Susie TaaffeChief of Staff, RAMMP · Chief of Staff & Strategic Operator | AI-First | RAMMP | Building What Doesn’t Exist Yet

Permission granted. Eat the cake. 🎂Burn the shapewear. 🔥

5 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube commentary, the speaker highlights actress Sarah Snook’s experience of being body‑shamed by a producer for eating cake on the set of Succession. Snook, an Emmy‑winning actress who plays Shiv Roy, is quoted saying she refuses to subscribe to unrealistic beauty standards that make women unhappy. She declares she no longer follows any dieting restrictions imposed on set, choosing instead to eat whatever she wants because it’s her body and her choice. The speaker applauds Snook’s stance, emphasizing that no one should feel compelled to change their body for anyone else, and frames the story as a broader critique of Hollywood’s diet culture.

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Women who refuse to diet for Hollywood. Sarah Snook, who plays Shiv Roy in Succession, said she was once body shamed by a producer for eating cake on set. Sarah said, can I really be effed subscribing to an unrealistic beauty standard that makes more women unhappy, that's not actually realistic anyway? The Emmy winner also said she no longer abides by any dieting restrictions that may be imposed on set. I eat whatever I want. It's my own body and my own choice. And we're proud of you too, Sarah, because none of us should change Our body for anyone.