‘Bridgerton’ star slams Netflix, Shondaland after suffering ‘psychotic breaks’ on ‘tormenting’ set

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LOAF podcast. “Nobody.” According to Barker, her mental health began to deteriorate while filming the show’s first season, saying that her character’s isolation — due to a scandalous pregnancy — began to take a toll on her in real life. “During filming I was deteriorating,” the actress continued. “It was a really tormenting place for me to be because my character was very alienated, very ostracized, on her own under these horrible circumstances.”“When I went into hospital a week after shooting ‘Bridgerton’ Season One it was really covered up and kept on the down-low because the show was going to be coming out,” Barker continued.

The Post reached out to Rhimes, 53, and Netflix for comment.Barker credited the show’s popularity for the “drastic” change in her life.“In the run-up to the show coming out, I was just coming out from hospital,” Barker explained. “My Instagram following was going up, I had all these engagements to do … My life was changing drastically overnight and yet there was still no support and there still hasn’t been any support all that time.”She added: “So I was trying really, really hard to act like it was ok and that I could work and that it wasn’t a problem.”According to the actress, she felt like she was being forced to promote the show despite her poor mental health. “It’s almost like I had this metaphorical invisible gun to my head to sell this show because this show is bubbly and fun,” the “How To Stop a Recurring Dream” star said. “I don’t want to come out and poo poo on that because then I’ll never work again.”Previously, Barker had alluded to her struggles after she posted a video on Instagram in May 2022 saying that she had been “struggling since ‘Bridgerton'” and that she had been “really.