--- title: Grant Gustin Hits Back at Body Shamers About Flash Costume description: The Flash's Grant Gustin hit back at body shamers after a photo of the actor in a prototype of his costume leaked online canonical: https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-09T12:52:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:14.964Z og:title: Actor Hits Back at Body Shamers After The Flash Costume Leaks og:description: "There's a double standard" og:url: https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01246c2711930cf/69893759bc6cfc049e3e6a62/gettyimages-872951484.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fan Expo Vancouver og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Actor Hits Back at Body Shamers After The Flash Costume Leaks twitter:description: "There's a double standard" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01246c2711930cf/69893759bc6cfc049e3e6a62/gettyimages-872951484.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Grant Gustin Hits Back at Body Shamers After Leaked Photo of _The Flash_ Costume by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 9, 2018 12:52 PM UTC  Actor Grant Gustin attends 'The Flash" Q&A at Fan Expo Vancouver in the Vancouver Convention Centre on November 11, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. Actor Grant Gustin attends 'The Flash" Q&A at Fan Expo Vancouver in the Vancouver Convention Centre on November 11, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada.Phillip Chin—WireImage by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 9, 2018 12:52 PM UTC _The Flash_‘s Grant Gustin hit back at body shamers who criticized his looks after a photo of the actor in a [prototype of his costume](https://twitter.com/Stanningteaa/status/1027285371896250368) leaked online. Fans of [_The Flash_](http://time.com/4870122/flashpoint-flash-movie-dc-extended-universe/) who didn’t like the costume or the way Gustin looked in it took to attacking his appearance. “Yikes the test photo suit doesn’t look good,” one person tweeted. “I actually prefer the chin strap. Grant Gustin doesn’t have a superhero chin or physique.” Gustin responded to the critiques in an Instagram post on Wednesday in response. “It’s a cool suit. That’s a terrible photo that I was unaware was being taken, much less being posted,” he said. “As far as the body shaming. That’s what pisses me off.” Gustin said his changing stress levels affect the way he eats and makes gaining weight a challenge. “There’s a double standard where it’s ok to talk sh-t about a dudes body. I do my best to stay in shape and add as much size as I can through out these seasons,” he said. “I’m naturally thin, and my appetite is greatly affected by stress.” The Flash actor said he is happy with the way he looks. “Other kids who are build like me and thinner than me should be able to feel the same way.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/"},"headline":"Grant Gustin Hits Back at Body Shamers After Leaked Photo of The Flash Costume","datePublished":"2018-08-09T12:52:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:14.964Z","description":"\"There's a double standard where it's ok to talk shit about a dudes body\"","url":"https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01246c2711930cf/69893759bc6cfc049e3e6a62/gettyimages-872951484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01246c2711930cf/69893759bc6cfc049e3e6a62/gettyimages-872951484.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fan Expo Vancouver","caption":"Fan Expo Vancouver","creditText":"Phillip Chin—WireImage","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5362542/grant-gustin-flash-costume/","name":"Grant Gustin Hits Back at Body Shamers After Leaked Photo of The Flash Costume"}}]}] ```