Hollywood actress Rachel Zegler has said that she is being subjected to ‘really alarming’ online hate. The 24-year-old star has faced criticism from trolls after playing the lead role in Disney’s live action remake of Snow White, as well as being outspoken in her criticism of US President Donald Trump and her support for Palestine.
The actress has shared that the anger that she is receiving is concerning, reports ‘Female First UK’.
Rachel told i-D magazine, ‘It’s interesting. It’s really alarming at times”. Despite the vile abuse she has suffered, the star refuses to adopt a ‘victim mindset’.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Zegler, who is currently starring in the revival of the musical Evita on London’s West End, explained, “I think a victim mindset is a choice, and I don’t choose it. I also don’t choose nastiness in the face of it. I don’t choose negativity in the face of it. I choose positivity and light and happiness. And I do believe at times, happiness is absolutely a choice, and every day I wake up and I think I’m very lucky to live the life I live”.
Rachel explained that she went back to her family home in New Jersey at the height of the backlash and was grateful for both her psychiatrist and medication.
The ‘West Side Story’ star said, ‘My f****** psychiatrist has seen me through all of it. They told me, ‘What you’re going through isn’t normal’. That sentence did such wonders for me in multiple situations in my life. And the meds were truly a game changer, because I just wasn’t functioning. And I wanted to function in a way that made me feel confident in the way I was moving through the world”. (IANS)
