Reneé Rapp Blasted For Ageist Comments, But Fans Are Fighting Back

Reneé Rapp is taking the world by storm as she goes on the press tour for "Mean Girls." Rapp plays the modern-day Regina George in the movie based on the 2018 musical that was based on the 2004 film.

Rapp, whose humor has been considered by many to be "outrageous," seemed to have tipped off some people, because of his admission that she's "ageist."

Reneé Rapp Ageist?

In an interview with What Would Happen Live With Andy Cohen, Reneé Rapp was put on the spot and confessed that she's "very ageist."

Rapp's confession came about after she shared that "Real Housewives of Potomac" star Karen Huger was "so funny" to her - despite her being "very ageist."

Cohen pressed on the matter, asking her - "You just look down on older people? Or don't care for them?"

Rapp, who's unapologetically and unabashedly blunt, said "The driving thing has got to go."

Right away, Rapp clarified that it has to do with her previous experiences and run-ins with older women.

"I just was always, like, the young one in situations and millennial women were always coming for me," Rapp explained. "And I was like, 'Shut up'."

Reneé Rapp 'Ageist' Comments Caused Online Debate

Meanwhile, Rapp's jokes did not land well on many, especially old women.

"Reneé Rapp was bound to misstep on this media tour because she was playing it fast and loose, but to champion yourself as a feminist and then go on #WWHL (home of Real Housewives) and proudly announce you're ageist, but only against older women-that is not the move," a user tweeted.

"This kind of attitude is why we got the worst "reboot" the network could have ever imagined," another said.

However, many chose to defend Reneé Rapp's honor.

"They don't get her humour. It was clearly a joke," a fan replied.

"Lmao old people talk about young people all the time but as soon as a young person says something they start clutching their pearls," another commented.

"Oh ffs Reneé Rapp was relentlessly online bullied by millennial women who were teens at the time of OG mean girls who hated her casting on Broadway AND the new film cause she wasn't a stick - so she's allowed to be ageist for a generation who project rather than heal," another pointed out.

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