Rachel Anne Zegler is an actress and singer from the United States. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her role as Maria Vasquez in the musical drama West Side Story, making her the first actress of Colombian heritage and the youngest recipient at the age of 20.

Rachel Zegler told Elle magazine that questions about Ansel Elgort’s alleged sexual assault often overshadowed her press tour for West Side Story. Elgort was charged in June 2020 with sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl in 2014.

“It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler told the outlet. “I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced. We were in the middle of the first wave of lockdown, and there was nothing to do but doom-scroll. Those days were some of the worst mental health days I’ve ever had.”

She further said, as people, “I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020 when the accusation surfaced. We were in the middle of the first wave of lockdown, and there was nothing to do but doom-scroll.” Zegler never fought the press for asking Elgort questions at the time, but she did tell Elle that she was distraught behind the scenes and added, “[There is] inherent discomfort that comes with that realization that there are tons of people who think that you have to answer for the actions of an adult male who can speak for himself.”

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