Jenna Ortega has opened up about sparking backlash after her comments about the scripts for Wednesday – suggesting that she was ‘overexposed’ in the spotlight. The 21-year-old won praise for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix series in 2022, and is currently filming the second season. However, she came under fire from some after publicly criticizing some of the writing on the program last year, revealing that she ‘put her foot down’ behind the scenes on several occasions after disagreeing with decisions about the character.
Although the Scream icon was praised for some of her remarks , writers on social media were quick to call her out, suggesting that the comments were ‘beyond entitled and toxic’. In a new interview, Jenna reflected on the anger she was met with, explaining that she felt like a ‘caricature’ of herself over the response. ‘I probably could have used my words better in describing all of that.
I think, oftentimes, I’m such a rambler,’ she told Vanity Fair . ‘I think it was hard because I felt like had I represented the situation better, it probably would’ve been received better. ‘Everything that I said felt so magnified.
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It felt almost dystopian to me. ‘You’re never going to please everybody, and as someone who naturally was a people pleaser, that was really hard for me to understand. ‘Some people just may not like you.
..and that’s entirely fine.
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