Sarah Paulson has opened up on the "cruel" comments she's received for dating fellow actress, Holland Taylor.
The Ratched star, 45, said that while she likes the fact that many people are interested her romance with the 77-year-old Legally Blonde and Two And A Half Men favourite, sometimes comments about their 32 year age gap can turn nasty.
Speaking to The Guardian, she said she didn't recall people "going nuts" about the 25 year age gap between Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
"For me, that seems to be the predominant interest in my relationship with Holland, what would be perceived by some as the strangeness of it, or the unlikelihood of it.
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"I think people are fascinated by it, because it's so not typical.
"Except for if you look around at plenty of well-known or recognisable couples, when they're heterosexual couples, it just runs rampant, and I don't see anybody becoming obsessed by those relationships".
While she finds it difficult to understand why people are so "fascinated," Sarah added Sarah that it's hard not to take the "fandom and excitement" as a positive, too.
She explained that she hoped her relationship offered people "more freedom" when it comes to the way "people think about what's possible for them".
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"What I don't love, which is sort of a consequence of it being such public knowledge, is that there is discussion about it at all.
"Believe me, there have been plenty of young people on the internet who have tweeted horrifying things to me about it, and who don't support it and who are so cruel...
"So it's just a bit of a dance. But one I try to not let into my brain too often."
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Sarah and Holland have been together for five years, and have lived together since the start of their relationship.
The Bird Box star is currently appearing in Ratched on Netflix.
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