More than 12 years after the conclusion of the Breaking Bad series, Bryan Cranston has finally addressed the fan backlash against Anna Gunn’s character, Skyler White. In a recent sit-down, Cranston, who portrayed the lead role in the critically acclaimed series, backed Skyler’s actions on the show, thereby defending one of the most hated characters in modern pop culture history.

Bryan Cranston defends Breaking Bad’s Skyler White against fans’ hatred

During a recent conversation with fellow Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz, the Academy Award nominee suggested that Skyler was actually the victim of Walter White’s crimes, irrespective of fans’ hatred towards her.

While talking about Breaking Bad on Hot Ones Versus, Muniz remarked that even though he absolutely loved the AMC series, he “wanted to kill Skyler to make [Walter’s] life easier.”

“Your life would have been so much easier! You were such a bad guy, you could have just gotten rid of her. All she did was complain! Look at the money!” the actor-turned-stock car racing driver exclaimed.

In response, Bryan Cranston immediately jumped to the defense of Skyler White, stating, “Now, see, she got a lot of blowback from that. Well, first of all, Anna Gunn is a superb actor, but she got, ‘Oh, why don’t you get off his back?’ Wait a minute. Let me understand this. Her husband leaves without any explanation, she’s pregnant, he’s making crystal methamphetamine, and people have died. And she’s the b—-? Like, we couldn’t understand.”

“I guess, when you put it that way..” Muniz replied as he agreed to Cranston’s explanation.

Notably, Anna Gunn played Skyler White, the wife of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White, in Breaking Bad. The series begins with a pregnant Skyler and a cancer-riddled Walter struggling to make ends meet. As the show progresses, he leverages his knowledge in chemistry to cook methamphetamine to ensure his family’s financial security.

However, Walter eventually becomes a drug kingpin, much to the dismay of Skyler, who refuses to commit to her husband’s criminal endeavors.