Florence Pugh recently reflected on the heavy backlash to her past relationship with Zach Braff , telling Vogue that she thinks some people objected because Braff didnt match their idea of the kind of person she should be with.

We werent in anyones faces, Pugh told Vogue in a story published Thursday. It was just that people didnt like it. They imagined me with someone younger and someone in blockbusters. I think young relationships in Hollywood are so easily twisted because they add to the gossip sites.

Pugh, 26, and Braff, 47, were the target of much social-media criticism during the course of their romance, most of it focused on their 21-year age difference. Pugh and Braff met through friends and started dating in 2019 after working on a short film together for Adobe. They split up during the summer of 2022.

The English actor whos received acclaim for her performances in movies like Midsommar, Little Women and Dont Worry Darling told Vogue that celebrity relationships are exciting to watch for people, and that hers had inspired so much obsession specifically because it was so private.

Pugh first confirmed her relationship with Braff in an Instagram comment in December 2019. She later described the online response as largely people hurling abuse and being horrid. In 2021, Pugh said she wasnt here to please people.

Braff and Pugh, along with Braffs friend Nick Cordero and his family, isolated at Braffs Los Angeles home when COVID-19 first swept the country. Cordero eventually died from the virus , leading Braff to make a film about his friend with Pugh in the lead role.