The Hollywood Reporter focus on Kelly Marie Tran and her discussion at last weekend’s Toronto Film Festival where the subject of her torrid time on social media was brought up. Discussing her new series Sorry For Your Loss, and the subject matter it tackles, her regret at not being on social media – in order to build a community around the Facebook Watch show and to discuss the sensitive topics the show takes on – seemed evident.
“there are really good things that come out of having a community. Hopefully, what we are doing here, in terms of this project, will be illuminated by that.”
Someone like Kelly, so open and welcoming as she was on social media, would have been a huge benefit to her show and the community it hopes to develop.
Speaking to THR she reiterated her words from her recent New York Times piece saying it’s unlikely she will return any time soon.
“I felt like I wanted to write something honest, that truly came from me,” Tran told The Hollywood Reporter about her op-ed piece she wrote for The New York Times last month after choosing to leave social media.
Tran is one of many stars who recently spoke out about online bullying after being subjected to trolling on her social media account primarily from Star Wars fans who were upset with her being cast in the franchise as Rose Tico.
“I think that there are, just like anything else, really good and really bad things that come with anything,” Tran said, who left social media in June.
When asked if she would return to social media, Tran responded: “I felt like I wanted to write something that was honest, that truly came from me and I don’t know if I’ll ever go back.”
Someone like Kelly, so open and welcoming as she was on social media, would have been a huge benefit to her show and the community it hopes to develop.