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Melanie Lynskey says her Yellowjackets co-stars defended her after she was body-shamed on set - Daily Mail
Jan 17, 2022 1 min, 37 secs

The star, who plays bored housewife and mother Shauna Sadecki on the hit psychological drama, explained that it was important for her to be able to portray her character in a body positive way.

'It was really important to me for her to not ever comment on my body, to not have me putting a dress on and being like, "I wish I looked a bit better,"' Melanie noted.

Melanie said, 'I did find it important that this character is just comfortable and sexual and not thinking or talking about it, because I want women to be able to to watch it and be like, "Wow, she looks like me and nobody's saying she's the fat one."'  .

However, the mother of one said that she was surprised by negative online reactions to a plot line from the show in which Shauna has a steamy affair with a handsome young artist named Adam.

Melanie said she was discouraged to see that some fans doubted that Adam (played by 36-year-old actor Peter Gadiot) would be genuinely interested in her character.

She said, 'I'm just like, "Wow, really!

Yellowjackets, which follows a group of female high school soccer players who survive a deadly plane crash in the Canadian wilderness, aired its season finale on Sunday night.

Positive: The Don't Look Up star, who plays bored housewife and mother Shauna Sadecki on the hit psychological drama, explained that it was important for her to be able to portray her character in a body positive way.

On Sunday night, Melanie celebrated the finale on Instagram, sharing a photo of herself with Christina, Juliette and Tawny.

End of the season: On Sunday night, Melanie celebrated the finale on Instagram, sharing a photo of herself with Christina, Juliette and Tawny.

Then she said she was especially grateful to have worked with Showtime and @eone_tv who made her feel 'celebrated, valued, respected and perfectly ok' just as she was,

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