Paul Feig is once again coming out in support of Leslie Jones, this time after her personal website was hacked and nude photos of her were posted online.
“What’s happening to [Jones] is an absolute outrage,” Feig tweeted. “Alt right, haters, trolls, ‘comedians,’ whoever the f— you all are, you’re just sad.”
Feig has stood up for Jones in the past, when she faced down online trolls who targeted her with repeated racist and sexist comments leading up to the release of “Ghostbusters.”
The hacker(s) commandeered the “Ghostbusters” star’s Tumblr, posting personal photos from her iCloud account, which included several nude shots as well as pictures of her passport and driver license. Jones’ phone number and the password to her Twitter account were also displayed.
A Twitter exchange between Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and the WikiLeaks account led the top of the page wherein Dorsey tweeted that users are only banned for targeted harassment. WikiLeaks responded with a link to one of Jones’ tweets in which she encouraged her followers to go after another harassing user, saying, “Get her.”
The hack of Jones’ site, which has been taken offline, also featured YouTube video of the gorilla Harambe, who was killed in an Ohio zoo earlier this year. Jones was the victim of repeat racist harassment online leading up to the release of “Ghostbusters,” with some Twitter users comparing her to Harambe.
What’s happening to @Lesdoggg is an absolute outrage. Alt right, haters, trolls, “comedians,” whoever the fuck you all are, you’re just sad.
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) August 24, 2016