Daisy Ridley returns to Instagram

[therearewords]

#DaisyRidley returns to @Instagram more than 5 years after quitting social media https://t.co/pExOMFaNUv
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) April 6, 2022
- Ridley didn't have a (known) Instagram-account for six years

Comments

[celja]

She got a lot of shit on her old account didn't she? I can't remember what it was, Star Wars 'fans' harassing her or something else?

[therearewords]

Pretty sure her Star Wars character wasn't sexy enough for the neckbeards, and other abuse based on nothing but male gaze.

[celja]

God now I remember all the "she's a Mary Sue!!!" complaints. It's a fucking sci-fi fantasy.

[therearewords]

And the "risk" of her being a Skywalker but not being cool enough or some such??

[celja]

Ridiculous.

[vulcan_rhapsody]

Anakin Skywalker was such a Gary Stu (won a spaceship battle as an eight year old KID without ever having been in space before), but no one cared because cinema revolves around exceptional boys and men. But everyone had a meltdown over Rey.

[caramelaffair]

Of course they would say that. They probably were expecting her to be in a similar bikini get up like Carrie Fisher was for Return of the Jedi.

And for the record, Daisy is stunning.

[trekkiepetrelli]

yeah they were harassing/shit-talking just about everyone from the new films (except adam driver for some reason i can't think why...)

[moirasrose]

Yeah, she and John got harassed all the time by “fans.” She finally got fed up after getting harassed for making an anti-gun violence post.

[celja]

Oh right, now I remember!

[aeromi]

she deleted her account because she got backlash from “fans” for speaking about gun violence

[celja]

So fucked up.