Olivia Wilde addressed viral red carpet photos that sparked health speculation and criticism. Photo / Getty Images
Olivia Wilde addressed viral red carpet photos that sparked health speculation and criticism. Photo / Getty Images
Hollywood actor and director Olivia Wilde has addressed the “startling” red carpet photos of her that shocked the internet last week.
Wilde, 42, stopped for a red carpet interview at the opening night of the San Francisco International Film Festival – and the resulting footage soon went viral on socialmedia for all the wrong reasons.
Wilde appeared wide-eyed and noticeably thinner in the face in the footage, which had fans speculating as to whether she was suffering a health issue. Others were less charitable, and straight up slammed the star over her appearance.
Olivia Wilde addressed viral red carpet photos that sparked health speculation and criticism. Photo / Supplied
Some, however, suggested the entire issue could simply have been caused by a photographer’s fisheye lens showing Wilde at an unflattering angle.
In a new Instagram story overnight, Wilde showed she’s taken the debate over her appearance with good humour – even after copping some ribbing from her family.
“Leave it to your little brother to give you the maximum amount of s**t,” she captioned the post, which showed her lounging on a sofa in a hoodie, her brother Charlie behind the camera.
Wilde topped the video off with a pair of hilariously savage side-by-side photos: the pic of her that caused all the controversy, and Gollum from Lord of the Rings.
Wilde’s red carpet interview was with San Francisco outlet SFGate, who originally posted it to their Instagram account – where it was met with a flurry of comments calling out the outlet for doing Wilde dirty.
Wilde humorously responded on Instagram, sharing a playful post with her brother. Photo / Instagram
“The cameraman really doing a disservice here,” one person wrote.
Another asked if the interview had been shot with a “fish-eye lens”.
“I see the camera man is using the ‘[husband], can you take a picture of me?’ angle,” another joked.
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