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Margot Robbie recently shared an unsettling experience from her past, revealing that a male co-star once handed her a book suggesting she should “eat less.”
The Australian actress recounted the incident as both shocking and offensive, noting the inappropriate gesture by her colleague.
“Very, very early in my career, an actor I worked with, a male actor, gave me a book called ‘Why French Women Don’t Get Fat,'” Robbie explained during a video interview with her “Wuthering Heights” collaborator, Charli XCX, for Complex. “It was essentially a book telling you to eat less.”
Recalling her immediate reaction, Robbie admitted, “And I was like, ‘Whoa, f–k you, dude.'”
Now 35, Robbie mentioned that she has lost touch with the actor, as the incident took place many years ago and she has since moved on.
“He essentially gave me a book to let me know that I should lose weight,” the “Barbie” star said. “I was like, ‘Wow.’”
Charli quipped about the actor, “Your career’s over, babe.”
“French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure” is written by Mireille Guiliano and was published in 2007.
According to its Amazon description, it is not a diet book, but rather, a guide on how to approach healthy living and an “inspiring take on health and eating for our times.”
Robbie has made headlines for her incredible fashion looks while promoting “Wuthering Heights,” the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic novel starring her and Jacob Elordi.
Last week, the actress drew direct inspiration from the Brönte sisters at the “Wuthering Heights” UK premiere with her jaw-dropping bracelet on her left wrist — a perfect replica of a 175-year-old mourning bracelet once owned and worn by Charlotte Brönte.
Upon the death of Charlotte’s siblings — Emily and her sister Anne died five months apart, in December 1848 and May 1849, respectively — she commissioned the original bracelet fashioned from their hair, woven together and intertwined for all eternity.