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Star of “The Boys” Erin Moriarty She left Instagram after facing “verbal abuse” that she said was directed at her after television personality Megyn Kelly made comments about Moriarty’s appearance.
In a recent episode On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” a SiriusXM show that also streams on YouTube, Kelly showed photos of Moriarty during a conversation about society’s obsession with cosmetic procedures.
in a long statement Posted on her Instagram page, Moriarty, known for playing the superhero Starlight on the Prime Video series “The Boys,” said the comments Kelly made about her were “horrible accusations” and called the segment “uninformed” and “ inaccurate”.
Moriarty said he would be taking “an extended, if not permanent, break” from social media.
“I saw the comments, scathing enough to just turn them off. But this is turning into harassment,” she wrote.
In the segment, Kelly, who said she has not seen “The Boys,” said the actress “decided to completely change her face,” highlighting two photos of Moriarty.
“Apparently, it’s real. She has done this to herself,” Kelly said on the January 17 episode of her show.
In his statement, Moriarty said Kelly used a photo that was taken “over a decade ago” and that the second photo was taken at an event where she had makeup professionally applied with “significant contouring.”
“I remember leaving and feeling pretty,” she wrote. “I came running to (the makeup artists) and showed up crying after what had happened that day and I came out feeling better simply because I felt like they had reduced my lack of sleep and waved their magic wands.”
CNN asked a representative for Kelly if the former Fox News journalist had reached out to Moriarty for comment before referencing her on the show and whether Kelly stood by her comments. The representative did not respond.
“There is no excuse for these horrible accusations, the verbal abuse that I have had to delete, and the genuinely false information that is used to perpetuate a message that is exhibitionist feminism,” Moriarty wrote.
He said he would not deactivate his account so his statement could remain publicly on his page.
“I am appalled by the reaction, the reductionist assumptions and the aforementioned video which is a prime example of such harassment. It has broken my heart,” she wrote.
CNN has reached out to a representative for Moriarty for further comment.
Moriarty’s other credits include “True Detective,” “Jessica Jones” and “One Life to Live.”