The Dear Evan Hansen movie was widely criticized online, particularly for Ben's role as a high school student.
onstage for four years, I would have already known that."Ben says the backlash forced him to leave Twitter, which he admits"is almost exclusively for tearing people down.""I wasn’t getting anything positive, and it’s been really nice to be away," Ben shared.
And while he wasn't pleased with the public's reaction to the movie, Ben says he tried his best to focus on the nice things fans were saying."I try my best to focus on people who tell me it was moving to them and they really felt seen by it," he said."It is very easy for the good to get drowned out by the bad."
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