Before Daniel Franzese reached icon status in Mean Girls, he starred in the independent film Bully, his first experience in Hollywood as a working actor. Its not one he looks back on fondly, however, due to co-star Bijou Phillips reported behavior on set.

In a lengthy Facebook post he shared on Saturday, Franzese says he suffered homophobic bullying by Phillips, who he says tormented him throughout filming. The actor was closeted at the time he came out as gay in 2014 and feared for his job, so he stayed silent about the abuse.

It was such a blessing to get a foot into Hollywoods door but I was greeted at that door with homophobia, body shaming and abuse, Franzese wrote. The way I was treated in that hostile work environment gave me a PTSD that had me stay closeted for a long time.