Ruby Barker, an actor from Bridgerton, has disclosed that she experienced "psychotic breaks" following the success of the Netflix series.
In an interview with Oxford University's LOAF Podcast, Barker criticized Netflix and Shondaland for their lack of encouragement for her.
Ruby Barker shared, ¡°Not a single person from Netflix, not a single person from Shondaland, since I have had two psychotic breaks from that show, have even contacted me or even emailed me to ask me if I¡¯m OK or ask me if I would benefit from any sort of aftercare or support,¡± she further added, ¡°Nobody.¡±
Ruby Barker went on to discuss how her persona contributed to her declining mental state, saying, ¡°During the filming, I was deteriorating. It was a really tormenting place for me to be because my character was very alienated, very ostracized, on her own under these horrible circumstances.¡± She had even got hospitalized after shooting season one, but ¡°It was really covered up and kept on the down-low because the show was going to be coming out.¡±
¡°My life was changing drastically overnight and yet there was still no support and there still hasn¡¯t been any support all that time. So I was trying really, really hard to act like it was fine ¡ that I could work and that it wasn¡¯t a problem,¡± the Bridgerton star further added.
Chris Van Dusen is the creator of the historical fiction-romance streaming television series Bridgerton, which is available on Netflix. It's Shondaland's first scripted series for Netflix, based on the Julia Quinn novel series. It is set in the competitive world of Regency era London's ton during the social season when marriageable young of aristocracy and gentry are introduced into society, and it centers on an eponymous fictional family.
The eight close-knit siblings of the wealthy and influential Bridgerton family¡ªAnthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth¡ªnavigate London high society in quest of love against the backdrop of the Regency era.
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