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In early April 2020, while in isolation, Pugh posted a happy birthday message to her boyfriend, Scrubs star Zach Braff, on Instagram. Almost immediately, her comments were full of people bashing her relationship and the age difference between them, according to The Cut.
The actress did not take too kindly to the commenters and just a few days later posted a nearly four-minute response video on Instagram. “Within about eight minutes of the photo being posted, I had about 70 percent of the comments hurling abuse and being horrid and basically bullying someone on my page,” Pugh said (via The Cut). “I will not allow that behavior on that page.” She continued, “I do not need you to tell me who I should or should not love and I would never in my life — ever ever — tell anyone who they can or cannot love. It is not your place, and really it has nothing to do with you.”
One of the elements that made her response even more powerful was the fact that she was not the glammed-up starlet we’re used to seeing on the red carpet. She was just a woman, bare-faced and raw, promoting compassion during a pandemic. She ended her Instagram rebuttal with the phrase: “Being hateful is not trendy.” Pop star Ariana Grande agreed, responding with her own two cents: “‘being hateful is not trendy’ a new tattoo for my chest.”
We couldn’t agree more!
Written by: Nicki
