{"id":100369,"date":"2025-07-28T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100369\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:29:19","slug":"people-are-coming-to-pedro-pascals-defense-after-some-suspicious-backlash-against-him-and-vanessa-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100369\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Coming To Pedro Pascal’s Defense After Some Suspicious Backlash Against Him And Vanessa Kirby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mom, can you come pick me up? People are being really weird about Pedro Pascal<\/a> online and it’s giving smear campaign.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

Gilbert Flores \/ Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Related: Here Are 16 Actors Who Saved Their Skin By Turning Down Roles In Movies That People Notoriously Hated<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have the profound displeasure of still being on X, you may have noticed a number of posts that essentially try to say that Pedro touches his female costars inappropriately as a way to soothe his “anxiety” \u2014 with a lot of focus on his Fantastic Four<\/a> promotional tour with costar Vanessa Kirby<\/a>. One of the videos of the pair was even flagged for containing an AI distortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Two Justin Bieber \/ Via x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The posts twist what Pedro said about anxiety in a recent Men’s Health<\/a> interview: “I was always one to reach out when I\u2019m facing something that is challenging or making me anxious…I definitely kind of stopped doing that, and instead I\u2019m doomscrolling, or looking for something to watch; looking for different ways to disassociate from the feeling I\u2019m having. And then, when it started to feel so critical, I had to go back to what was always the comfort for me in life, which was engagement in my relationships, my friendships, and conversation and shared experience.” Touching, of women or otherwise, was not mentioned.<\/p>\n

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Lia Toby \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

The backlash further devolved into vitriolic, offensive posts<\/a> about Bella Ramsey<\/a>, with one post with 255k likes reading, “How come Pedro Pascal never gets anxiety around Bella Ramsey?”<\/p>\n

Monica Schipper \/ Getty Images, Travis P. Ball \/ SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Similarly, others suggested<\/a> that Pedro is not physically close with his male costars, which is demonstrably false (if anything, you could argue he is more physical with his male costars).<\/p>\n

Theo Wargo \/ Getty Images, Astrid Stawiarz \/ Getty Images for Netflix, Charley Gallay \/ Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

It’s actually not the first time similar jabs have been made at Pedro. As Vanity Fair<\/a> noted, defenders of J.K. Rowling used a clip of Vanessa and Pedro at Comic-Con to suggest something untoward was happening after Pedro criticized the author for her anti-trans views. But Vanessa herself then said<\/a> of them holding hands at the event, “What happened is we were both incredibly nervous going out in front of thousands of people who love this comic. He wanted me to know that we were in this together, and I found it a lovely gesture and was very glad to squeeze his hand back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jesse Grant \/ Getty Images for Disney<\/p>\n

Related: 18 Times Celebs Called Out Other Celebs Over Wealth And Greed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The conversation has seeped onto Instagram, where a quick look at Pedro’s comment section reveals a lot of spam-like behavior:<\/p>\n

\"Top<\/p>\n

Of course, what the “groping” posts fail to acknowledge is that touching in and of itself isn’t an issue; it’s consent (or lack of it). There’s nothing to suggest that Pedro’s costars feel anything but comfortable around him.<\/p>\n

\"Person<\/p>\n

It got to the point where Pedro’s fellow Marvel actor, Simu Liu<\/a>, posted seemingly in defense of him:<\/p>\n

\"Simu<\/p>\n

Related: 21 Celebrities Who Ruined Their Own Careers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s worth noting that the effectiveness of the attacks on Pedro’s reputation were quickly questioned by many:<\/p>\n

\"Parody<\/p>\n

Some even speculated that bots might be driving the negative posts:<\/p>\n

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Given that many accounts posting negative things about Pedro contained other sexist or anti-trans content, you might be asking…why? That’s not clear right now, but it’s worth noting that Pedro has been outspoken about trans rights and Palestine, and he is firmly against<\/a> Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\"Person<\/p>\n

Joe Maher \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Now, if only people came to women’s defense like this…<\/p>\n

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