Oh God, Wentworth…
Okay first of; I saw a lot of bashing on Wentworth Miller when I started looking up things about him when I started loving Len. Articles about the weight gain and such.
I felt sick. Sick that people would even do such a thing. Ridicule an actor because they have nothing else to talk about? It’s disgusting. I also thought, what the hell his body doesn’t look bad, the hell you people even talking about! But yeah, I guess that’s most of the people in the world these days, isn’t it, judging others by appearance. With your stupid ‘beauty standards’. It’s why I believe I’ll never have a partner. Thank you world.
Second, wow, how brave that man is for laying that out in the open like that. He bared his soul. That couldn’t have been easy. I know the kind of struggle he’s been through. I’m kind of there right now. This really pierces me straight through the heart. What he’s saying is so relatable it hurts. With me it isn’t food, but my relief/comfort/distraction is fiction, new episodes of The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Gotham, new games, hell even updates on my favorite fanfics. That’s what I look forward to. Is it a healthy life? Probably not. But it’s all I can hang onto right now. And I’m also grateful I at least have that. With Wentworth it was food, and man am I super grateful there was something that kept him here too!
Those that want to mock him for that, you’re people who probably never had the misfortune of hating yourself, of feeling worthless. Damaged goods, as he said. Of having had people in your life who made you feel like that. Lucky you. I hope you’ll never have to. I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone.
Also… to know he overcame it all… that gives me the slightest bit of hope. That maybe some day I’ll have the strength to pick myself up too.
This man is a true inspiration and the way he words things, just wow, it leaves me speechless.