It’s worth noting that, in a previous interview with Stylist, Coughlan stressed the importance of striving for good digital citizenship and being kinder online

“I lost my dad three years ago, and the one thing everybody said to me at the funeral was how kind he was,” she told us. “And I thought, what a nice legacy. So that need to be kind has always been in the very forefront of my mind, if I’m honest.

“I think that we forget that others on social media are real people sometimes, and a lot needs to be done to crack down on anonymous trolling accounts.”

The actor added: “Twitter is such a lovely resource and I’m very grateful for the people that watch the things that I’ve been in and support me, so I like being able to speak to them and thank them and write to them online. But I think it would be a real pity if trolling got to such a bad level that I couldn’t do that anymore.

“We all need to be a bit more responsible with what we’re putting out there.”

We couldn’t agree more.

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