Rachel Zegler has quit Twitter after being branded a "homewrecker" by Ansel Elgort’s fans.
The 18-year-old actress had previously posted about how easy it was to "fall in love" on screen with her ‘West Side Story’ co-star, just a few days before the ‘Baby Driver’ actor voiced his desire to fall in love with people other than his girlfriend, Violetta Komyshan.
The two events have sparked a string of cruel direct messages being sent to Rachel, so she’s decided to step back from the social media platform for a while.
In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote: "the fact that i have to say something is absolutely absurd. but the DMs and the name-calling and throwing around the word homewrecker over me expressing genuine love i have for my coworker is heartbreaking and i don’t want any part of it. so peace for now, i guess. be nice.(sic)"
Another post which has stayed up read: "the internet has made me upset so goodbye for a bit be nice to each other.(sic)"
In her original post, Rachel paid tribute to her co-star after they wrapped filming on ‘West Side Story’.
She wrote last week: "There really aren’t enough words to describe the pride I have in Ansel’s growth and beauty and literal magic he possesses on screen and off. Falling in love with him was easy. Happy wrap mi amor; catch ya on a fire escape sometime soon."
Meanwhile, in an interview with the ‘Goldfinch’ star published last weekend, the 25-year-old star admitted he wants to find love with more people, but that didn’t mean he wanted sexual relationships.
Asked what he wants to do before he’s 30, he said: "I’d like to have done a few plays and performed my music.
"I’d also like to find a lot more love. It doesn’t need to be sexual. I could be done sexually with my girlfriend. I think we’ve been pretty clear that I want to feel free to fall in love with people and that [option] should be open, but sexually it can be closed off.
"I’m in love with a bunch of my male friends who I’m not interested in having sex with, so why can’t I put the desire to have sex with women aside and let myself have love with women?
"I love Shailene Woodley and we never had anything sexual and that was great."
Rachel Zegler quits Twitter over ‘homewrecker’ trolls
