Ruby Rose reveals the hardest thing about life in America – and the most surprising change in Australia since returning to Down Under
Ruby Rose has revealed the hardest thing about living in the US in a decade.
The Orange Is the New Black star, 37, recently returned home to Australia after moving to Hollywood in 2013 to find stardom in Tinsel Town.
Ruby said she plans to spend more time Down Under and admitted that life in the United States is “exhausting” and toxic due to attitudes towards the LGBTQI+ community.
“I don’t know if I have the emotional bandwidth and energy to live another year in the United States with that anger and that oppression and what they’re doing to the gay community and the trans community — it’s become so exhausting,” she said Stellar magazine.
Ruby came out as a lesbian to her mother before entering her teens, before acknowledging her sexual identity as gender fluid.
Ruby Rose has spoken openly about the hardest thing she found about living in the US over ten years
Ruby also explained what she found most fascinating about Australia since her return.
“I’m amazed at how tech-savvy everyone is,” she added, explaining that she used a QR code to retrieve prescription drugs.
“Nobody in the United States does that.”
Ruby started her showbiz career as a model, DJ and TV presenter for MTV Australia.
The Orange Is the New Black star, 37, recently returned home to Australia after moving to Hollywood in 2013 in hopes of making it as an actress
“I don’t know if I have the emotional bandwidth and energy to live another year in the United States with that anger and that oppression and what they’re doing to the gay and trans community,” she told Stellar magazine.
As her popularity grew, she found herself head of major modeling campaigns for big names, including Maybelline, and co-hosting popular shows such as Channel 10’s The Project and Australia’s Next Top Model.
She moved to Hollywood in 2013, with hHer efforts paid off as Ruby rose to fame in 2015 with her breakout role in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
Her acting career skyrocketed when she was cast in blockbuster films such as Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).
She starred alongside Hollywood royalty Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) and Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).
In 2018, Ruby also starred in the sci-fi thriller The Meg alongside Jason Statham.
However, her career took a turn in 2020 when she controversially left the CW TV show Batwoman after just one season.
The star claimed she was subjected to poor working conditions on the set of the superhero series.
“To my dear, dear fans who are still asking if I will return to that horrible show, I wouldn’t return for any money nor if I got a gun to my head… NOR DID I STOP,” she wrote in a scathing online post.
“I DID NOT QUIT, they ruined Kate Kane and they destroyed Batwoman, not me.”
She has since appeared in the films Stowaway, Vanquish, 1UP and Taurus in 2021 and 2022.
Ruby’s acting career skyrocketed when she was cast in blockbuster films such as Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)