Jenna Ortega’s supernatural mystery comedy show, Wednesday shot the young star to new heights. The Addams Family spinoff remains the third most-watched Netflix series of all time. But again, as the saying goes, with great stardom, comes great controversies, Ortega has ignited an online debate after she was spotted smoking publicly.
Jenna Ortega Labelled As A 20-Year-Old Teenager
As Wednesday star Jenna Ortega continues to make mammoth success on the professional front, a newly surfaced video of her casually breaking the law, left some netizens in shock. After the 20-year-old actress was spotted smoking cigarettes with a friend in public, a Twitter user called her a “20-year-old teenager” and condemned her for breaking the law.
The Twitter user wrote, “She’s literally a 20-year-old teenager .. isn’t it illegal for teens to smoke?” Another critic tweeted, “The way she is inhaling, anyone can tell that she did not start smoking yesterday.” One, however, mocked the hater, “Man said “20-year-old teenager.”
Here are some more tweets:
The way she is inhaling ,any one can tell that she did not start smoking yesterday…
Leave her alone.
She is hardly 20 years old.She has her whole life in front of her to learn “anything”.— khurram Saeed (@khurrram72115) May 26, 2023
20 year old teenager?? pic.twitter.com/x4mbyiJXQA
— Kelly K-9 🌵 (@Kelly_K_9) May 26, 2023
If this was taken in California, it is illegal. 21 is the legal smoking age here.
— F_Stop_Harlot (@addict_of_brian) May 26, 2023
it’s not illegal for a 20 year old to smoke cigarettes. however, you have to be 21 to PURCHASE it.
— 🏴☠️ (@peelyourskin0ff) May 27, 2023
20 year olds are a teenager now so when I’m 18 does that make a kid?🗿😭
— LUNACY HILL STAR – KILLUA (@TheKingZoldyck) May 27, 2023
Even though cigarette consumption is injurious to health, the unversed need to know that Ortega isn’t a teenager. Legally speaking, since 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 after federal law was passed by Congress and signed by former President Donald Trump. However, the minimum age to purchase and consume tobacco varies from state to state.
Jenna Ortega Is No Stranger To Controversies
While the Twitter user may have failed to frame his sentence perfectly, one thing remains sure. Jenna Ortega feels like a national treasure in her own mind. During her appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, she boldly admitted to being unprofessional at work.
Without a teary-eyed apology, the Scream IV star spoke like an “authoritarian dictator”, revealing that she deserves the “utmost thanks from the actual paid, unionized writers for bettering their thoughtless schlock,” referring to Tim Burton’s (directed four out of eight episodes) show.
She said: “There were times on that set where I even became almost unprofessional in a sense where I just started changing lines.” The 20-year-old star’s “egoistical nonsense” has often gotten on the nerves of the show’s writer. Ortega’s rude comments continue to go unnoticed.
Wednesday Season 1 is available for streaming on Netflix.
Source: Twitter
