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Melanie Lynskey Responds to Adrianne Curry Criticism Against Her Body Shaming

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Isabella Campbell

Updated on January 01, 2026

After model Adrianne Curry said that Melanie Lynskey’s body type didn’t match her personality in the HBO computer game variant of “The Remainder of Us,” which she appeared in on Sunday, Melanie Lynskey answered grumblings about her projecting. In the show, Lynskey plays Kathleen, the top of a band of survivors who have held onto control of the tactical association FEDRA in Kansas City.  The association by and by goes against Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie, the essential characters (Bella Ramsey).

The “America’s Next Top Model” season one victor scrutinized Lynskey’s projecting in the HBO series on Wednesday, expressing: “Her body yells life of extravagance… not dystopian warlord.”

Where is Linda Hamilton when you want her? Curry additionally alluded to the “Eliminator” establishment’s Sarah Connor.

The tweet, which has since been eliminated, was a retweet of a post that highlighted Lynskey in a shimmering perfectly sized outfit and cape from a 2022 magazine photoshoot.

Curry was condemned by Lynskey for utilizing an image that didn’t have anything to do with her on-screen persona.

“This, first and foremost, is a photograph from my cover go for InStyle magazine, not a still from HBO’s ‘The Remainder Of Us,'” she composed, posting a screen capture of Curry’s tweet.

“What’s more, I’m playing an individual who carefully arranged and executed a defeat of FEDRA. I should be Savvy, ma’am. I needn’t bother with to be muscly,” she proceeded.

“That is the very thing partners in crime are for.” Soon after, the “Yellowjackets” entertainer hailed Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, who co-made “The Remainder of Us,” for designing a person who probably won’t be the “coolest or the hardest individual,” however has turned into a great chief because of other outstanding qualities.

Other than getting to work with creative geniuses who I respect and admire (Neil & Craig) the thing that excited me most about doing #TheLastOfUs is that my casting suggested the possibility of a future in which people start listening to the person with the best ideas

— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) February 8, 2023


“The projecting for #TheLastOfUs made me most excited about the possibility of a future in which individuals begin focusing on the individual with the smartest thoughts,” she composed, adding: “The coordinator. the person who knows about all areas. the singular playing out the preparation. the individual with performing various tasks abilities. the conclusive individual.”

“I understand that certain individuals are vexed that I wasn’t picked for this part founded on the standard projecting. I’m excited about that “Lynskey went on.

The most exciting component of my work, other than when activity is called and you feel like you’re truly in another person’s body, is challenging assumptions.

“I believed her should have a female appearance, a delicate voice, and the wide range of various qualities that are seen as “powerless.” In light of the fact that sincerely, screw that,” the star tweeted prior to saying thanks to her devotees for their “gigantic help.” “Fanatics of the TV program and computer game series have upheld her.

Accordingly, Curry seemed to twofold down on her proclamation. She wrote because of another Twitter client: “I said she was excessively calm, short and shapely for me to purchase as a ‘warlord’ over hero men in a gathering of savage people in dystopian cultural breakdown. I expressed comparative things about CAROL in the strolling dead and nobody minded then, at that point.”