Last month, actress Belle Thorne covered Seventeen magazine. In the accompanying interview, she revealed that she was dealing with a Hollywood “mean girl.” Although she never gave a name, she hinted that “she’s been a billionaire since she was very little, and she’s never had to work for anything in her life.”
Speculation after the interview had readers guessing everyone from Elizabeth Olsen to Ariana Grande and Kylie and Kendall Jenner. The 18-year-old actress, coming to a theater near you in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, clarified her comments on HuffPost Live on Wednesday. She made it a point to tell the interviewer, “It’s not I hate her because she’s a billionaire. I don’t like her because she is a billionaire and makes sure everyone knows that she is, which is like, I didn’t grow up with money or anything like that. And even if I did, I’m not very much like that.” She went on to say, “If somebody wasn’t flaunting it in a mean way to make other people feel bad about themselves, then I would not mind it. It’s when people do it in certain types of ways that make you not appreciate them as much.”
It seems the leading suspect (which many of our commenters pointed out) is 20-year-old model and actress Nicola Peltz. Her father, Nelson, is a billionaire activist investor. The Peltz family lives in a lavish estate in Bedford, New York and they also have an estate in Florida. Back in 2009, the family was exposed for being tyrants to their domestic staff, with (whom we assume could be) Nicola threatening to have maids fired if they didn’t do her bidding. Nicola, who recently made the cover of the French fashion magazine Jalouse, also co-starred along with Bella’s beau, Gregg Sulkin, in the unwatchable 2014 indie film Affluenza. It was so unwatchable I couldn’t even get through the trailer. If it is Nicola, we haven’t gotten any clues from her Instagram (only a lot of duck face selfies) – and her emoji-filled Twitter feed doesn’t offer any supporting information either.
I’m glad that Bella is doing her part to try to stop bullying (she also recently wrote a book, Autumn Falls, despite the fact that she has dyslexia and has been open about her struggles with the disorder.) In Wednesday’s interview, she said of bullying, “It’s not necessarily about one person…there’s always a mean girl in school – it’s in Hollywood too. Our life is not so overly glamorous. It’s exactly what you’re going through, but there’s photos taken of it.”
Bella is shown on 12-12 at the Chipmunks premiere and on 12-16 in two different outfits out in NY. Credit: FameFlynet
