Just as quickly as Amanda Seyfried started an Instagram feud with an influencer, the âMamma Miaâ actress backtracked and apologized for doing so in the first place.
Seyfried wrote an apology to Arielle Charnas, also known to her followers as Something Navy, after the influencer posted a bikini photo earlier this week saying, âProud of my body after two kids.â
The actress, who didnât name Charnas in her takedown of the photo and its caption, also didnât address the influencer by name in her apology.
Seyfried addressed the post âto all who feel bullied or thin-shamed during our recent social media discussion,â and said that it isnât like her to bully someone else. Though she did apologize for how she began the âdebateâ with Charnas, whom she dubbed a âsemi-influencerâ in her original post.
âI desperately wish it hadnât targeted (or blasted) one person (there are MANY who engage in this questionable messaging) and instead started a cleaner, general conversation,â the 33-year-old wrote. âNo one needs to tear anyone apart. And I regret that itâs present right now. To the lady in question: Iâm sorry for the truly negative feels youâve endured because of this.â
After apologizing, Seyfried still thought there was a bright side to the feud.
âAside from the messy detour? The bigger, important message seems to filtering through and helping a lot of women feel supported,â she wrote. âAnd thatâs the name of the game.â
Some of Charnasâ followers still felt Seyfried was still being a mean girl in her apology.
â[Arielle] didnât claim to use skinny tea, she didnât say anyone should look like her, she simply stated that as a mother and a WOMAN she is proud of her body giving birth to two beautiful children,â one commenter wrote on Seyfriedâs apology post. âNow for some reason you and your condescending friend decided to skinny shame and attack her.â
The follower added, âEven this post itself it a huge half assed âapology.â Yikes. So much for women empowerment.â
The war of words started earlier this week when Seyfriedâs friend called out Charnas for her postpartum bikini photo and essentially not doing enough to acknowledge her privilege. Seyfried later reposted her friendâs comments on Instagram and piled on Charnasâ post as well.
âIf weâre ready to get paid for flaunting our lifestyle (and inspiring some in the meantime) we have to be open to the discussions surrounding what weâre promoting,â Seyfried wrote, adding that Charnas blocked both her and her friend.
âIf you know who you are- take a second to decide if what youâre throwing out there is worth it- in the big picture,â the actress added.
Charnas responded in a since-expired Instagram post that she felt âbulliedâ and âpunished because Iâm thin.â She has yet to comment on Seyfriedâs latest update.