Anne Hathaway recalls the internet turning on her after Oscars win: 'You're supposed to be happy'

Anne Hathaway hasn't always experienced positive feedback from the internet.

The Devil Wears Prada actress reflected on a time in her life where she wasn't able to celebrate a major career moment.

"You're supposed to be happy," Hathaway, 38, told The Sun on Sunday for a piece published on January 23. "I didn't feel that way."

In 2013, the actress won the Oscar for her Best Supporting Actress in Les Miserables.

"I felt wrong that I was standing there in a gown that cost more than some people are going to see in their lifetime and winning an award for portraying pain that still felt very much a part of our collective experience as human beings," Hathaway told the outlet. "I tried to pretend that I was happy and I got called out on it, big time."

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Hathaway acknowledged that the internet did inevitably turn on her, but she ended up feeling "empowered" by it.

"I really don't want to dredge up the past, but I did have my monster out there, I did have the internet turn on me and hate me and it was like a whole big thing," she said. "And it was a really good thing for me personally. You can be incredibly empowered because of those things. So I guess what I'd say is bad s--t happens, don't fear it — just go with it, flow with it."

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