Little Women’s Florence Pugh ~finally~ made her relationship with Scrubs star Zach Braff Instagram official by wishing him a happy 45th birthday a few days back.
The pair, who have been linked since April 2019, have been dating for almost a year, and Florence, 24, just shared the first picture of Zach on her Instagram.
Florence posted a pic of Zach with what is presumably their dog, and wrote:
“Today we shall smile wider than the clouds are grey.
April 6th and we’re celebrating hard!
Happy Birthday wishes, boogies and cheers for this special person.
Raise those bubbles and jiggle!”
Her post reportedly received a lot of backlash from her followers, with many criticising the age gap between the two.
She’s now responded to the haters with a candid Instagram vid.
“My relationship with Instagram,” she captioned the vid. “In true Flo fashion, wearing spot stickers and all.
To those of you that this video applies to- please listen. Please learn.
Being hateful is not trendy.”
She says about “70% of the comments” were “hurling abuse” at her and “bullying” her boyfriend.
Noticing the backlash, she was forced to disable commenting on the post, which she has never had to do before.
“I will not allow that behaviour on my page,” she added, calling out people for publicly airing negative comments, especially during a pandemic.
“I am 24 years old, I do not need you to tell me who I should and should not love,“ she said.
She concluded, in a sentiment that was echoed by Ariana Grande in the comments, “I don’t know when cyber bullying became trendy.”
