Fury as Gen Z viewers slam classic romcom star for being too ugly

The beloved 1989 rom-com When Harry Met Sally has a cult following for a crushed - but Gen Z viewers were not arsenic taken by Billy Crystal's quality arsenic their older counterparts.

A now-viral station to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, has sent longtime fans of the rom-com into a rotation aft it declared the film's emotion involvement Harry Burns - played by Crystal - is not bully capable for Meg Ryan's quality Sally Albright.

The statement began aft X idiosyncratic Zoe Rose Bryant responded to a station asking users to stock the 'romcom (sic) country that virtually changed the trajectory of your life.'

In the reply, she shared the clip astatine the extremity of the film, erstwhile Harry rushed to a New Year's Eve enactment that Sally was astatine to profess his emotion for her erstwhile and for all, delivering an affectional code successful which helium listed each of the things that helium adored astir her. 

'You simply can’t bushed the blueprint,' she declared.

While galore person a brushed spot for the '80s film, 1 idiosyncratic has sparked a heated statement aft admitting they couldn't 'get into' the movie owed to differences successful attractiveness. 

'Could ne'er get successful to this due to the fact that she’s SO overmuch prettier than him and helium looks similar the conception of a guy,' a 2nd X idiosyncratic posted successful response.

'They’re calling Billy Crystal ugly. We person forgotten the past recipes,' 1 idiosyncratic wrote successful despair. 

'I’m getting truly upset astir that tweet saying Billy Crystal isn’t charismatic successful When Harry Met Sally implicit and implicit delight halt putting it connected my timeline...,' different argued.

'He is beauteous and perfect,' the idiosyncratic continued. 'The small subtle caput tilt aft she says the past small one hatred you is 1 of the astir beauteous things successful the satellite to me….. delight halt being tasteless and cruel… convey you.'

'Great publication evidently but Billy Crystal truly is disconnected the charts charming present successful a mode that you cannot teach,' 1 instrumentality declared. 

'Actually billy crystal is blistery arsenic hellhole successful erstwhile harry met sally,' idiosyncratic other agreed. 

Others agreed that Crystal was 'nothing special.'

'The magnitude of radical warring you connected this is crazy. A antheral WOULD NEVER accidental “but she’s charismatic” astir an disfigured woman. Please stop,' different raged. 

'We’re losing the look of gathering idiosyncratic you deliberation is either thing peculiar oregon unattractive and past arsenic you get to cognize them they weirdly go magically the astir charismatic idiosyncratic you’ve ever seen. this s**t is crush 101,' different reasoned. 

The movie followed 2 assemblage acquaintances who disliked each different but were thrust backmost into each other's lives aft they coincidentally crossed paths astatine a bookstore 10 years later.

While they initially tried to beryllium friends, the 2 dilatory commencement to autumn for 1 another.

After a bid of awkward intimate moments and an statement that astir tore them apart, the movie concluded with the 2 walking down the aisle pursuing Harry's heartfelt New Year's Eve code - which is inactive being quoted adjacent now, decades on.

Earlier successful the year, the film's manager Rob Reiner, 76, spoke astir the making of the movie connected CNN's Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace - and helium admitted that helium really had a overmuch sadder decision planned for Harry and Sally. 

He told big Chris, 76, that his archetypal plans for the flick progressive them not ending up unneurotic connected New Year's Eve.

Rob, who was joined to histrion Penny Marshall from 1971 until 1981, explained that due to the fact that his ain narration had ended successful divorce, helium didn't privation to springiness the characters a blessed ending.

But Rob added that his full outlook changed aft helium met his existent wife, Michele Singer, successful the midst of making the film.

The 2 tied the knot successful 1989, the aforesaid twelvemonth the movie came out, and they've been unneurotic ever since.