‘Bridgerton’ star Ruby Barker hospitalized after ‘mental health struggle’: ‘It’s time to be transparent’

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"Bridgerton" actress Ruby Barker is coming clean with her fans about a "mental health struggle" she experienced amid the series’ huge success. "It’s time to be transparent," Barker, 25, said in a video shared to her Instagram account Thursday. "I have been really unwell for a really long time.

I want to be honest with everyone. I have been struggling." The actress, who debuted on "Bridgerton" as Marina Thompson when it began streaming on Netflix in 2020, told fans in the nearly six-minute video address she has been "struggling since ‘Bridgerton,’" adding, "I am in a hospital at the minute, and I am going to be discharged soon and hopefully get to continue with my life. "I am going to take a little bit of a break for myself, and I would encourage others, if you are struggling, please do yourself a favor and take a break.

Stop being so hard on yourself." Ruby Barker attends the press night performance of "Running With Lions" at The Lyric Hammersmith Feb.

15, 2022, in London. (David M. Benett) Barker revealed she "has not hit rock bottom" and is "on new heights" but stressed that society "really needs to change the dialogue and think about our linguistics when we’re talking about mental health because people want to have these conversations, but we don’t really know to have a conversation. "I get that," Barker said. "Because I was one of these people.