"I was so stressed out about it because I didn't know, and I didn't really care."

Bella Ramsey is one of the most successful and high profile non-binary stars on our screens right now and has become an important figure of representation for many young trans and non-binary fans. Now, they're opening up about why parts of their journey have been "stressful".

The Last of Us actor has discussed their gender identity and relationship with their pronouns multiple times before but has recently shared that a part of them 'wishes' they hadn't done so so publicly because they weren't prepared for it.

Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Bella has now explained the 'stressful' story behind their decision to publicly share their pronouns.

"I never thought about pronouns really until season one of The Last of Us was coming out," Bella said. "Suddenly I had to choose what pronoun I wanted people to write about me with."

They continued: "I was so stressed out about it because I didn't know, and I didn't really care. But I found the whole thing quite stressful, still."

"There was a thing on Last of Us this season, it was a question again of, on set what should people refer to me by? And I just said, my thing at the moment is call me how you see me.

"I'm so aware that I get into a taxi and the taxi guy's gonna call me 'she'," Bella added. "It's just a natural thing that happens in your brain... which I completely get.