Renée Zellweger fiercely defends Bridget Jones amid claims of Hugh Grant 'sexism'

Bridget Jones icon Renée Zellweger has defended her quality successful the franchise aft critics branded her quality 'toxic'

Renée Zellweger has fiercely defended Bridget Jones aft critics branded the titular quality "toxic" and claimed she lived successful a misogynistic culture.

The prima archetypal took connected the relation of Bridget successful 2001 for Bridget Jones' Diary and has returned galore times arsenic fans travel the improvement of her life. However, successful caller years, the movies person been criticised by "woke" fans who deed retired astatine the character's obsession with her value and request to find a man.

Hugh Grant's hit character, Daniel Cleaver, was besides accused of being "sexist" successful the archetypal instalment owed to his comments and behaviour towards Bridget. Renée, who has been portion of the franchise for 25 years, was speedy to deed retired astatine the hateful comments astir her quality pursuing the merchandise of the 4th movie, Mad About the Boy.

“I don't find it toxic, successful my opinion. I emotion Bridget Jones. I've ever loved Bridget Jones, and I emotion her much with each reunion,” she said successful a caller interview.

“I ne'er thought determination was thing incorrect with her. I'd ever thought of it much mostly arsenic a practice of however we prime connected ourselves astir things that are wholly of nary effect - due to the fact that she's not an overweight person," Renée told The Sun.

The iconic prima added: "And she's cute and there's thing astatine each incorrect with her oregon her experiences oregon wherever she is." Renée besides gushed implicit her "self-deprecating" cognition arsenic good arsenic her "optimism". In the caller movie, Bridget finds a caller emotion interest, played by Leo Woodall, who is overmuch younger than her. Yet again, the movie had to beryllium defended by 1 of the stars.

Speaking connected the 'controversial' topic, successful an interrogation with Stellar Magazine, Leo questioned: "When 2 radical find the connection, wherefore shouldn't they spot wherever it goes without judgment? Both dynamics should beryllium arsenic normalised. It's a bully happening that we're getting the reverse."

He past went connected to accidental property spread relationships were "not uncommon" successful existent beingness - but aren't portrayed astir of the clip successful movies. The One Day histrion past went connected to praise Renée's British accent she's been putting connected arsenic Bridget for years, claiming helium 'can't tell' she's putting it on. "With Renée – partially due to the fact that she's truthful good, but besides due to the fact that this quality has been a portion of her for specified a agelong clip – thing astir it seemed unnatural successful immoderate way," helium said.

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