Madelaine Petsch

And I just think we should all take a moment for that.

I think every actor feels that way in general right now anyway.

I wouldn't say it healed anything, but it gave me a different perspective that I really appreciated.

I started her bullying with trauma.

I was like, what is making her behave like this?

And I wouldn't say everybody behaves badly because they have something going on at home or they don't feel like themselves, but probably most of the time children have something going on inside if they're treating other children badly.

She certainly did.

You know, she was a teenager, but she was being – her sexuality was being pushed down by her mother.

She was being told that she was a sexual deviant.

She wasn't able to show who she really was.

She was being really kind of abused by her mother.

And the only way she could... I mean, she was seeking control.

And the only way she could find control was by lashing out because she didn't think she was lovable.

So she was like, if I don't let people try to love me, if I push them away, then I'm in control.

So I think finding that avenue in helped a lot.

And it also helped me realize that's probably where a lot of these kids are coming from is they felt...

a like something foreign to them is always going to be weird right like especially to children and also they probably had like something hard going on so like i i i let it go the hardest part to me actually was this one girl was so mean to me went on twitter when the show came out and i didn't even see it my brother showed me and she was like i was bullied by madeline oh

And all of you guys love her.

And she's a bully.

And I'm like, oh, my God.