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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Alexandra Del Rosario

Amandla Stenberg is over 'people talking about my chest,' especially this film critic

"Bodies Bodies Bodies" is the latest film in Amandla Stenberg's body of work. But the actor has had enough of what other people think of her body — specificially her chest.

On Thursday, the "Hate U Give" star was the subject of social media drama after she sent a private message to New York Times film critic Lena Wilson on Wednesday. In her unfavorable review, Wilson wrote, without singling out Stenberg, that the Gen Z thriller "doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX's latest single." In the film, Stenberg dons a tank top and cargo shorts.

"I said, 'Great review. Maybe if you had gotten your eyes off my t—, you could have watched the movie,'" Stenberg explained while laughing in an Instagram Story Thursday. "I thought it was hilarious. I thought that because Lena is gay — I'm also gay — I thought that as gay people we would both find this comment funny."

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