Rudy Pankow is defending his girlfriend.
In a brand new interview, the 26-year-old Outer Banks actor opened up about his relationship with girlfriend Elaine Siemek and addressed the entire hateful feedback she has confronted on-line after they went public with their relationship.
Hold studying to search out out extra…“I believe lots of people can intertwine a story and what they need to consider. And so they take it out on somebody that doesn’t deserve it,” Rudy advised Cosmopolitan.
“That’s unlucky and it’s exhausting,” Rudy continued. “And what’s much more unlucky is that it’s not in my management. That’s why I spoke up — nobody ought to undergo one thing like that.”
Rudy and Elaine began relationship after assembly on set of Outer Banks again in 2020. When Elaine first began receiving adverse and hateful feedback from followers on social media, Rudy issued a press release on Instagram asking followers to be form and conscious.
He shared that “it has gotten to the diploma the place lies are being unfold and accusations are being stated that transcend the conventional ‘hate.’ Not solely is she not what she is being accused of being, she is the exact opposite and actively is so. Accusing somebody you don’t know of being abusive and manipulative shouldn’t be okay, particularly whenever you don’t know the connection personally.”
“To those that are creating such displeasure and opinions concerning the one I really like and my relationship, it’s time to cease,” Rudy wrote. “On this period of social engagement and enlightenment I need to specific the significance to unfold positivity and needing to know when it’s unfair to specific your personal distaste for one thing or somebody, particularly when you are able to do it behind an nameless id.”
Outer Banks Season 4 Half 1 will drop Oct. 10 on Netflix, with Half 2 approaching Nov. 7. Watch the trailer for Half 1 right here!