Ashley Judd is a wildcat, who won’t put up with the online madness she’s received from her college basketball commentary.
After the “Insurgent” actress told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts on Monday that she’s going to be “pressing charges” on the Internet trolls, she detailed her plan of action on Tuesday during an interview with NBC News’ Craig Melvin.
“The amount of gender violence that I experience is absolutely extraordinary,” she said. “And a significant part of my day today will be spent filing police reports at home about gender violence directed at me on social media.”
“When I express a stout opinion during #MarchMadness I am called a whore, c—, threatened with sexual violence,” the 46-year-old actress tweeted Sunday. “Not okay.”
Like any hoop devotee, Judd has been quite opinionated during March Madness as she supports her alma mater the University of Kentucky Wildcats, who beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 78-63.
She received a barrage of explicit tweets following the game, in which she was photographed kissing basketball sportscaster, Dick Vitale, and suggested that the Razorbacks were playing dirty.
“Only surprise in my planting one on dear @DickieV is I’ve adored him for 10 years,” she tweeted shortly after. “At thrilling UK games I’ve been known to kiss strangers!”
Judd retweeted one of the vulgar posts she received, which read “go suck on Cal’s two inch d— ye B—– whore,” alluding to the No. 1 ranked Wildcats’ head coach, John Calipari.
While it may seem like finding a needle in a haystack when it comes to bringing online trolls to justice, others have made headway on the matter.
Three-time World Series champion Curt Schilling tracked down the men harassing his daughter on social media and exposed their identities on his personal blog.
“Everyone needs to take personal responsibility,” Judd said on MSNBC.
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