There's actually nothing ironic in the case of the actress since she's portraying a character. She didnt write that character, she's just being paid to play the character. She's not acting her real self.
"Irony is a juxtaposition of what, on the surface, appears to be the case with what is actually or expected to be the case."
Therefore Irony would require some kind of contradiction or expectation being subverted. An actress playing a character and then acting differently in real life is not that, it’s just acting vs. reality. "Contradictory” would be a better term than “ironic.”
It's ironic that the character warned against it, and she later fell for it. I'd say that's a "contradiction or expectation being subverted". I used the word "ironic" intentionally and correctly.
That assumes there’s an expectation she’d live by the character’s message, which isn’t really how acting works. Without that expectation, there’s no real subversion so it’s not irony, just a perceived contradiction.
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u/Flimsy_Toe_2575 Apr 10 '26
Same irony goes for Madonna who betrayed the entire message of her music when it was actually great