The actor responded to “horrifying” attacks from online trolls with a post. The Boys’ Erin Moriarty responded to online trolls after receiving a deluge of disparaging comments.

After being harassed for making “reductive assumptions” about her appearance, Moriarty, who plays Starlight in the Prime Video series, was previously forced to take a “extensive if not permanent” break from social media.

The actor called American journalist Megyn Kelly’s questioning of her plastic surgery “counterproductive to the point of being ironically misogynistic,” and she was reprimanded by the actor for it.

After thanking her fans for their support, Moriarty received a barrage of negative remarks about her appearance on her posts from internet trolls.

Moriarty took matters into her own hands by sharing her most recent Instagram post a few days before episode seven of The Boys’ fourth season aired, which just featured one of the most “obscene” episodes in TV history.

It showed off a double-page spread from a new interview with Moriarty by Genlux magazine.

“Haters will say {literally everything and anything that pops into their head}. So post it & ghost it. (And sleep tight),” Moriarty captioned the photo, before turning off comments.

In an episode of her podcast on 17 January, Kelly accused Moriarty of being an example of an “addiction” to appearance-enhancing surgeries, calling them a “social illness”.

Erin Moriarty silences bullies on Instagram.

Moriarty, whose previous credits include The Kings of Summer and Captain Fantastic, said she was “horrified” after hearing the comments, writing: “We’re all subjected to amounts of bullying throughout our lives, but I’m horrified, and I felt that I needed to take a moment to address these things.

“To receive a message about a disgustingly false, counterproductive to the degree of being ironically misogynistic video of Megyn Kelly commenting on the manner– to learn the widespread nature of this has left me horrified.”

Moriarty’s co-stars in The Boys supported the actor, with Jack Quaid, who plays Hughie, writing: “Love you, Erin. F*** the haters.”

The Boys star Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight, hits back at trolls.

Chace Crawford, a former Gossip Girl cast member who plays the superhero The Deep, responded with a crimson heart.