“A very rough period of time.”

like note, there will be spoilers for The Last of Us below.

Earlier this week, the second episode of The Last of Us' second season aired.

Kaitlyn Dever as Abby in The Last of Us series two next to an image of Abby from The Last of Us Part 2

“Every time I went online, that’s all I saw.

“I think that’s why HBO is doing what they’re doing,” she said.

“You’re prepared for it.”

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Bailey called her own experiences with the online abuse “a very rough period of time” for her.

“I knew it was going to be intense.

I knew it was going to be controversial,” the Abby actress said.

A side by side image of Abby Anderson in The Last of Us Part 2 and her actor Laura Bailey

So to getthatreaction right away was really tough.

I don’t think anybody predicted what the fallout would be from it.

I was not prepared.

Kaitlyn Dever as Abby in TLOU season two

But I don’t think anybody on the team was.”

“And I honestly don’t know: Is it just the same hundred people that keep commenting?

And they just won’t let go?

Abby in The Last of Us Part 2. She is wearing dark clothing, with a beanie hat and a backpack, and standing in a snowy woodland area

It’s one of the reasons I don’t really post on social media anymore.

It just kind of made me more guarded, you know?”

The end results have exceeded even our most ambitious goals."