So much so that NBC’s head Olympic honcho Jim Bell invited her to do it in person and be the hype woman of our dreams.
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Jones even has her own Snapchat filter – oh slay, can you see?
“It took Leslie Jones to get them [Twitter] to realise that people are banding together in a violent and risky way”. You can tell how nervous she is for them!
Amy Schumer reached out to Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones after she was bombarded with vile Twitter messages, because she too has been a victim of hateful trolls.
“I don’t know how to swim Myra but I will learn!” If we’ve learned anything from people like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert or John Oliver, it’s that humor peppered over seriousness makes for great consumption.
“Twitter I understand you got free speech”. So y’all got to keep me updated. “I feel like I’m in a personal hell”. I didn’t do anything to deserve this.
Jones, one of the leads in last month’s “Ghostbusters” movie, spent the weekend tweeting reactions, responses and words of support to Team USA in events such as gymnastics, swimming and tennis to more than 400,000 followers.
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Leslie, 48, was subjected to vile, hateful comments on social media platform Twitter by fans of the franchise who were unhappy with the all-female reboot. She’s a constant commentator cheering on everyone from the United States of America and celebrating when they win a medal, as well as questioning some sports she doesn’t understand and ogling the men’s swim team in their tiny swimsuits.
