You’d think something so simple would be fairly unnewsworthy – after all, it was just a funny in-the-moment snap Coughlan shared with her followers. But despite this, Coughlan’s upload quickly became the subject of numerous tabloid stories, all of which focused on one specific thing: her body.

Suddenly, Coughlan’s post-workout selfie was an opportunity to “flaunt her body transformation” and “stun fans” with her “trim new look”, despite the original post referencing nothing to do with any weight loss or a bid to “transform” her body.

Besides being completely unnecessary, can we not just let a woman work out in peace? The framing of Coughlan’s selfie as a ‘body transformation’ is particularly problematic, especially when combined with the ‘side-by-side’ images some tabloids used to compare her ‘new body’ to how she looked in the past.

Nicola Coughlan’s post-workout selfie is not an invitation to comment on her body