You star Madeline Brewer claps back at nasty trolls who compared her to a GOBLIN: 'I'm not ugly'
The 33-year-old joined the final season of the show You as Brontë, the women who plays a crucial role in bringing down serial killer Joe Goldberg.
But the actress has now admitted that she got hit with a wave of insulting comments after the beloved series premiered last month.
And she admitted that the hate wasn't geared at her performance on the series but rather, her appearance.
During a recent interview with People, she admitted that fans of the show were calling her 'ugly' online, as she clapped back at the nasty trolls.
'I didn't expect people to like Brontë,' she admitted. 'But I also didn't expect people to call me ugly. Because I'm not.'
She went on to describe her shock at receiving the negative comments considering that a majority of the viewership seemed to be women.
'I thought the show's fanbase was mostly young women,' she continued.
'I never anticipated the amount of misogyny that would be fired at me.'
Brewer, who describes herself as a longtime fan of the show, said she believed the backlash likely came from people not wanting to see their 'hero' (referring to Joe, the murderous antagonist of the show) taken down - especially not by a woman.
'It especially pisses them off that it was a woman. A new woman. A woman they might not find attractive,' she said.
'So they get on their phones and comment on my pictures like, "You look like a goblin." And I'm just like… girl, lighten up. I'm not ugly.'
The hate hit a nerve for Brewer, who said she was bullied growing up so she found some of the particularly mean comments 'triggering.'
But she added that therapy and age had changed her perspective on how she deals with hate.
'If this had happened when I was 25, I would have crumbled,' she admitted. 'Now that I'm in my 30s? I don't give a f**k.'
That confidence doesn't come from just anywhere.
She explained that while some comments triggered her, therapy and being in her 30s really saved her from caring about what other people had to say about her
Brewer said her biggest source of reassurance is her fiancé, cinematographer Jack Thompson-Roylance.
'He just thinks the sun shines out of my butt,' she shared.
'He thinks I'm the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
'His is the only opinion that really matters to me.'
Brewer went on to say that the trolls can do what they want.
She explained that criticism essentially comes with the territory when you become an actor.
'As long as they're doing it to me and not someone who can't handle it - bring it on,' she concluded.
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