'Ghostbusters' star Leslie Jones brought to 'tears' by racist Twitter trolls: 'This hurts me'
"Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones is sick and tired of getting trolled online, the actress said all of the hate being spewed at her brought her to tears.
"I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart. All this cause I did a movie," the "Saturday Night Live" player tweeted after a series of tweets calling out people who have repeatedly bombarded her with racist and misogynistic comments since she was cast in the rebooted comedy. "You can hate the movie but the s–t I got today...wrong."
I've never claim to be better or special. I just try to do my job as best as I can. Isn't that any of us yall. So Yea this hurts me!
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
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"These people hate themselves," Jones wrote. "You have to hate yourself to put out that type of hate. I mean on my worst day I can't think of this type of hate to put out."
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Fortunately, there's a counter movement to the hate. #LoveForLeslieJ inspired supportive tweets from fans and fellow Hollywood stars.
Just left @Ghostbusters and had SO MUCH FUN! That sequence in the smoke was everything!! #AnswerTheCall#GirlsKickingAss#LoveForLeslieJ
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) July 19, 2016
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Read Jones' tweets below.
It's so sad,most of these comments sound like they are from ignorant children. "I'm the source of AIDS?!" WTF!! These people hate themselves
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
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