Body Positivity Influencer Raves About Seeing Chrissy Metz on Broadway in a Time When 'Plus-Sized Bodies Are Being Erased'
Body Positivity Influencer Raves About Seeing Chrissy Metz on Broadway in a Time When 'Plus-Sized Bodies Are Being Erased'
Gillian TellingTue, June 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC
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Phaith Montoya and Chrissy Metz backstage at '& Juliet' on BroadwayCredit: Phaith Montoya -
Chrissy Metz is starring in the Broadway musical & Juliet, marking her debut on the iconic stage
Body-positive content creator Phaith Montoya praised Metz for representing plus-size bodies during a time when they are being erased from entertainment
Metz has been vocal about body acceptance over the years, sharing her journey with disordered eating and self-love
Body-positive creator Phaith Montoya recently had a thrill seeing Chrissy Metz on Broadway, where the former This Is Us actress is starring in the hit musical & Julietthrough September. Montoya, who promotes body acceptance to her followers, shared how much she enjoyed the experience.
"In the current climate where plus-size bodies are being erased from entertainment, it was such an honor to see this icon make her Broadway debut," Montoya wrote on Instagram, sharing a video of meeting her friend backstage.
Montoya opened up to PEOPLE about the evening, saying, "Seeing Chrissy onstage meant so much to the plus-size community. Her resilience during these times, where we're told our bodies do not deserve to exist anymore, made us feel like we can do anything! And look damn good doing it!"
Montoya's original video has generated more than 250,000 views, and fans flooded the comments section to share how much the moment meant to them.
Phaith Montoya attends the New York Fan Premiere of 'Office Romance' on June 02, 2026Credit: Noam Galai/Getty
"Plus-size bodies are being erased everywhere… this was special," wrote one follower. Another added, "Thank you both for existing in a trying timeline."
"This meant a lot to me," added one fan, while another commented, "[Chrissy] was the first woman who made me realize that being fat was never the problem… it was being raised by fat-phobic people."
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Phaith Montoya and Chrissy MetzCredit: Phaith Montoya
Other posts of Montoya's have similarly resonated with her followers, with one stating, "Life's too short to hate the body that held me together through every second of it. So I simply won't."
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Metz, 45, has long been vocal about body acceptance. Last August, she told PEOPLE that while she had lost some weight, her feelings about GLP-1s were complicated.
Chrissy Metz poses at a press event for her joining the musical '&Juliet' on June 15, 2026.Credit: Bruce Glikas/Getty
The Hunting Wives star said. “There are too many people who think it you're not thin enough, you're not good enough," she said. "If you're diabetic and need to lower your A1C, these are things that are important to take care of. But if you already have a restrictive eating disorder and take something that minimizes your appetite, it can become a very slippery slope.”
Metz says that like Montoya, she's been proud to be a face of body positivity over the years. As a big fan of therapy, Metz, 44, knows that it's important to heal what's inside, especially after years of her own disordered eating when she'd turn to food for comfort and love.
“I've had thin, beautiful women with their jogging strollers tell me, ‘You don't know how much your story helped me,'” she said of being honest about disordered eating. “I'm just like, ‘What?!' But you realize that everyone has their struggles, their anxiety or depression or grief. Skinniness doesn't equal happiness."
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