Responding directly to Anna's blog post via Twitter, Antony Starr - whose villainous character, Homelander, frequently torments Starlight on 'The Boys' - called the hatred aimed at Moriarty 'appalling, and sadly all too common.' If you can't be kind, then eat a bag of d-, f- off to the sun & don't watch #TheBoys, we don't want you.' 'You're causing pain to real people with real feelings. On Wednesday, 'The Boys' creator Eric Kripke took aim at all the 'trolls' harassing Moriarty on the internet: 'This is literally the opposite of the show's f- message,' he tweeted. This has only strengthened my empathy muscle and to anyone who comes at me: I see you, I don’t hate you, I only empathize and forgive.' 'I will never intentionally (and ESPECIALLY) publicly add to yours. 'Everyone’s going through their own battle(s) let’s not add to that,' Moriarty continued. Last month, Holland - also known for playing a superhero, Spider-Man - announced he was taking a break from social media to protect his mental health. Moriarty is one of multiple young actors, including Timothée Chalamet and Tom Holland, to speak out against online negativity in recent weeks. this does break my heart - I’ve opened up a vein for this role and this kind of trolling is exactly what this role (Annie) would speak out against.'

'I’ve put blood, sweat, and tears into this role (over & over & over again), I’ve grown UP in this character’s shoes (*emphasis on grown up - we change & evolve mentally AND physically). In the caption of her post, Moriarty thanked Anna for her words while offering an olive branch to her haters. The torment doesn’t end for her when the credits start, because there is no switch off.

'But Annie is fictional, and Erin is not. 'The harassment feels all the worse given the context of her role as Starlight on the show, a woman silenced and sexualised, treated like a celebrity canvas for others to project onto rather than a human being with her own thoughts and feelings,' Anna writes. Ironically, Starlight uses social media to reclaim her power and humanity in Season 3. now being crassly compared, when people naturally change after five years? Why is she being infantilised when she’s a grown woman, entitled to do with her body what she wishes? Why is she not simply allowed to exist?'Īs one of the most famous superheroes on the planet, Starlight is routinely subjected to intense public scrutiny and sexism on the show - an all-too-meta character arc that appears to have bled into Moriarty's real life. 'Why are pictures of her from season one.

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