Florence Pugh (Oxford, 29 years old) He admitted the reason he stopped talking publicly about his romantic life: Trolls. In 2019, the British actress was in a relationship with the actor Zach BraffNew Jersey, 50 years old) and got a lot The negative comments are due to their 21 year difference. This online harassment was something that was difficult for the couple to confront, which is why the translator no longer talked about it.
“In this world, where relationships and romance, it doesn’t matter if you talk about it a lot or a little, people don’t care. They want a story,” Pugh said in an interview on T Channel.It’s the Louis Theroux Podcast. “They want a reality show, so it doesn’t matter how much you say you love someone or how happy they make you; if they don’t like it and it doesn’t fit their image of you, they won’t care.”
The actress’s love story from films like Little women also Don’t worry, dear With Braff, who became known in the 2000s with this series Scrubslasting from 2019 to 2022. When The couple announced the relationship publicly Pugh said now he has received “A fair amount of insults just because of the age difference.” He specifically recalls an occasion when he uploaded a photo of himself to his Instagram account – where he today has 10 million followers – to celebrate his birthday: “Within eight minutes of posting the photo, almost 70% of the comments were insults and horrible comments. Basically, they were harassing someone on my networks,” he says. “This is the first time in my Instagram career that I’ve had to disable comments. I’ve never had an Instagram account that encouraged this type of behavior. I never liked it.” Toxic environment.”
The actress continues the interview by saying that after this event, she decided to upload a video to talk to her followers. In it, she says: “I will not allow this behavior at my expense. I am 24 years old, I have been working since I was 17 years old, and I have been an adult since I was 18 years old.” I don’t need to be told who I can love and who I can’t, and I won’t tell anyone that either, because that’s not his place.. I don’t know how long cyberbullying has been around modern and amazing. If you don’t like it, stop following me.”
“I defended him, I defended him, I defended him letting me do what I wanted.”“And that changed some people’s minds,” he told the host. “There came a point where it was horrible to see someone close to you receiving that, and it was never against me, just against them. I think I needed to make sure everyone was well informed, so I made a video that got a lot of support, which was great. “I think it’s important to remind people online that we’re real.”
This was not the only time Pugh faced criticism. In 2022, she received negative comments about her body after wearing a dress that showed her breasts. She wrote again on her Instagram account: “It is not the first time, and certainly will not be the last, that a woman has heard what is wrong with her body from a crowd of strangers. What is worrying is how vulgar some men are.” “So many of you have wanted so badly to tell me how disappointed you are with my ‘small breasts’ or how embarrassed I must feel for being ‘flat chested’. I’ve lived in my body for so long,” she added. “I am fully aware of the size of my chest and I am not afraid of it.”
Pugh and Braff ended the relationship very discreetly and without giving reasons. “We tried to pull off this breakup without the world knowing, because it’s a relationship and everyone has an opinion about it,” he told the magazine in 2022. Harper’s Bazaar. The breakup was very difficult because of everything they had to face in the relationship.. The actress said on the podcast that the pain was so severe that she ended up hurting herself. “He was constantly hurting me.. He was cutting things and tearing huge pieces off my hand. I never did that again. My body was in complete panic.. I hurt myself to take care of myself, and it’s funny, my body is crying out for help. “I think it’s becoming more and more clear that something is wrong,” he admits.
It took the translator a lot of work to overcome that episode, not only with her followers, but also with her loved ones. “I guess I haven’t revealed that part of my life for a long time, not even to my friends. And of course, you find yourself in a hole or a mess.” but, Pugh admits she has a partner and feels “pretty good.”Although, of course, he will not reveal his identity.