'Sopranos' star Drea de Matteo slams cancel culture as 'volatile and vile': 'Why is everyone so mad?'

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Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email, you are agreeing to Fox News Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive.To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. "Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo is slamming cancel culture and its effects on society.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, the Ultrafree founder called online hatred "volatile and vile.""Stop canceling everybody," Drea said. "You know what I also can't relate to — because I've seen some people send me, like, real, nasty hate stuff on the internet that people have said about me just for fun and — it's not just about me.

It's about anybody in the world."Why is everybody so angry? Like, why is everyone so mad? Why can't we get back to a place where we really do want to see people do well and feel included and not be destroyed constantly by people sitting behind computers? "The cancel culture thing couldn't be more volatile and vile and — again, how do you use these words, how do you use this inclusivity? — and it just doesn't make sense at all," she continued. "So, it only works for a moment in time when it's convenient, and it's not going on across the board."De Matteo has launched a streetwear brand that helps "promote free speech." Matteo told Fox News Digital her brand, Ultrafree, was created after a series of events over the last three years. "Let's start with a lockdown, and then let's start with mandates — not being able to work," she said. "Heroes becoming zeros.