As much as I like Sarah, I hate how much she criticizes the show. I still think "Moving On" is a rather good episode and important Sara's development as a character. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of Sara's "love interest" in season five so I can't be objective about that. Call him creepy all you want. Also, Sarah's last tweet "apologizing" sounds rather backhanded. But in the end, I just can't dislike her. I admire her for speaking her mind and have appreciated her work since leaving Avonlea. I hope she will give a better account on her time during the show, then maybe I could understand why she hates it so much.

Regarding Gema and Michael, I still think the huge age difference is pretty weird. However, I was able to forget it quickly while I was bingeing the show. Michael thankfully looked pretty young for his age.

We can't criticize someone else's experiences. She was on that show. We were not. She wrote a book called Running Towards the Danger. It's autobiographical. She stated that there were a lot of things as a child actor that can be very traumatic. Grown men making comments about your body when you're a child. There are so many things people have no idea about. It has nothing to do with whether someone else was a bigger star on a show or whether she was jealous. Just because something appears one way to people on the outside, doesn't mean horrible things didn't happen. As for kissing scenes or sex scenes, just because it's acting doesn't mean it's not uncomfortable. I even recall an interview with Gemma saying that on screen kissing is so awkward and embarrassing. You've got to kiss someone and you have like 50 people watching you and waiting for it to happen. Just because there are people all around on set, doesn't mean that an actor's rights aren't violated. That's why they have intimacy coordinators and intimacy choreographers. It's to look out for the rights of the actors and make sure they are comfortable with what they are doing in the scene and also that the director can achieve their vision for it at the same time. There is a long history of people in the entertainment industry abusing their power. There have been directors who all of a sudden decided to put nudity in a movie just to have nudity in it regardless of whether or not it's in the script. How would you like to show up to work and kiss a stranger? Victoria Justice just recently talked about how she was shooting a film or tv show and on the very first day of work, she had to shoot a sex scene. There have been many times where a director will promise actors that the set will be closed during the filming of intimate scenes and that only the most essential crew members will be in the room and then not go through with their promise. Even when there are minors on a set, people who are supposed to be guardians don't always look out for them like they should. Watch Quiet on the Set. It's a classic example.

She’s a real pill.

Except it’s not really kissing any more than sex scenes are actually sex. It’s acting, witnessed by a full crew and, in the case of minors, a parent or guardian.

I hated those storylines both with Felicity, Sara but also Anne. When the creators try to match them with much older man. There are two problems here. One is the message to the audience, the other is the actors/actresses comfort and safety. I hope that as a result of these people speaking up this won’t happen to future young actors,actresses.

I think deep down she harbors resentment that Felicity was the real star of the show.