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Leslie Jones connected Holding People Accountable for Hate
Leslie Jones ain't acrophobic of nary troll.
While discussing the ups and downs of fame with Laverne Cox connected her E! bid If We're Being Honest, the Saturday Night Live alum recalled the intense hate she received from net trolls for her relation successful the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot successful this sneak peek astatine the show's Nov. 9 episode.
"People person to truly cognize however circumstantial that s--t is," Leslie told the Inventing Anna star. "None of the different girls got trolled similar I did, and I hatred to accidental it similar this, but it was due to the fact that I was a Black woman. And I hatred to accidental that."
The film, which Leslie starred successful alongside Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon, received backlash from fans unhappy with the all-female Ghostbusters lineup. But astir of that hatred was directed towards Leslie, with her noting that not galore radical came to her assistance amid the turmoil.
Calling what happened to her "a shame," the 55-year-old elaborate the kinds of maltreatment she got from trolls, from radical spitting connected her representation to hanging her character's enactment fig to decease threats targeted at her and her family.
And portion galore advised her to disregard it all, Leslie chose to bash the opposite. "Accountability is what needs to beryllium acceptable successful this nine close now," she said. "Y'all can't conscionable bash s--t to radical and deliberation you tin conscionable f--king get distant with it, 'cause you wouldn't accidental that s--t to my face."
Holding her trolls accountable is precisely what she did, sharing their hateful messages and actions with her fans online. "I would instrumentality screenshots of everything that was sent to me," Leslie continued, "and I would station it and I'd beryllium like, 'Yeah, this is the benignant of s--t that's coming to me.'"
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But conscionable due to the fact that she had the spot to combat backmost didn't mean their actions wounded immoderate less. "That's the happening that upset maine the astir is that each these radical jumped connected a bandwagon to bash thing truthful hateful to someone," the prima noted. "It would beryllium antithetic if I came retired and killed cats connected tv oregon immoderate s--t."
Leslie ends the sneak peek clip connected a almighty note, telling Laverne that done it all, "I had to combat for myself."
Watch the emotional clip above.
If We're Being Honest returns tonight, Nov. 9, astatine 10 p.m. connected E!.
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox returns Wednesday, Nov. 9, astatine 10 p.m. , lone connected E!.
