America Ferrera: TV shows teaches girls to be mean to each other

America Ferrera has said she worries that teen shows encourage the idea of girls being mean towards each other.

The Ugly Betty star told Seventeen recently: “Close, genuine female relationships are not what generally gets depicted in movies and TV shows.

“Like, if you’re watching The Hills or 90210, all the backstabbing shapes the way we act - you go to school and you think your job is to find a sworn enemy and be jealous of each other.

“I mean, I love [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-star] Blake Lively; she’s a wonderful friend of mine, but shows like Gossip Girl kind of condition us to be mean.”

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