Wicked” star Marissa Bode has spoken out against the negative comments and jokes about her character Nessarose’s disability, calling them “aggressive,” “very gross” and “harmful.” In a five-minute video posted on TikTok on Friday,

While Marissa Bode is excited by the warm reception her movie Wicked has received, she has also felt “uncomfortable” by certain jokes aimed at her character, Nessarose. “It is absolutely OK to not like a fictional character.

"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking." Marissa Bode is trying to change attitudes toward her Wicked character's disability for good. The actress, who uses a wheelchair in real life and on screen,

Wicked' star, Marissa Bode, has spoken out about the "deeply uncomfortable" jokes and ableist comments made online about her character, Nessarose.

Marissa Bode, who plays Nessarose in Wicked, has spoken out against trolling of her character's disability following the release of Wicked Part I.

The actress noted that comments about disliking Nessarose are one thing, but people joking they want to push her out of her wheelchair is something else entirely.

Wicked star Marissa Bode has criticised those who have joked about the disability of her character, Nessarose.

Marissa Bode ,Wicked star, is denouncing the very gross, harmful, and aggressive remarks she has heard regarding Nessarose's disability since the Jon M. Chu musical film adaption debuted

In more than two decades since the stage show launched, disabled 'Wicked' character Nessarose has never been played by a real-life wheelchair user. Enter newcomer Marissa Bode.

Bode pointed out that “aggressive” comments about wanting to push Nessa out of her wheelchair or saying that she deserves her disability are “very gross and harmful” things that she and other disabled people have heard in real life.