--- description: The 'Prison Break' star responded to a meme on Facebook that called out his weight. title: 'Prison Break' Star Wentworth Miller Shuts Down Fat-Shaming Meme image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0ec0c838e35fff1/69888ccf524fc0fa9adf75a4/wentworth-miller-responds-fat-shaming-meme-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Prison Break_ Star Wentworth Miller Shuts Down Fat-Shaming Meme by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2016 1:45 PM CUT  Actor Wentworth Miller of "Legends of Tomorrow" poses for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio Powered By Samsung Galaxy At Comic-Con International 2015 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 11, 2015 in San Diego, California. Actor Wentworth Miller of "Legends of Tomorrow" poses for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio Powered By Samsung Galaxy At Comic-Con International 2015 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 11, 2015 in San Diego, California.Maarten de Boer/Getty Images by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 29, 2016 1:45 PM CUT It takes more than a mean-spirited meme to bring Wentworth Miller down. The _Prison Break_ and _Legends of Tomorrow_ actor took to social media Monday to defang an image that surfaced online and ridiculed his past weight gain. “Today I found myself the subject of an Internet meme,” Miller wrote on [his Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/wentworthmilleractorwriter/photos/a.1496071870605750.1073741827.1496070023939268/1713822728830662/ "undefined"). “Not for the first time. This one, however, stands out from the rest.” Posting a screenshot of the image, which juxtaposes a shirtless photo of him looking trim and a photo in which he’s visibly heavier, Miller opened up about his battles with depression and eating. “I’ve struggled with depression since childhood,” he wrote. “It’s a battle that’s cost me time, opportunities, relationships, and a thousand sleepless nights. In 2010, at the lowest point in my adult life, I was looking everywhere for relief/comfort/distraction. And I turned to food. It could have been anything. Drugs. Alcohol. Sex. But eating became the one thing I could look forward to.” During that period, paparazzi caught him out on a hike with a friend one day, yielding the aforementioned photo and stories with headlines like “Hunk to Chunk” and “Fit to Flab.” Despite the toll the unwanted attention took, Miller said he’s glad the pictures are still around. “I survived. … Now, when I see that image of me in my red t-shirt, a rare smile on my face, I am reminded of my struggle,” he wrote. “My endurance and my perseverance in the face of all kinds of demons. Some within. Some without. Like a dandelion up through the pavement, I persist.” Miller, who has spoken about about social issues such as [mental health](http://www.ew.com/article/2013/09/08/wentworth-miller-suicide-attempts "undefined") and [LGBT discrimination](http://www.ew.com/article/2013/08/21/wentworth-miller-gay-russian-film-festival "undefined") in the past, concluded by urging people who are or know someone who is struggling to reach out for help. Read Miller’s full post [on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/wentworthmilleractorwriter/photos/a.1496071870605750.1073741827.1496070023939268/1713822728830662/ "undefined"). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/28/wentworth-miller-fat-shaming-meme "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/"},"headline":"Prison Break Star Wentworth Miller Shuts Down Fat-Shaming Meme","datePublished":"2016-03-29T13:45:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:17:29.397Z","description":"He opens up about his personal battles","url":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/","keywords":["celebrities","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0ec0c838e35fff1/69888ccf524fc0fa9adf75a4/wentworth-miller-responds-fat-shaming-meme-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0ec0c838e35fff1/69888ccf524fc0fa9adf75a4/wentworth-miller-responds-fat-shaming-meme-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Getty Images Portrait Studio Powered By Samsung Galaxy At Comic-Con International 2015","caption":"Actor Wentworth Miller of \"Legends of Tomorrow\" poses for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio Powered By Samsung Galaxy At Comic-Con International 2015 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 11, 2015 in San Diego, California.","creditText":"Maarten de Boer/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/","name":"Prison Break Star Wentworth Miller Shuts Down Fat-Shaming Meme"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Redesigning Barbie: Inside The Barbie Design Process","description":"TIME takes a look inside the design process for the new Barbie body types: curvy, petite, and tall.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jdzfoNPD/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-27T17:28:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jdzfoNPD.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/","duration":"PT4M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4274812/wentworth-miller-meme-response/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```