clothes because the pants were all 36, 38, and I was 40 or 42.”