Anne Hathaway tells trans fan, 'It takes zero courage to love you'

moviesMay 2, 2026154,667

At a recent appearance Anne Hathaway told a trans fan named Ella, "It takes zero courage to love you." Ella said she named herself after Hathaway's 2004 film Ella Enchanted and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally. A visibly emotional Hathaway prefaced the line with "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear." The moment matters because a major actress used her Ella Enchanted connection to reassure a trans youth and model direct, vocal support.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie

@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app

A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too

40643h ago

zelda 🌸103

shoutout to zelda williams (daughter of robin) who gave me this reply when i tagged her on twitter saying that she was one of the inspirations for my name!

Crip Dyke62

I did cry. I am crying. What an absolutely perfect thing to say.

Rita25

I just became a huge Anne Hathaway fan 🥰

Luthy19

I am in tears. I have both a niece and a nephew who are trans. It has been so hard to see these beautiful little souls go through so much and feel like we're going backward.

Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies17

We may be able to forgive making The Devil Wears Prada 2 after this.

Marghoul10

Well dang im a mess now

Build the Matriarchy9

That's right. It's so very easy to love each other. We simply choose it.

Dr. Cara Berg Powers9

Oh I absolutely cried. So important to say that way.

Narrative Matters (@itsnarrative on Twitter)5

I remember seeing this when it first happened (2018) and crying about it then!

ak5

i’ve already cried three times about it!

Kayden 🌙5

Starting tearing up, Ella Enchanted is absolutely a comfort movie for me. Thank you queen 💖

mxanthrope4

well, i hadnt planned on crying right now, but here we are

Hannah Walser4

Dammit I was hoping to make this my one no-crying day this week

Ego3

yeah that absolutely made me cry

DeMisty D. Bellinger3

Not crying, but grinning and grateful. Brava, Anne Hathaway!

Emily St. James

@emilystjams.bsky.social

In the build-up to when I actually self-accepted, I had a long series of very strange dreams where I was best friends with Anne Hathaway, and now I see she can feel our connection too. (This is lovely.)

2292h ago

Emily St. James55

INT. ANNE'S STUDY - MORNING (2018) ANNE HATHAWAY leans over her journal, writing frantically. ANNE (VO) I don't know who this person is, dream journal, but every night, I see her. Despite her outward appearance, I can feel her essential feminine energy. I cannot help but feel called by the universe.

Jeremy Chao4

Always felt the Internet hate for her was incredibly unfair and never made sense.

Velvet Vixen ♡4

This is so wholesome! It's like your subconscious was preparing you for this wonderful self-acceptance journey. ✨

Kathy3

She’s a good egg. There’s nothing wrong with being earnest.

@dumplingmenace.bsky.social

i’ve cried at “ella, it takes zero courage to love you” from anne hathaway no fewer than 4 times since i first saw it 15 minutes ago

1123h ago

ak42

i am deeply distraught that the world is teaching this child that it requires courage from ADULTS to love and respect her and i am so glad that anne said publicly that it requires no courage! she is right! courage to be an ally to marginalized children as an adult?? my god what losers adults can be.

Malice Walker13

I was shocked at how moving it felt to me then I realized it’s because it’s so rare to hear and is almost never expressed so clearly and succinctly. Trans kids and adults are not a challenge or a problem!

Jess Zimmerman4

assumed I would not cry watching it because I read this first and already knew the best line but I was wrong

bird millman3

Ha! It can’t make you cry if you were already crying like me!

Dan Thiell

@danthiell.bsky.social

I want Anne Hathaway saying, "now let's tear this world apart and build a better one," to be what my alarm clock says every morning.

1012h ago

Celeste Ng

@pronounced-ing.bsky.social

I honestly don't understand the Anne Hathaway hate? But there seems to be a lot of it?

453h ago

shauna31

i think some of it ties back to a tryhard vibe — but i think she just wears her heart on the outside. it’s who she is.

Yo! That’s My Jawn :: The Podcast3

My wife is a hater and I asked her, and her reasoning is that she gives “theater kid vibes.” I said, I was a theater kid. She said, “exactly.” 🤣🤓

Dawn

@502eire.lol

Anne Hathaway they could never make me hate you and believe me they tried

252h ago

rebecca swift 🛴💨

@rebecca.is.vgay.fyi

no YOU'RE crying about the clip of anne hathaway saying it takes zero courage to love trans kids

172h ago

Donna

@dpindc.bsky.social

What an amazing message 💙. Thank you Carl for boosting. To Ella and Anne Hathaway, legions of people have your back?

215h ago

Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP

@soumya-goblue.bsky.social

This is why Anne Hathaway is aging really well for a white woman.

153h ago

Marcy

@deadheadgirly.bsky.social

There will be no Anne Hathaway slander in my atmosphere.

121h ago

Matt McDaniel

@themattmcd.bsky.social

I never understood the criticism of Anne Hathaway that she has “big theater kid energy.” Oh, so she’s like literally every person I’ve ever had a crush on? How terrible.

112h ago