‘Bridgerton’ Star Says Netflix, Shondaland Offered “No Help” After She Suffered Two Psychotic Breaks From Present

Bridgerton actress Ruby Barker is opening up about two psychotic breaks she had on account of the present.

In an look on Oxford College’s The LOAF Podcast, Barker revealed the hit Netflix collection — based mostly on Julia Quinn novel collection — induced her to have psychotic breaks, which had been saved quiet in order to not injury the present earlier than it premiered on the streamer in December 2020.

Barker portrayed Marina Thompson, a personality who was a fundamental participant in season one. “I used to be deteriorating,” she defined. “It was a very tormenting place for me to be as a result of my character was very alienated, very ostracized, on her personal, below these horrible circumstances.”

She shared that her first break got here every week after the forged completed filming the primary season, and she or he was checked into the hospital. She was there for a couple of yr, and when she got here out, the present was about to premiere.

“Not a single individual from Netflix, not a single individual from Shondaland, since I’ve had two psychotic breaks from that present, have even contacted me and even emailed me to ask me if I’m OK or if I might profit from any kind of aftercare or assist,” she continued. “No one.”

The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Netflix and Shondaland for remark.

As she re-entered life, post-hospitalization, Barker stated that her Instagram following was rising, and she or he had a ton of labor engagements tied to Bridgerton.

“My life was altering drastically in a single day, and but there was nonetheless no assist, and there nonetheless hasn’t been any assist for that point,” she added. “So, I used to be making an attempt actually, actually onerous to only kind of act like, you recognize, that is positive. That is OK. I’m OK. I can work. It’s not an issue.”

At the beginning of season one, Marina is distributed to reside together with her cousins, the Featheringtons after coming down with a scandalous situation — being pregnant out of wedlock. She and her cousins rush to rearrange a hasty marriage to Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) or another nobleman within the Ton in an effort to cowl up her being pregnant.

When her marriage to Colin falls by means of after he finds out she was utilizing him, she makes an attempt to induce an abortion with a mix of herbs. The tip of the season sees the brother of her child’s father inform her that he died within the conflict. Kknowing about her being pregnant, he proposes to her, and she or he accepts.

Elsewhere within the podcast look, Barker elaborated on the strain she felt to fake like every little thing was OK following manufacturing.

“It’s nearly like I had this type of metaphorical invisible gun to my head to promote this present as a result of this present’s bubbly and enjoyable and all of this stuff,” she stated, “I don’t need to come out and poo poo on that as a result of then I’d by no means work once more.”