Stars Show Support For Leslie Jones After Nude Photo Hack
Hollywood has rallied behind Leslie Jones after hackers published explicit photos of her on her website, as well as other personal information.
Her ‘Ghostbusters’ director Paul Fieg called it ‘an absolute outrage’, with the likes of Katy Perry, comedian Patton Oswalt, Lena Dunham, Questlove, Patricia Arquette, and Octavia Spencer all tweeting support.
these acts against leslie jones….are sickening. its racist & sexist. it’s disgusting. this is hate crimes. this aint “kids joshing round”
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) August 24, 2016
Do not give your eyeballs to this racist, hate-filled, misogynoir crime. I #StandWithLeslie ❤️
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 24, 2016
FYI sharing stolen intimate photos like @Lesdoggg ‘s is illegal. You are participating in a sex crime.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) August 24, 2016
I truly don’t know why people are so hateful towards @Lesdoggg. Why? She’s talented and wonderful. Why are people so pressed to be awful?
— Gabby SidiBae (@GabbySidibe) August 24, 2016
This @Lesdoggg attack is troubling. The rampant racism percolating in society right now is shameful and sad. She made a movie, that’s it!
— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) August 24, 2016
If 101% of pop culture catered to white nerds instead of only 98.1% then the cyber attacks like the one on Leslie Jones wouldn’t happen.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 24, 2016
May many (more) bad things befall the cowards who’ve attacked my friend, @Lesdoggg. They are the worst of humanity, where she is the best.
— Taran Killam (@TaranKillam) August 24, 2016
Jones had suffered racist abuse on the social network in recent weeks, and called for Twitter to do something about it.
Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that. You can see on the
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
Profiles that some of these people are crazy sick. It’s not enough to freeze Acct. They should be reported.
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
She left Twitter earlier this month over receiving the abuse and being sent pornography, but returned during the Olympics.
It’s thought that her iCloud account was compromised yesterday, with nude pictures, copies of her passport and driving licence being stolen and published, as well as personal pictures of her with Rihanna, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
A picture of Harambe, the gorilla which was shot dead at Cincinnati Zoo in May, was also posted in what appeared to be a racial slur.
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One theory is that the hack was in retaliation over the banning of right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos from Twitter last month.
Yiannopoulos, a tech writer for Breitbart, who had targeted Jones and countless others with abuse, had his account permanently suspended.
Image credits: Yahoo File/Twitter/Sony Pictures