{"id":1985078,"date":"2025-08-28T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1985078"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:48:02","slug":"summer-i-turned-pretty-cast-bullying-forces-prime-video-to-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/summer-i-turned-pretty-cast-bullying-forces-prime-video-to-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Summer I Turned Pretty&#8217; cast bullying forces Prime Video to speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2FUntitled-1-copy-7.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The summer things got ugly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video has reprimanded fans of the teen love triangle romance, \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty,\u201d which is currently in its third and final season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the show\u2019s official TikTok account posted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesummeriturnedpretty\/video\/7543018129744612639?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-8zDBbabRmBL\">a video graphic<\/a> that read, \u201cThe Summer We Started Acting Normal Online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was accompanied by the caption, \u201cThe show isn\u2019t real but the people playing the characters are.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The TikTok graphic from \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">thesummeriturnedpretty\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d Season 3.  <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The statement came amid series star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/22\/entertainment\/gavin-casalegno-reacts-to-jeremiah-being-internets-most-hated-boyfriend\/\">Gavin Casalegno recently telling The New York Times<\/a> that he is\u00a0 \u201cone of the internet\u2019s most hated boyfriends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a single human being in the world who can carry the emotional negativity to the degree that stuff like this happens,\u201d Casalegno told the outlet.\u00a0\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s why Amazon did a good job of stepping in and being like, \u2018Hey, no bullying.\u2019 Though not really going so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show first premiered in 2022, as an adaptation of a book series by Jenny Han (who also wrote the book that was the basis for the Netflix rom-com hit, \u201cTo All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before\u201d).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Conrad (Christopher Briney) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plot follows <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/entertainment\/why-do-love-triangles-endure-in-pop-culture-summer-i-turned-pretty-and-more\/\">the love triangle between<\/a> Isabel \u201cBelly\u201d Conklin (Lola Tung) and brothers Jeremiah (Casalegno) and Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) during their summers in the fictional seaside town of Cousins Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Some viewers have turned on Jeremiah because the show had a plot line where he cheated on Belly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fan replied to the most recent TikTok, \u201cthat depends on tomorrow\u2019s episode\u201d referring to what will happen in the next episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another fan commented, \u201cYou know it\u2019s bad when they have to tell people to act right. LIKE ITS A SHOW it\u2019s not that serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sean Kaufman, Gavin Casalegno, Lola Tung, Christopher Briney and Rain Spencer attend \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d Season 3 New York Launch Event at Refinery Rooftop in NYC on July 16, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steven (Sean Kaufman), Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), Conrad (Christopher Briney) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the show has spoken out imploring fans to be nice online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amazon <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesummeritp\/status\/1944758800176541840\">issued a statement<\/a> on July 14 asking viewers to stop bullying the actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCousins is our safe place. Everything good, everything magical,\u201d the PSA read. \u201cLet\u2019s keep the conversation kind this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many critics still took to social media to slam Casalegno for Jeremiah\u2019s actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second-hand embarrassment I felt watching Belly announce her engagement and show off the aluminum foil ring,\u201d one fan tweeted after Jeremiah proposed to Belly at the end of the new season\u2019s second episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate Jeremiah for real,\u201d another person <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hanbentz\/video\/7538220575542545719\">wrote on TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gavin Casalegno, Lola Tung and Christopher Briney at \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d Season 3 Launch Event at Refinery Rooftop in NYC on July 16, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/entertainment\/why-do-love-triangles-endure-in-pop-culture-summer-i-turned-pretty-and-more\/\">a July interview with The Post<\/a>, former \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d showrunner Julie Plec opened up about the pressure of presiding over a show that has a love triangle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She recalled that at the height of \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d popularity, some of the \u201cvolume of response\u201d of the fandom feedback on social media could get, \u201clegitimately scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tung has also spoken out about the online hate Casalegno has received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful that they care so much, but people get a little scary about it,\u201d Tung, 22, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3-lola-tung-life-beyond-belly-cover-story-july-august-2025\">told Teen Vogue<\/a> in an interview published July 10. \u201cPlease don\u2019t threaten to kill someone if something doesn\u2019t go your way \u2013 I promise you, it\u2019s not that serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Erika Doss\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno, Christopher Briney, Rain Spencer, Sean Kaufman in \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Han, who is the co-showrunner of \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty,\u201d also addressed backlash against Casalegno in a July interview<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a65530968\/jenny-han-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-career-interview-2025\/\"> with Elle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m protective over the cast, and I just like to remind people that everyone sees what you\u2019re saying online, and there are real people who are playing these characters,\u201d she said at the time.  \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s easy to be in the public eye and have people dissecting everything about you. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s healthy for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Han said that the show\u2019s cast \u201caren\u2019t super online\u201d and that, \u201cI want to do what I can to protect them, but also I really love the audience as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer things got ugly.\u00a0 Prime Video has reprimanded fans of the teen love triangle romance, \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty,\u201d which is currently in its third and final season.\u00a0 On Wednesday, the show\u2019s official TikTok account posted a video graphic that read, \u201cThe Summer We Started Acting Normal Online.\u201d It was accompanied by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1985079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,338843,66105,347099,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-1985078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-jenny-han","tag-prime-video","tag-romantic-comedies","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Summer-I-Turned-Pretty-cast-bullying-forces-Prime-Video-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}