Although Leighton Meester has received positive reviews for her performance as Curley's wife in the Broadway play "Of Mice and Men" the former "Gossip Girl" star took it upon herself to write a feminist essay about the scrutiny she has faced.

In the essay that she wrote for the Huffington Post, Adam Brody's wife revealed how the audience made her feel somewhat alienated as she played the historical character from John Steinbeck's novel.

The brunette beauty wrote, "'Jesus, what a tramp!' George of the famous duo leading John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men exclaims with disdain after first meeting Curley's wife, the newly married young woman living on the ranch.

"The audience, notably younger than usual Broadway theatergoers, dependably erupts with laughter, and as that subsides, George threatens Lennie, his lovable, mentally disabled friend, 'Don't even look at that b***h' when Lennie innocently remarks how 'purdy' she is."

Leighton Meester revealed, "The insults are thrown at Curley's wife: b***h, tramp, tart. The further along in the production we go, the more I realize that the audience agrees.

"In rooting for our heroes -- the everyman protagonists who scorn and demean the only woman -- the audience finds themselves unquestioningly hating her, too.

"But why? Of course, in playing this character, as with any other project, I care for her and have found common ground with even her specific flaws; I would expect my affection for her to be above those watching from the audience."

The former CW star and Blake Lively's costar admitted. "But in dissecting this piece for five months now, I've found that within the writing, there is both a lack of reason to truly hate this woman, and the inevitable and undeniable urge to do so."

Meester concluded the essay by writing, "Throughout this run I've come to recognize these common reactions, and eventually understand them without resentment.

"Yet somehow, each time I enter the stage, as I'm faced with the audience who laughs or sneers, I'm struck with the loneliness that I can only imagine a woman like Curley's wife must feel -- the desperation for conversation, respect, and above all, dignity.

"Each time, I'm caught off-guard when I lose it."

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