lifesizehysteria:
She easily could have said, “I think that the best actor for the job should always be the one chosen and that the core aspect of acting is bringing to life any variety of experiences, even ones you don’t have yourself.” Or something similar, gotten her point across, and not sounded entitled to both gay people’s lives and the large audience of wlw she’s gained through some of her roles.
Exactly. It’s like you said, she’s in a position that she gets roles a lot so it comes off sounding so entitled and especially with Carol and the following she knows she got because of that role specifically in context with this is not a good look