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’13 Reasons Why’ Star Christian Navarro Reveals That He Used To Be A Bully IRL

Admitting it is the first step.
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Netflix series 13 Reasons Why was a powerful reminder of the consequences of bullying and hopefully the show encouraged bullies to start treating people nicer.

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For actor Christian Navarro (who played Tony in the show), the intensity of the show inspired him to confess that he was actually a bully in high school.

“I learned pretty quickly that if you bully, you don’t get bullied, so I was a bully in middle school,” he told Popsugar.

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He went on to admit that he had to “cut all that [bullying] nonsense out.” He added, “[When you’re a bully], people don’t like you. We all want to belong to a community, so I figured the best way to do that was to stop being a jerk.”

His advice?

Basically, treat people how you’d wanna be treated!

“Be nice, start listening to people, be empathetic. It’s worked out for me.”

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That’s some sage advice there, Christian!

If you or someone you know needs help, you can speak confidentially to a trained counsellor 24 hours a day at headspace.org.au or Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800.

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