The Wednesday Addams actor recalled the story to ELLE UK.

It’s official, we’re obsessed with Jenna Ortega all over again. The breakout star of Netflix’s Wednesday returned to screens last month and fans can’t get enough of her red carpet glam, behind-the-scenes snaps with Lady Gaga and creepy stories of her iconic character.

The highly anticipated second instalment of Wednesday dropped on the streaming service on 6 August, and part two arrived on 3 September. We can’t wait to see the evolution of Ortega’s Wednesday and the spooky situations in which she finds herself.

But, as we discovered in an exclusive interview with ELLE UK, the horrors don’t stop there for Ortega as, despite being a global phenomenon, the 22-year-old has been subject to some real-life horrendous first date experiences just like the rest of us.

Sitting down with her Wednesday co-stars Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair) and Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Ortega revealed that she once went on a date with someone who sweetly decided to cook for her, but, they didn’t know she was a vegetarian. ‘One time, I was on this date and they had cooked. I’m vegetarian and they didn’t know that I didn’t eat meat,’ she said.

‘Rather than say anything, I just had a couple of bites because I just felt bad.’ Ortega didn’t make a scene. ‘I never told them, I just never saw them again,’ she laughed.

Her co-stars, Myers and Sunday, also revealed some awkward date stories that left them cringing. ‘Lots of first dates that I didn’t realise were a date. I panic,’ shared Myers. ‘You just keep going as if it’s not a date,’ Sunday added.

The Wednesday stars return to our screens this week alongside an all-star cast including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Lady Gaga and more.