‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman is ‘scared’ over antisemitism bullying: ‘We’re not liked’
nypost.comBrett Gelman admits that the online vitriol he has received for his support of Israel and Jewish people is frightening.“Am I scared?
Absolutely,” he told The Post in a recent interview. “I think I’d be insane not to be scared.”Gelman, 47, added that he is “taking all the necessary precautions” he can, but he refuses to cower.“I also just think that we need to face our fear and not follow our fear in this situation,” he opined. “Because a lot of these people are cowards.
A lot of these people are just loudmouths in their basements and they need to be spoken out against. We must face off against them.
There needs to be counter-protestors against these protestors.”The “Fleabag” alum is currently promoting a collection of short stories entitled “The Terrifying Realm of the Possible: Nearly True Stories,” which is not strictly autobiographical but definitely inspired by his childhood and anxieties.“It revolves around five characters, a child, a teenager, an adult, an older woman and a person in the afterlife,” he explained. “And they’re all asking the big questions.
