Actor Zach Braff recently commented on his girlfriend Florence Pugh's reaction to the harsh criticism they faced over their 21-year age difference.
In a candid interview Monday with fashion journal Mr. Porter, Braff, who is 45, shared how impressed he was with her response.
Back in April, Pugh, 24, confirmed she was dating Braff, and the two were met with an onslaught of unsavory and belittling comments. As a result, Pugh took to Instagram to unleash a fiery video that shamed fans for thinking they had the right to tell her who she can and cannot date. She also ordered her nearly 2 million followers to stop "bullying" her boyfriend.
MORE: Florence Pugh slams trolls scrutinizing the age gap in Zach Braff relationship"The abuse that you throw at him is abuse that you are throwing at me, and I don’t want those followers," the "Black Widow" star said at the time. "It makes me upset that during this time when we need to be together, the world is aching and the world is dying, and a few of you decided to bully for no reason."
Braff told the magazine that he was beyond impressed by Pugh's fearlessness and self-assuredness, remarking, "She literally sat down, hit record on her phone and said that."
However, when the Emmy nominee tried to think up his own response to the controversy, he realized Pugh's original commentary covered everything that needed to be addressed.
"I thought: how could I possibly follow anything as intelligent and articulate as that? So, I chose not to," Braff admitted.
Braff and Pugh are currently hunkering down in London now that the U.K. is enforcing another lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19.