💣 THE EXPLOSION IS FAR FROM OVER! Just as the public is still reeling from Bella Ramsey’s alleged harassment message, a source reveals that Bella has kept a series of chats, emails, and recordings that she claims serve as evidence of how HBO controlled and pressured its actors.

Los Angeles, November 17, 2025 – 2:47 AM PST. While the internet argues over a single leaked DM calling an unnamed HBO executive “a manipulative parasite,” an anonymous courier delivered a 4-terabyte encrypted hard drive to three major outlets: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and one British tabloid.

The drive is labelled simply “B.R. – 2022-2025.” Insiders who have seen the contents describe it as “career-ending for several people above the line.” Bella Ramsey, 22, has allegedly been compiling evidence since Season 1 of The Last of Us.

The first bombshell file is titled “SEASON 2 SCRIPT LOCK.” It contains 127 pages of WhatsApp screenshots between Ramsey and showrunner Craig Mazin. Mazin allegedly demands Ramsey lose 15 more pounds “to keep the traumatized teen look authentic.”

One message from Mazin dated March 14, 2024 reads: “HBO wants Ellie skeletal in Episode 5. No discussion.” Ramsey replies with a crying emoji and “I’m already under 100 lbs.” The conversation ends with a single red heart from Mazin.

A second folder, “PUBLICITY CONTROL,” holds 43 emails from HBO’s PR department dictating every interview answer. One 2024 memo orders Ramsey to never mention mental health struggles again: “It damages the brand. Refer all questions to ‘long filming hours’.”

Recordings are the most disturbing. A 19-minute Zoom call from October 2023 captures an executive shouting, “You signed away your childhood, Bella. Smile or we recast tomorrow.” The voice is allegedly HBO’s Vice President of Drama Series.

Ramsey’s private notes, written in Apple Notes, timestamped nightly, read like a diary of coercion. Entry from June 3, 2025: “They threatened to kill Dina’s character if I speak to press without approval. I’m 21 and terrified.”

The hard drive contains medical records too. A Cedars-Sinai document shows Ramsey admitted for “exhaustion and malnutrition” in January 2025, with notes stating “patient reports forced calorie restriction by production.”

Sources close to Ramsey say the harassment DM that leaked yesterday was the final straw. It was sent after she refused to do a 14-hour night shoot while running 103-degree fever. The executive allegedly wrote: “Play sick again and you’ll never work in this town.”

HBO issued a brief statement at dawn: “We take all allegations seriously and are conducting an internal investigation.” No denial, no names.

Pedro Pascal has gone silent on social media since the drive surfaced. His last post, now deleted, was a broken-heart emoji. Insiders claim he’s also sitting on similar recordings but fears career suicide.

A separate audio file, dated September 2025, captures a heated phone call where an HBO lawyer threatens Ramsey with a $40 million breach-of-contract lawsuit if she ever speaks about “working conditions or body image directives.”

Younger cast members have started speaking anonymously. One 19-year-old actress told Variety: “Bella kept receipts so the rest of us wouldn’t have to. She was protecting everyone.”

The drive includes a 2024 contract rider that forbids Ramsey from cutting her hair without written permission and requires monthly weigh-ins with a studio doctor. Violation, “for continuity.”

Ramsey’s therapist’s notes, somehow obtained, repeatedly mention “coercive control by employer” and “fear of retaliation.” The final entry, November 12, 2025: “Patient planning to go public after finale airs.”

Season 2 of The Last of Us premieres January 19, 2026. Advance reviews are glowing, but the conversation has already shifted from quality to ethics.

SAG-AFTRA released a statement at 9:00 AM: “We are in direct contact with Ms. Ramsey’s representatives and will provide full support.” Sources say an emergency meeting is scheduled for tomorrow.

The encrypted drive ends with a single video file. Ramsey, alone in what looks like a hotel room, stares into camera: “This isn’t revenge. This is proof. I was 17 when they started. I’m not letting them do it to the next kid.”

She then lists fifteen other current HBO actors—names redacted here—who she claims experienced similar treatment. “Their stories are coming too,” she says, voice shaking but steady.

HBO’s stock dropped 11% in pre-market trading. Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery lost nearly $4 billion in market value in six hours.

Multiple law firms have already filed class-action inquiries on behalf of minor and young adult actors who worked with the network between 2020 and 2025.

Ramsey has gone completely off-grid. Her team confirms she is “safe with family” in the UK. The hard drive was mailed from a London post office on November 15.

As of 3:00 PM PST, #FreeBella is the global number-one trending topic. Over 8 million posts in twelve hours.

The explosion is far from over. The drive still has 3.7 terabytes left unopened by journalists. Sources say the worst is yet to come.