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Rachel Zegler Makes Heartbreaking Confession And Leaves Fans Devastated
Rachel Zegler, the star of Disney’s ill-fated Snow White remake, has opened up in an emotional interview that has left fans heartbroken.
After enduring years of intense backlash, the actress has broken her silence on the personal toll it has taken on her mental health.
In a candid conversation with i-D magazine, published on June 23, 2025, Zegler admitted that she struggled to cope with the public scrutiny and criticism that followed her casting in the live-action Snow White reboot.
“My f***ing psychiatrist has seen me through all of it,” she confessed.
Zegler’s therapist, she said, was a lifeline during one of the darkest chapters of her young career, constantly reminding her: “What you’re going through isn’t normal.”
The actress said this statement ‘did such wonders for me in multiple situations in my life.’
The situation became so overwhelming that Zegler turned to medication for help.
“I just wasn’t functioning,” she admitted, explaining her decision to start taking anxiety medication.
Calling it ‘a game-changer,’ she added: “I wanted to function in a way that made me feel confident in the way I was moving through the world.”
Despite being cast in 2022 as one of Disney’s most iconic princesses, Zegler’s journey has been anything but a fairytale.
From racist trolling and criticism of her remarks about the 1937 Snow White film -in which she claimed Prince Charming ‘literally stalks’ Snow White – to outrage over a now-deleted anti-Trump post, the actress became a lightning rod for controversy.
Even co-star Gal Gadot reportedly clashed with Zegler over political differences relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
And when the film finally premiered in March 2025, it bombed at the box office despite early promotional optimism.
Critics panned it, and the audience backlash was fierce.
Still, Zegler insists she refuses to wallow in negativity.
“I think a victim mindset is a choice, and I don’t choose it,” she said defiantly. “I also don’t choose nastiness in the face of it. I don’t choose negativity in the face of it.”
“I choose positivity and light and happiness,” she continued. “And I do believe at times, happiness is absolutely a choice.”
While she remains in the public eye with her current role as Eva Perón in London’s West End revival of Evita, even that performance has stirred controversy.
Zegler’s decision to sing the show’s most iconic number from a balcony, forcing paying audience members inside the theater to watch via livestream, sparked fresh criticism.
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