And Just Like That’s Sara Ramírez Once Again Defends Themselves From The Media
You are targeting the wrong person with your hate.
Ever since the breakup of Callie and Arizona in Grey’s Anatomy, and the messy storyline of their divorce, the actor Sara Ramírez has been facing a lot of hate on the internet for the actions of their character that they cannot control.
Luckily, that storm seemed to come to an end in a few years, however, with the new role in an infamous Sex and the City reboot, they faced a new wave of hateful comments. This time, even worse than before, as they seem to come for the actor’s real-life non-binary identity.
Unfortunately, it’s not only the fans who add to hate towards the actor. The huge outlets, like The Cut, are not exactly making their life easier by publishing profiles that draw little to no differences between the actors and the characters they portray.
The article that was published on Che Diaz forced Ramírez to take it to Instagram with a public statement by questioning, whether they were “in on a joke”:
“I am not the fictional characters I have played, nor am I responsible for the things that are written for them to say. I am a human being, an artist, an actor. We are living in a world that has become increasingly hostile toward anyone who dares to free themselves from the gender binary, or disrupt the mainstream,” they said.
Besides, the actor brought up a very valid point of not having much control over the character they were cast to portray. It goes to show how little creative freedom the actors are allowed while working on And Just Like That production, even if they disagree with some things their characters say or do.
Ever since the first season, Che Diaz, a non-binary comedian partner of Miranda, was the main target of criticism of the show. The character was deemed extremely unfunny by both the critics and the fans, and overall a poor representation of the non-binary community in mainstream media.
However, as Ramírez made sure to remind us in their statement, it’s more likely we need to question straight writers and producers behind the show, and not the actor working on the forefront of a reboot.
Source: The Cut, Sara Ramirez on Instagram