(WCN) Jessica Jones' Krysten Ritter Was Bullied in High School for Being 'Different' but Now She's 'Fearless'

Jessica Jones' Krysten Ritter Was Bullied in High School for Being 'Different' but Now She's 'Fearless'

Krysten Ritter plays the outcast Jessica Jones on the eponymous Netflix show, and her character’s lonely existence isn’t far off from the actress’ actual high school experience.

Ritter, 35, says that she was bullied as a teen, and now sees that it may have been jealousy over her summers spent modeling in New York City.

“But you don’t recognize it as that. And neither do they,” she tells Women’s Health for their November cover. “You’re just different — and different is not good.”

Ritter eventually realized that her classmates were wrong. “Different is good,” she says. “Different is great! 

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