'This Is Us' Star Shares Swimsuit Vacation Photos

This Is Us star Chrissy Metz spent most of her life being ashamed to be seen in a swimsuit. Now she's a star, and she's confident enough not only to wear a swimsuit on vacation, but also to share pics of the event. Read on for details.

Via People.

Chrissy Metz is an advocate for loving the skin you’re in but loving herself did not happen overnight.

In the two years since NBC’s smash hit drama This Is Us premiered, breakout star Metz, 38, has found fame and a calling as a role model for body positivity. But the actress recently revealed that it has taken her entire life to finally feel comfortable enough to wear a swimsuit.

“I grew up wearing a T-shirt at the pool,” she told Glamour for their November cover story. “As an adult, I was like, ‘I’m gonna find a bathing suit I like and I’m gonna wear it.'”

At the end of June, Metz did just that. While vacationing with a friend in Barbados at the Sandals resort, the actress documented the moment and snapped a photo of herself wearing a black Lane Bryant suit.

Though Metz was proud to shed some of her insecurities, she said other people were also impressed with her decision, but their responses came off in the wrong manner.

“There were people, like, ‘Oh my God, look at you! You know I could never do that,'” she recalled to the publication. “It’s a backhanded compliment, but I’m doing what I want to do.”

While portraying Kate Pearson on This Is Us, Metz’s most recent storylines have focused on her trials and tribulations of getting pregnant with her husband Toby (played by Chris Sullivan), as well as moving past her father’s tragic death, establishing her singing career, and adjusting to married life.

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