GRANTCHESTER actress Morven Christie claims middle-aged women “develop an immediate hatred” for her when she posts images on social media of handsome co-stars.
The Scottish star, 35, accused female social-media users of being “creepy” as she described the response when she posted a snap of co-star James Norton, 31, who stars as vicar Sidney Chambers in the TV series, in which she plays his forbidden lover, Amanda.
Christie said she was only trolled when she had worked “with quite well-known men, who middle-aged women really fancy”, adding: “They develop an immediate hatred for you and your character.”
Talking about working with Norton, she said: “I put a picture of him on Instagram, and the comments underneath... ‘Why are you photographing him, you harridan?’ Christie said she was also trolled when she played the parent of an autistic boy in BBC1 series The A Word. “One of the things that shocked me, when I was playing Alison was the judgment of mothers on other mothers,” she said.
“That’s the amazing thing about social media, the creepiness of women,” she added.
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