In the event you’ve checked the remark part of the actor’s Instagram currently, you will have observed issues getting a bit…unusual. Briefly, in latest weeks, there have been quite a few viral social media posts claiming that Pedro is inappropriately bodily shut together with his feminine costars, corresponding to Incredible 4‘s Vanessa Kirby.
The factor is, there is no proof that any of the hand-holding or hugging is nonconsensual. The general public implying this are additionally pretending that Pedro is uniquely affectionate with girls, which is plainly unfaithful. So, the place did this come from?
As Self-importance Truthful famous, defenders of J.Okay. Rowling beforehand used a clip of Vanessa and Pedro at Comedian-Con to recommend one thing untoward was taking place after Pedro criticized the writer for her anti-trans views (Vanessa herself has stated that she discovered holding arms with him to be a “beautiful gesture). It seems like that very same line of bad-faith reasoning has now been jumped on by misogynists who do not perceive consent, nevertheless it’s difficult to pinpoint precisely the place the flood began.
Pedro himself had stored quiet about the entire thing till yesterday, when he started replying to a few of the spammy “I am watching you” Dexter GIFs on an unrelated publish hyping up the film Sand Mama. Most of his responses had been emoji-based:
Although he did provide some poor souls a hug:
And even complimented one consumer on their paintings:
It is not the one time Pedro has responded to hate feedback. Take, for instance, his replies to commenters criticizing his protection of trans rights earlier this 12 months:
In some methods, it’s fairly humorous that “girls like hugging him” was the very best they might do…