Jenna Ortega blasted for saying she was unhappy…
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Jenna Ortega has come under fire for saying she was “an unhappy person” after getting well-known for her function as Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix show “Wednesday.”
The 22-year-old actress opened up about the function and the celebrity it introduced her during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar revealed on Wednesday, May 28.
“To be quite frank, after the show and trying to figure everything out, I was an unhappy person,” Ortega admitted. “After the pressure, the attention – as somebody who’s quite introverted, that was so intense and so scary.”
Ortega on the quilt of the June 3 difficulty of Harper’s Bazaar. Willy Vanderperre for Harper’s Bazaar
The scream queen stated that taking part in Wednesday Addams can really feel “very patronizing.” Willy Vanderperre for Harper’s Bazaar
Ortega, who started filming the first season of “Wednesday” in 2021, added that she felt “incredibly misunderstood” upon getting well-liked from the show.
“I feel like being a bully is very popular right now,” she added. “Having been on the wrong side of the rumor mill was incredibly eye-opening.”
Ortega beforehand got here under fire for different feedback she made about “Wednesday” back in March 2023. Willy Vanderperre for Harper’s Bazaar
Some critics slammed Ortega for what she stated during her interview with Harper’s Bazaar. Willy Vanderperre for Harper’s Bazaar
Other followers defended the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” starlet. Willy Vanderperre for Harper’s Bazaar
Elsewhere in her interview, the scream queen stated that being Wednesday Addams is “very patronizing” because she is caught taking part in a schoolgirl on the screen despite changing into a younger lady in actual life.
Ortega, whose birthday is Sept. 27, will flip 23 shortly after the second season of “Wednesday” premieres on Netflix on Aug. 6.
“I’m doing a show I’m going to be doing for years where I play a schoolgirl,” Ortega defined. “But I’m also a young woman. You just don’t feel like you’re being taken seriously.”
Jenna Ortega opened up about her function on “Wednesday” and the celebrity it introduced her during a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar. JONATHAN HESSION/NETFLIX
“You know, it’s like how you’re dressed in the schoolgirl costume,” she added. “There’s just something about it that’s very patronizing.”
But Ortega’s remarks created a critical backlash, with a number of of her critics speeding to social media to bash the previous “Scream” star over her shocking feedback.
“I bet the huge 6 and 7 figure paychecks she took for the role weren’t that patronizing though,” one individual tweeted after the interview.
Ortega stated that she felt “incredibly misunderstood” upon getting well-liked from the show. Getty Images for Netflix
“Cry me a river,” another person added, while a third critic commented, “So sick of people complaining about easy jobs they made millions on.”
“Then she could have passed on the role,” a fourth individual wrote on X. “I like her but this seems like biting the hand that feeds you.”
However, Ortega’s supporters defended the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” starlet over what she had to say about her function on “Wednesday” and the recognition it introduced her as an actress.
Ortega as Wednesday Addams in the first season of “Wednesday.” COURTESY OF NETFLIX
“She isn’t wrong,” one supporter wrote.
“Fair play to her,” one other added, while a third fan tweeted, “She looked nice as Wednesday.”
“Yall need to leave this girl alone,” a fourth fan commented.
The second season of the hit Netflix show is set to premiere in August. COURTESY OF NETFLIX
Meanwhile, Ortega also clarified that she stays “very grateful” for the fandom she has acquired because of “Wednesday.”
“I want to be able to give back to them,” she stated of her followers. “But I also want to do things that are creatively fulfilling to me.”
The “Death of a Unicorn” star acquired related backlash for feedback she made in March 2023.
Ortega at the premiere of her latest movie, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” on May 13. Getty Images
At the time, Ortega revealed that she had modified components of her “Wednesday” script when sure traces “did not make sense for her character at all.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down more on a set in a way that I had to on ‘Wednesday,’” she stated during a podcast interview with Dax Shepard at the time.
Ortega later backtracked on those remarks, admitting that she “could have used my words better” when speaking with Shepard about the show.
“I want to be able to give back to them,” Ortega stated of her “Wednesday” followers. “But I also want to do things that are creatively fulfilling to me.” COURTESY OF NETFLIX
“To be fair, I think I probably could have been — I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that,” she informed Vanity Fair in September 2024.
“I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler,” she added. “I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better.”
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