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Amanda Seyfried ‘Grossed Out’ By Creepy Fans Who Sexualized Her

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Updated on June 17, 2023

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Known for her appearances in Mean Girls, Mamma Mia, and most recently The Dropout, Amanda Seyfried has spoken out about the “gross” s=xual attention she has gotten from men, which she attributes to a certain movie scene.

In a recent Marie Claire feature, Seyfried, who portrayed a stupid blonde who thinks her breasts “can always tell when it’s going to rain,” spoke about the unwelcome attention she experienced after the filming of Mean Girls, largely from male fans.

One of the most iconic scenes in the movie has Seyfried’s character giving an on-air weather forecast while fondling herself and announcing with confidence, “There’s a 30% chance that it’s already raining.”

The now 36-year-old celebrity claims that in those days, boys would often approach her and inquire about the weather.

Lohan, Seyfried, Lacey Chabert (Party of Five), and Rachel McAdams appeared in Mean Girls (The Notebook). Produced by Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels, it included former cast members from that show, including Tina Fey, who played math instructor Sharon Norbury, Amy Poehler, and Ana Gasteyer, who played the parents, and Tim Meadows, who played the principal. A made-for-TV sequel that debuted in 2011 (and wasn’t as popular as the original) followed the movie’s cult following and pop cultural phenomenon status, and a musical adaption debuted on Broadway in 2018.

She is regrettably not alone in having to deal with objectification at such a young age; Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things, recently spoke out on the subject.The actress said on the Guilty Feminist podcast, “[I’m] definitely seeing a difference between the way people act and the way the press and social media react to me coming of age.” She said, echoing Amanda’s remarks on the actions of men, “It’s gross.” Millie made her remarks after “creepy” internet forums began to appear earlier this year as the countdown to her 18th birthday began, eerily similar to those that focused on other female milestones like for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Britney Spears, and Emma Watson.

“Being really famous [young] must really fucking suck,” Seyfried said in an interview with Marie Claire, explaining that she’s taken decisions to shun the limelight in her post-“Mean Girls” career.

“It must make you feel completely unsafe in the world,” she added. “I see these younger actors who think they have to have security. They think they have to have an assistant. They think their whole world has changed. It can get stressful. I’ve seen it happen to my peers. So, I bought a farm. I was like, let’s go in the opposite way.”

Continued the 36-year-old: “Fame is weird. I’ve never been super famous [but] I’ve always been somewhat recognisable.” Thankfully, Amanda says her fame had a “healthy trajectory” meaning she wasn’t thrust into the limelight overnight with no time to adjust. “[It’s] not a scary spike. I have my priorities. I know who I am. I know where I’m going.”

Before her breakthrough performance in the Tina Fey-written picture, Seyfried had only appeared on television, mostly in soap operas. “Mean Girls” was her first-ever cinema part.

“Just hitting my mark, and all these other bells and whistles that I had never seen before, it just felt really daunting and exciting,” she said about landing the part in Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series. “I never had any expectations of anything. I was just glad to be working as an actor, getting paid to speak actual dialogue — as opposed to being in the background.”

She went on to feature in films including Mamma Mia!, Jennifer’s Body, Les Miserables, and Mank after appearing in Mean Girls back in 2004.

Seyfried received positive reviews and many nominations for her performance as Marion Davies in David Fincher’s Herman J. Mankiewicz biopic Mank. She recently had an appearance in the Elizabeth Holmes biopic The Dropout, where she also produced two episodes.

She is presently cast in The Dropout, a popular documentary podcast-inspired film that follows the rise and collapse of Elizabeth Holmes and her billion-dollar health technology business Theranos.