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Following disapproval implicit The Last of Us' queer storylines, Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause responded with an impassioned enactment connected societal media. Here's what she said.
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After immoderate The Last of Us viewers criticized the HBO show's determination to dedicate not one, but 2 episodes of its debut play to queer emotion stories, Chrishell Stause took a basal against the haters.
"Scientifically, the much orgasms you're having, the little you attraction astir others' enactment lives," the Selling Sunset prima wrote connected Twitter March 15, conscionable a fewer days aft the play finale. "Or person clip to bash dumb s--t similar this. The sexually suppressed are PRESSED."
Chrishell's amusement of enactment came successful effect to a viral tweet suggesting homophobic viewers had purposely fixed the episodes "Long, Long Time" and "Left Behind"—which starred Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett and Bella Ramsey and Storm Reid, respectively—low ratings connected IMDb.
And she's not the lone 1 to code the response to definite quality arcs connected the show.
Bella—who stars arsenic Ellie successful the video crippled adaptation other Pedro Pascal's Joel—previously admitted to being prepared for immoderate antagonistic reactions to The Last of Us' queer storylines.
"I'm not peculiarly anxious astir it," the 19-year-old told British GQ successful a February interview. "I cognize radical volition deliberation what they privation to think. But they're gonna person to get utilized to it. If you don't privation to ticker the amusement due to the fact that it has cheery storylines, due to the fact that it has a trans character, that's connected you, and you're missing out."
Bella added, "It isn't gonna marque maine afraid. I deliberation that comes from a spot of defiance."
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And for Chrishell, her defence of the bid and its wide scope of emotion stories coincided with an important idiosyncratic milestone successful her own emotion story: her 1-year day of dating Aussie singer, G Flip.
"Our archetypal twelvemonth is gonna beryllium hard to beat, but here's to trying!" Chrishell shared connected Instagram. "I emotion you babyyyyy. Happy anniversary." The vocalist echoed the Days of Our Lives alum successful their ain post, writing, "365 days adoring you."
The archetypal play of The Last of Us is disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max.
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