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.

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,

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.