Comedian Leslie Jones has had many (mostly horrible) things happen to her throughout 2016.
From calling out Twitter trolls and fashion designers who refused to dress her because of her size to her hilarious reporting of the 2016 Rio Olympics — which got her invited to cover the Games — the world can’t get enough of Jones.
The Ghostbusters star’s personal website was hacked on Wednesday morning, with nude photos, images of her driver’s licence and passport, along with racist remarks and videos, posted online for anyone to see. (Luckily, her management took down the site almost immediately.)
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As a result, many celebrities came together to support Jones on social media.
Actress Gabby Sidibe (American Horror Story, Precious) admitted to blocking multiple racist people on Twitter after she tweeted something about the police shootings of two black males.
Jones’ Saturday Night Live co-stars were among the most vocal supporters:
Others sent the actress encouraging words:
In 2015, HBO’s Girls star Lena Dunham was subject to rampant criticism and harassment by internet trolls on multiple occasions. One instance had her receiving misogynistic abuse after posting a photograph of herself in her boyfriend’s underwear on Instagram.
Late Wednesday night, a tweet appeared from an account called BannedOffline, which claims to be associated with the attack on Jones’ website earlier in the day. The user also claims they forced “All Seaworld Sites” to go offline.
Last month, Jones spoke about what happened to her online with Late Night host Seth Meyers.
“What scared me was the injustice of a gang of people jumping against you for such a sick cause. And it’s so mean,” she said.
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