A person reached out to Zachary Levi and he responded with a heartfelt letter.
At 7:31 p.m. on April 1, 2018, a Twitter user, by the handle @AriUndefined, tweeted to Thor actor, Zachary Levi, on the social media platform. The tweet references how “Ari” is struggling to determine if life is worth living anymore. The tweeter goes on to ask if Zachary Levi has any kind words to help him cope.
Strangers started commenting on the tweet saying that Ari was not alone and offering their support.
At 10:54 p.m. on April 1, Zachary Levi responded on Twitter with a heartfelt letter to Ari. Levi, in his letter, was very sweet and said that Ari is cherished even when he feels alone. At the end of the letter, Levi says that what helped him, during his struggles with depression, was “a great therapist, a lot of prayer, and a recognition of worth that a creator irrevocably instilled in me from before I was even born.”
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The responses in the Twitter thread are overwhelmingly positive and commend Levi on what a good person he is for what he said in his letter to Ari. Even though his letter is addressed to just Ari, it seems like other people needed to hear his words, too, and took support from the letter as well.
Ari continued the exchange on Twitter with a letter back to Zachary Levi. He says how grateful he is for the letter and how much it meant to him. Ari ends his reply by saying he will now consider Levi a friend.
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