![<i>Ghostbusters</i> Star Leslie Jones Hounded Off Twitter by Racist Trolls <i>Ghostbusters</i> Star Leslie Jones Hounded Off Twitter by Racist Trolls](https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2016-07/leslie-jones_640x480_71468922351.jpg?downsize=773:435)
I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today...wrong
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
The cruel comments on Ms Jones' size and skin colour, many of which she retweeted, were coupled with a fake Twitter account set up in her name that was posting crude tweets.
The 48-year-old actress spent much of Monday tweeting about her tormentors.
I don't know how to feel. I'm numb. Actually numb. I see the words and pics and videos. Videos y'all. Meaning people took time to sprew hate
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
I use to wonder why some celebs don't have Twitter accts now I know. You can't be nice and communicate with fans cause people crazy.
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
But I'm I that naive to think that some things was changing yes I was. We still live in a world where we have to say "black lives matter"
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
I'm not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
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.
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
Ms Jones also called out Twitter itself for not reigning in trolls.
Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that. You can see on the
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
Leslie Jones received messages of support from several people, including her director Paul Feig.
Last month, Ms Jones was hailed as a heroine after tweeting about designers refusing to dress her for the Ghostbusters red carpet:
It's so funny how there are no designers wanting to help me with a premiere dress for movie. Hmmm that will change and I remember everything
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) June 28, 2016
She was heard by designer Christian Siriano, who created this glamorous red outfit for her.
Just fabulous! @Lesdoggg pic.twitter.com/xxnoDHDJ6s
— Christian Siriano (@CSiriano) July 11, 2016
Paul Feig's Ghostbusters is a gender-reversed remake of the superhit '80s series. Leslie Jones co-stars with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon as the ghost-catchers. In a delicious piece of casting, Chris Hemsworth plays their secretary, manning the phones.