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A brief comment about Taylor Swift<\/a> turned into a flood of online criticism for Josh Hutcherson.<\/p>\n

The negative experience is a key reason the “Hunger Games” star keeps his distance from the internet.<\/p>\n

“I got some heat because I did a photo shoot with Jordan, and Jordan asked me something about being a [Taylor Swift fan], and I was like, \u2018Oh no, I\u2019m definitely not a Swiftie,\u2019” he recalled in an interview with GQ, <\/a>referring to his co-star Jordan Firstman.<\/p>\n

“All of a sudden it garnered this, \u2018F–k him! He\u2019s a monster! Destroy him! He\u2019s short! He hates her because he\u2019s short!\u2019 It\u2019s just like, whoa! I think she\u2019s great. Her music is not my kind of music. That is why I don\u2019t want to be online.”<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital has reached out to a rep for Swift for comment.<\/p>\n

He added that increased visibility can be “counterintuitive” to acting, arguing that when audiences know him too well, it becomes harder to disappear into a role.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t need that energy,” he told the outlet about internet virality. “It\u2019s counterintuitive to my job, because if people know you more, you can\u2019t disappear into characters. They see you as, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s Josh.\u2019 You know what I mean? So, if you\u2019re a f—–g meme, people know you for the meme.”<\/p>\n

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Hutcherson grew up far from Hollywood in Kentucky before breaking into the industry as a child actor. The now 33-year-old quickly gained attention in the 2007 film “Bridge to Terabithia,” but it was his casting as Peeta Mellark in “The Hunger Games”<\/a> franchise that cemented him as a household name.<\/p>\n

Instead of embracing social media, Hutcherson never made it a priority. Years later, he found himself thrust into the social media spotlight while promoting his latest TV show, “I Love LA.”<\/p>\n

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“Being thrust out again in the world and online in such a big way, doing a bunch of press and being on TikTok, all those things made me feel very exposed,” Hutcherson told GQ. “I started to get a lot of anxiety<\/a> about it.”<\/p>\n

The “Five Nights at Freddys” star admitted even after all these years, he still struggles with “those same insecurities” he had as a young teen in the industry. The rosacea, the acne, his height, “haven\u2019t gone away.”<\/p>\n

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“I think I\u2019ve learned how to cope and accept that these are my genetics,” he told the outlet. “This is what I have.”<\/p>\n

As Hutcherson continues working to reintroduce himself to audiences following his “Hunger Games” fame, he’s taken on darker projects, including “57 Seconds” alongside Morgan Freeman<\/a> and “Future Man.”<\/p>\n

Hutcherson explained he feels “really good right now, like I\u2019m owning myself and who I am and what I look like.”<\/p>\n

“That could change tomorrow,” he added. “I could wake up and find out that some other guy got cast for a role that I wanted. Maybe he\u2019s taller. That can trigger all that s—. It\u2019s easier to keep a tiger in a cage than on a leash. So I\u2019m trying to keep it in the cage, but it is trying to get out sometimes.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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