'I'm worth a lot more than I thought. And it's okay to say that.'
as their relationship is affectionately called by fans. “I try to appreciate the fans that are kind of just supportive versus the ones that are just kind of too aggressive,” Ryan says about the stan accounts. “We didn't post each other for, like, two months after we started dating because we were just kind of nervous about making it a public thing — we knew the risks.
Part of Ryan’s journey has been about realizing the importance of visibility. She’s fully cognizant of what it means to be a dark-skinned actress in an industry that rarely rewards women with darker skin tones. She admits to having insecurities into her late teen years, but the self-love she developed informs her confidence in life, work, and relationships.
“I grew up feeling like that [insecurity] should have been gone, but it wasn't. And I didn't realize [I still had] a problem, [up until] maybe around 18, 19,” she says. “I think it was just me really starting to understand and love myself, and understand the void that was in the industry, and that something needed to be done about it. I just realized I had a responsibility, and then knowing that and feeling I had a purpose gave me a bit more confidence in what I was doing.
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