Rachel Zegler reveals psychiatrist, anxiety meds helped her deal with Snow White backlash

Even Snow White needs a shrink.Rachel Zegler has revealed that therapy and anxiety medication helped her overcome the monumental backlash she received while starring in Disney’s live-action “Snow White” remake.The 24-year-old actress opened up about the controversy and how she moved past it in an interview with i-D magazine published on Monday, June 23.“My f–king psychiatrist has seen me through all of it,” Zegler explained, noting that her medical doctor constantly reminded her that “what you’re going through isn’t normal.”“That sentence did such wonders for me in multiple situations in my life,” she said.The “Y2K” actress also revealed that she started taking anxiety medication.Zegler said the decision was “truly a game changer” because “I just wasn’t functioning” and “I wanted to function in a way that made me feel confident in the way I was moving through the world.”Besides her psychiatrist and anxiety meds, the “West Side Story” star also cited her “mindset” as one of the things that helped her overcome the backlash she received.“I think a victim mindset is a choice, and I don’t choose it,” she explained. “I also don’t choose nastiness in the face of it.I don’t choose negativity in the face of it.”“I choose positivity and light and happiness,” Zegler continued.

“And I do believe at times, happiness is absolutely a choice, and every day I wake up and I think I’m very lucky to live the life I live.”It was first announced that Zegler had been cast as the titular Disney princess in the live-action “Snow White” remake in 2022.The young actress, who has Colombian and Polish roots, faced backlash from fans after the casting announcement.She faced further backlash later that year when she described the original 1937 movie as “dated” and claimed that Prince Charming “literally stalks” Snow White.In 2024, Zegler was forced to apologize after she wrote an anti-Donald Trump post on soc...