To show even more solidarity, @BlakeDontCrack created the hashtag #BlackMenSupportLeslie.
It’s been a pretty rough summer for actress/comedian Leslie Jones. After the all-female Ghostbusters reboot was a failure with fans, critics and at the box office, Jones had to face the often racially-motivated attacks aimed at her online for her part in the film. This caused her to promptly leave social media due to the […]
Comedian and actress, Leslie Jones now has a new gig. She is headed to Rio to join NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Olympic games. Jones has been live tweeting the games from her couch, and the results are absolutely hysterical! Check out a preview of Jones‘ commentating below. Jones broke the news to her followers that […]
Leslie Jones has been the target of recent online abuse, following the release of Ghostbusters. Jones exposed users who were sending her hateful and racist tweets, asking other users to report the harassers to Twitter. Twitter has responded to the reports of the online abuse, and they have suspended one user who lead the attack […]
Comedian Leslie Jones has been heavily trolled on twitter the past few days, since Ghostbusters hit theaters. Jones is speaking up and calling out those who have hurled racist slurs her way. Jones revealed on twitter that she was no longer going to block the hateful messages she received, but rather expose those who are making the nasty […]
Comedian and star of the new Ghostbusters Leslie Jones was recently on The View, and spoke about how Whoopi Goldberg has impacted her career. Jones got a bit emotional when asked about Whoopi. Jones explained that when she was a little girl, her father would let her listen to comedy albums. She then recalls the first time she ever […]
Comedian Leslie Jones was very vocal about designers not wanting to dress her for the Ghostbusters premiere because she isn’t “sample size.” After designer Christian Siriano saw Jones’ tweet, he quickly responded that he was more than willing to work with her, as he was a big fan of hers. Over the weekend at the Ghostbusters premiere, […]
Siriano told The Baltimore Sun via email, "I love Leslie and I'm a huge fan of her work. ... Hopefully I will see her in my studio this week to make something new and exciting for her to wear. I support all women no matter age or size."
Actress Leslie Jones took to twitter to let everyone know that designers won’t dress her for the upcoming Ghostbusters premiere. She is taking notes of all the designers who won’t dress her, and it sounds like she won’t ever wear anything from them when they offer. Jones’ co-star, Melissa McCarthy has also faced issues with designers […]
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