Man. Fuck everybody trolling Leslie Jones. Like really, go crawl back into the hole from whence you came.
Ok I have been called Apes, sent pics of their asses,even got a pic with semen on my face. I’m tryin to figure out what human means. I’m out
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016
It is fucked, and her mentions are a dark and awful place right now.
“I used to wonder why some celebs have don’t have Twitter accounts now I know,” she later tweeted, after dealing with this garbage all day. “You can’t be nice and communicate with fans cause people crazy.”
“As much as you want to think actors ain’t human I want to give you something to think about. I work off pure passion for this game. I’m more human and real than you fucking think. I work my ass off. I’m not different than any of you who has a dream to do what they love.”
All celebrities put up with their fair share of criticism – as is on par with a career in the spotlight – but the pure mountain of racist, targeted vitriol coming Leslie’s place has taken its toll.
“It’s like when you think, ‘Ok, I’ve proven I’m worthy’, then you get hit with a shovel of hatred,” she wrote. “I’m numb. I mean I know there is racism. But am I naive to think that some things were changing? Yes I was. We still live in a world where we have to say ‘Black Lives Matter’.”
“I’m so tired of it. Why is this still a fight? I want to hate so bad but I can’t because I know it doesn’t fix anything and just makes me sad. I’m not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility for the hate they spew. We have to stand up to it. Block mfs but let them know they are racist and spewing hate.”
Things got really, really heavy. One person (or people) even managed to either set up a fake Twitter account that looks damn near identical to Leslie, or is actually hacking into her direct account, because they’re further posting awful stuff that LOOKS like it’s coming from Leslie, and it’s only adding fuel to the fire.
Sad! pic.twitter.com/IT4cb24Bik
— Milo Yiannopoulos ?? (@Nero) July 19, 2016
This is next level trolling. Ghostbusters director Paul Feig even stepped in at one point.
Leslie signed off from Twitter tonight with these last, gut-wrenching tweets.
I feel like I’m in a personal hell. I didn’t do anything to deserve this. It’s just too much. It shouldn’t be like this. So hurt right now.
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today…wrong
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
Literally thousands of people are coming in to support Leslie, celebs among them:
@Lesdoggg queen, wishing you well. Go through your process and hopefully you find peace. Don’t let them stop you! ??
— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) July 19, 2016
@Lesdoggg Simply, I love you ??
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) July 19, 2016
Leslie Jones is one of the greatest people I know. Any personal attacks against her are attacks against us all. #LoveForLeslieJ @Lesdoggg
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) July 18, 2016
But yeah. Fuck trolls. You are all human garbage.
Photo: Ghostbusters.
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