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Madeline Brewer Pushes Back Against Misogynistic ‘You’ Fan Backlash

The actress credits therapy alongside her fiancé’s support for helping her endure harsh online attacks over her final-season role

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Two side-by-side images: Left, a woman in a stylish white dress. Right, the same woman in a casual, relaxed setting
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Overview

  • Brewer was stunned when fans called her ugly after portraying Brontë in Netflix’s final season of You
  • She links the vitriol to viewers’ frustration over her character exposing protagonist Joe Goldberg’s misogyny
  • Having navigated childhood bullying through therapy, Brewer says being in her 30s helped her withstand the criticism
  • Her fiancé, cinematographer Jack Thompson-Roylance, provides the only opinion she values against negative comments
  • The couple is preparing for a July wedding in England