The Summer I Turned Pretty star Gavin Casalegno has broken his silence on the widespread fan hate directed at his character, Jeremiah Fisher.

“They tend to dislike him, yes. I don’t check Instagram anymore, so I really haven’t seen that much hate,” Casalegno, 25, told The New York Times in an interview published on Thursday, August 21. “The only thing that I see is my sister sending me the memes that are really funny. I think it’s important to also understand and realize that this is a fictional story — and it’s also not me.”

He added, “I don’t think there’s a single human being in the world who can carry the emotional negativity to the degree that stuff like this happens.”

Casalegno has starred as Jeremiah, one of the love interests of teen protagonist Belly Conklin, in all three seaso

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