Jenna Ortega’s Slim Esquire Look Spurs Fan Alarm, Grande Comparisons

Jenna Ortega’s noticeably slimmer appearance in a recent video interview for Esquire has triggered an outpouring of concern from fans.

The 23-year-old Wednesday star sat down for the magazine’s “How I Got Here” series, a video walk-through of her career from child actor to one of the streaming era’s most recognizable faces.

Ortega, who also collaborated with director Tim Burton on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, reflected on her time on set and her ambitions for future projects.

But it was her physical appearance that dominated the response.

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Wearing a slinky silk beige dress with her brunette hair in loose waves and minimal makeup, Ortega appeared noticeably thin.

Viewers pointed to her gaunt face, pronounced cheekbones, and visible clavicle.

“Now, she’s nowhere near as bad as Ariana Grande or others who have also done this, but it does appear she has gotten a bit skinnier. She’s also gotten paler as well.”

Other reactions were sharper.

“Wow, Hollywood’s unhealthily skinny strikes another great actor. Please get better, Jenna!” one viewer wrote.

Another lamented, “In 3 years she’s gone from a healthy, beautiful girl into another Hollywood shell of her former self. It’s painful seeing her transform like this.”

A third simply asked, “Isn’t there family or friends that can help her??? It’s obvious that she is another victim of Hollywood.”

The wave of comments extended to X, where one user wrote, “How and why is no one else alarmed by how thin she is?

Can we stop pretending that this is normal and healthy and that she’s ‘always been this thin’? Because she hasn’t, it’s deeply concerning and I’m very scared for her wellbeing.”

Reflections on Her Child Actor Years

During the interview, Ortega spoke candidly about the pressures of working as a child on set.

She revealed she would sometimes go entire days without eating or drinking because she did not want to be a burden.

“I really had it going for me as a child ‘cause I can’t think of one mistake I made. Is that a terrible thing to say? I feel like I make mistakes now all the time, but as a child, I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on.”

Looking back, she added, “Maybe that was my mistake, I was not actually looking after myself.”

The remark took on added weight given the context, arriving at a moment when fans were already parsing her frame on screen.

Some commenters pointed directly to her own words, arguing that the industry habits she described as a child had followed her into adulthood.

Ortega and Grande Face Similar Scrutiny

The conversation around Ortega quickly dovetailed with the scrutiny that has followed Ariana Grande since the release of the “Petal” music video.

In the video, the pop star’s visibly thin frame drew similar concern.

The two were grouped together online, with one fan writing, “It feels like going back to the 90’s where some people aspire to be anorexic skinny.”

Another noted they were exhausted by everyone in the industry “shrinking.”

That pairing has become a recurring motif in recent celebrity coverage: two of the most-watched young women in entertainment, both of them former child performers.

They are facing near-identical public health speculation within weeks of each other.

Whether that reflects a genuine pattern within the industry or simply the accelerated pace at which fan discourse now moves, it has reframed individual concerns about Ortega into a larger argument about what the culture demands of its stars.

One commenter captured that broader frustration plainly: “Hollywood needs to be studied because these people look unwell. How can one not enjoy food??”

As of publication, Ortega has not publicly addressed the speculation about her weight loss or the comments surrounding her Esquire appearance.

Neither Ortega’s representatives nor Esquire responded to requests for comment on the matter.

It remains unclear whether the actress is aware of the specific remarks circulating online.