Emma Corrin has revealed they were left shocked by the sheer amount of hate they received after announcing they were non-binary for the first time.
The British actor, 27, who shot to international fame for their portrayal of Princess Diana in the fourth series of The Crown – came out as non-binary after winning a Golden Globe back in 2021.
They identify as non-binary - an umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn't sit comfortably with man or woman.
Lifting the lid on the manner in which they revealed their gender identity, Emma said that they were 'taken aback' by the mass amounts of online hate they received following the unplanned announcement.
Emma revealed that they had only mentioned it to their team before quietly dropping the news on social media and that they weren't expecting such a negative response.
They announced their gender identity in July 2021, by changing their she/they pronouns to they/them shortly afterwards.
"I think I just told them ‘I’m going to post this’. I don’t think there was any big discussion about it.”
However, the My Policeman star was inundated with hateful comments after their inspiring post, admitting that it was a huge 'reality check' for them.
“Naively, maybe, it took me aback how much hate I got for that. It was quite a reality check. But for a lot of people, it did help," Emma told Vanity Fair. “Especially around the conversation of gender and stuff, it does help a lot of people to see someone living as a non-binary person in the world.”
It comes after Emma recently opened up about the difficulties of 'discovering"' their gender identity while also trying to break through in the film industry.
In the lead-up to International Non-Binary People's Day in July 2022, they became the first non-binary person to be on the cover of Vogue.
Shortly afterwards, i n an interview with the New York Times, the My Policeman star spoke about the challenges of trying to learn about themselves while in the pressure cooker that is the film industry.
They said: "It’s hard to be discovering something in yourself at the same time you’re navigating an industry that demands a lot of you, in terms of knowing who you are."
The actor had previously explained how they felt 'so weird and uncomfortable' when people referred to them as 'she' while working and the decision to identify as non-binary has led to Emma feeling 'more comfortable'.
"My identity and being non-binary is an embrace of many different parts of myself, the masculine and the feminine and everything in between."
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