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- Florence Pugh and Zach Braff have been dating since April 2019.
- They met when Pugh starred in Braff's short film "In the Time It Takes to Get There."
- The couple has received abuse on social media on multiple occasions due to their 21-year age gap.
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Florence Pugh has addressed criticism of her relationship with "Scrubs" star Zach Braff again in an interview with The Sunday Times.
The pair have been dating since April 2019 after meeting on the set of Braff's short film, "In the Time It Takes to Get There." Since then, they have had to defend their romance on multiple occasions because of trolls targeting their 21-year age gap.
In a press interview for her upcoming movie, "Black Widow," Pugh spoke to The Sunday Times about the backlash she received after posting a picture of Braff for his 46th birthday on her Instagram page.
The "Black Widow" star said: "It's so weird to me to go on to someone's page and s--- on it. That's so not my nature - to go and bully for the sake of bullying. It's such an odd thing that we've become OK with in the past ten years of social media.
"The thing is, people want Instagram to be a nicer place, they want to see nice things. They want to be inspired and they want to be happy. I don't mind you not liking me, that's absolutely fine. In which case don't follow me."
This is not the first time Pugh has had to ask people to unfollow her if they do not agree with her relationship. A couple of days after Braff's 45th birthday, Pugh posted an 8-minute video telling followers to stop sending hateful comments about her partner.
She said, "I am 24 years old. I do not need you to tell me who I should and should not love. And I would never in my life, ever, ever, tell anyone who they can and cannot love. It is not your place and really, it has nothing to do with you."
In the interview with the Sunday Times, the now-25-year-old actor admitted, "I think it bugs people that it's not who they expected.
"But it's my life and I'm not doing anything to please people or to make it a better headline or story. I want to also be a person!"