Leslie Jones' website reportedly hacked
“Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones is having a summer full of ups and downs, thanks to social media.
Jones’ website, JustLeslie.com, reportedly was hacked Wednesday morning, leaving explicit photos, her driver’s license and passport information on the site. The website was offline by Wednesday afternoon. TMZ reported the hacking.
Celebrities came to the comedian’s defense. “Ghostbusters” director Paul Feig tweeted, “What’s happening to @Lesdoggg is an absolute outrage. Alt right, haters, trolls, ‘comedians,’ whoever the f*** you all are, you’re just sad,” while Lena Dunham asked of her fans, “Let’s turn our anger at trolls into love for Leslie Jones and into strategies to protect all the heroines who don’t deserve this bulls***.” Other stars tweeted their support for the actress, with Alyssa Milano asking fans not to share the explicit photos of Jones: “Support Leslie by not supporting the a**holes that did this,” she tweeted.
This wouldn’t be the first time Jones has been targeted in an online attack. In July, she temporarily quit Twitter after floods of hateful sexist and racist tweets were lobbed at her.
She said at the time, “I feel like I’m in a personal hell. I didn’t do anything to deserve this. It’s just too much. It shouldn’t be like this. So hurt right now.”
Feig and original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd rushed to her defense at the time, with Aykroyd saying, “These people, first of all, they’re insignificant gnats. They have no lives of their own, they can barely pay for the wi-fi they’re using, probably no jobs. I would say you’re looking at obese, white men between 50 and 60, who are active Klan members or members of the Aryan Nation, and there are millions of them.”
Thankfully, Jones has seen the other side of the coin on Twitter as well.
When she tweeted that no one would dress her for the “Ghostbusters” premiere, Christian Siriano stepped in and offered her a gown for the event, and her live-tweeting at the Olympics snagged her a seat at the Rio games.
