Actress shares the ‘tools’ she uses to navigate Hollywood’s impossible beauty standards



Candace Cameron Bure, best known for playing D.J. Tanner on ABC’s “Full House,” is no stranger to the crushing pressure of Hollywood’s impossible and toxic beauty standards.

Bure is now back in the entertainment industry, and while she loves her “fitness routine” and “being a healthy eater,” she knows where to draw the line.

“There are unrealistic and unhealthy beauty standards in the entertainment industry that I'm sure you had to battle against,” says Allie Beth Stuckey.

“I still do,” Bure admits, citing “the Ozempic craze” as one area she’s currently struggling with.

“I’m like, ‘Should I go on Ozempic?’ … I’m not going to go on Ozempic, but these are the things that cross my mind because the standard is so high and I’m in front of the camera all day,” she continues, adding that “a lot of the pressure comes from [herself].”

Bure is open about her former eating disorder, and while she’s had control over it for “20 years,” she still has to “battle it all the time.”

“I have tools in place that help me,” she says.

Before making a decision, “I'm going to remind myself how I'm going to feel, I'm going to remind myself of every physicality” that might happen — “whether my stomach’s going to feel bloated, whether my eyes and face are going to hurt.”

“I was bulimic for a long time, so I remind myself of the things that feel awful and the consequences of it,” she says, adding that this method “snaps [her] back to reality.”

As for exercise, Bure focuses on “[feeling] strong and healthy,” allowing “all of those endorphins” to help “clear [her] mind.”

“My fitness journey is really for my emotional health,” she says.

She also looks to her Christian faith to guide her through those internal battles.

“I have an ongoing dialogue with God, and so, my prayer life is pretty strong,” she tells Allie. “If I pull the Holy Spirit into my mind and I'm constantly praying and asking God to renew my mind, it helps.”

To hear about how Candace handles the pressure to look perfect on social media and the inevitability of aging, watch the clip below.


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Survey shows Gen Z wants LESS sex and nudity on screen



We all know the phrase “sex sells.” It’s why we have companies like Mint Dentistry, which sexualizes teeth, and Abercrombie & Fitch, which appears to sell shirtless men rather than clothing.

But perhaps the tides might turn, as Gen Z, for all its faults, apparently is getting tired of all the sex and nudity thrown in our faces.

Citing a report from Variety, Lauren Chen reads, “Gen Z teens want less sex on screen, according to new UCLA study.”

The report stated that “51.5% of adolescents would like to see more content depicting friendships and platonic relationships,” “44.3% of youth feel that romance in media is overused,” “around 39% would like to see more depictions of aromantic and/or asexual characters, and 47.5% report that sex is not necessary to the majority of TV shows and movie plots.”

Lauren agrees, adding that “the sheer amount of nudity/love scenes that Hollywood insists on incorporating into films” has left her feeling “frustrated.”

But it’s not just Gen Z who’s hoping for a change; it’s also actors.

For example, Matt Smith, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in the “House of the Dragon” series, has spoken out against the overabundance of sex in the script.

“What are you doing?” he said. “Are you representing the books or are you diluting the books to represent the time?”

“The acting profession is probably one of the most exploitative,” sighs Lauren, citing a BuzzFeed article titled “17 Actors Who Say They Were Pressured To Film Nude And Sex Scenes That They Weren’t Comfortable With.”

“So when it comes to nudity or sex scenes in films, if we're talking about something that audiences don't really want to watch and that actors don't really want to do, why are we still including them?” she asks.


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