Eva Amurri defends Olivia Culpo’s ‘modest’ wedding dress after making headlines with her own controversial gown

Eva Amurri is in Olivia Culpo’s corner.

After both of the recent brides sparked online backlash with their wedding gowns, Amurri blogged about why she believes women “are f—ked” and “can’t win” no matter how they choose to dress.

Susan Sarandon’s daughter, 39, began Wednesday’s post by explaining her reaction to “cruel comments” surrounding the “sexy” strapless gown she wore while marrying chef Ian Hock in June.

Eva Amurri defended Olivia Culpo’s controversial wedding dress. Instagram / Marcus McGregor

The actress wrote about her own gown being criticized. Instagram/thehappilyeva

She was slammed for showing cleavage in the “sexy” garment. Instagram / Marcus McGregor

“I felt hot tears spring to my eyes in a way that brought me right back to middle school,” Amurri recalled. “Here were people … spending time and energy typing something that they hoped would bring me one thing and one thing only: Shame. And for a second, it worked.”

However, the actress eventually brushed off the “unsettling … aggression from strangers” — especially when she saw how Culpo’s “modest” dress was also slammed on social media.

The “Culpo Sisters” star wed NFL player Christian McCaffrey in Rhode Island on the same day Amurri tied the knot in Connecticut.

Amurri initially felt “shame” over the comments. Instagram / Marcus McGregor

However, criticism of Culpo’s gown showed her brides “can’t win.” Jose Villa

Culpo, 32, told Vogue that she didn’t want her dress to “exude sex in any way,” with Instagram trolls comparing the look to a “nun” and a “milkmaid.”

Amurri, however, praised the former pageant queen’s “confidence.”

She gushed, “I wasn’t [looking at] how right or wrong her dress would be for ME, I was seeing a woman who was stepping gracefully and with power into the next chapter of her life — and who was doing it on her own terms, on HER DAY.”

She wrote that women “are f–ked.” Penske Media via Getty Images

Culpo wore a modest gown while marrying Christian McCaffrey. Jose Villa

Amurri asked her readers “what society has come to” when women can “neither be sexy elegant nor modestly elegant” while walking down the aisle.

“Two women got married on the same day clothed vastly differently, and neither was right. Neither was good enough” she wrote, calling this a “tale as old as time.”

Amurri previously defended her bustier-style gown by Kim Kassas Couture in an Instagram Story meme about her 32F breasts “minding their business.”

The reality star didn’t want her dress to “exude sex.” Jose Villa

She was compared to a “nun” and a “milkmaid.” Jose Villa

As for Culpo, she called a hater blasting her Dolce & Gabbana dress a “bizarre human” — and also clapped back at criticism of her makeup.

McCaffrey, 28, came to her defense as well when an “evil” influencer claimed his wife’s dress lacked “personality.”

Former Bachelor Nick Viall’s partner, Natalie Joy, similarly caused controversy with a custom, cleavage-baring wedding dress in April.

Amurri, however, praised Culpo’s “confidence.” Jose Villa

She concluded, “It is impossible to be a woman.” thehappilyeva/Instagram

The 25-year-old bride hit back in an Instagram Story, pointing out that her “massive t-ts … got bigger” throughout the reception because she breastfeeds daughter River.

“Some of yall are actually being ridiculous with these comments,” she wrote. “i was surrounded by people that i consider family and literal family. nobody made it weird so yall don’t make it weird.”

While Amurri did not mention Joy’s clapback on her blog, she summed up the scandal in her post’s conclusion, writing, “It is impossible to be a woman.”

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