Florence Pugh kept her relationship with Zach Braff private until the former couple started facing backlash for their nearly 20-year age gap.
Florence Pugh believed it «was necessary» to defend her romance with Zach Braff.
Pugh, 28, and Braff, 49, faced backlash for their age gap while dating from 2019 to 2022. During an interview with British Vogue, the actress explained that she preferred to keep her relationship private, until it got to a point she needed to speak out against the «nasty» trolls.
«People were bullying me and bullying my partner», she told the outlet. «Mine and Zach’s relationship was actually quite private until it was nasty, and I could see the toll that it was taking on him and us and our families, and that’s when I spoke out.
«I think for anyone I’m with, I want to protect them.