Ashlee Marie Preston, a trans rights activist and organizer behind the recent Netflix employee walkout, has had much to say about comedian Dave Chappelle, and more specifically, his controversial Netflix stand-up special The Closer.
But now, Preston herself is facing backlash after several homophobic and racist tweets have resurfaced, leading some to call the LGBTQ+ activist a hypocrite.
Shared to thousands on Twitter last week, a user compiled several of Preston’s old controversial tweets from 2010 and 2011. Featuring many anti-Asian comments, one of the tweets stated, “Just broke my phone on this Asian b***hes head…I have Asian friends..but they some muthaf***n #weirdo sometimes #isaiditbutweallthinkit,”
COMEDY: The protest accusing comedians of LGBT phobia, hate speech, & violence is led by Warren surrogate who threatened violence against an “ass fuck boy” “dick rider”, banished “that faggot fucker”, and bragged of performing actual violence on “this Asian bitches head”. pic.twitter.com/DMHD1XAzKQ
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) October 21, 2021
More comedy, courtesy Team Trans protest leader Ashlee Marie Preston pic.twitter.com/I9i44oYu6b pic.twitter.com/ixKdW5tpzk
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) October 21, 2021
Other tweets involved homophobic slurs, with Preston allegedly mentioning a “fagg*t f**ker” and “fagg*t c**k suckers” on her social media feed years prior.
According to TMZ, Preston helped organize an employee walkout at Netflix following backlash at Chappelle’s latest special on the streaming platform, which many have described as transphobic. She reportedly also reached out to the comedian in hopes to have a conversation about his impact on the trans and LGBTQ+ community but claims she was “ghosted.”
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Many people are dragging the activist for protesting against Chappelle when she appears to have a past of using homophobic and discriminatory language herself.
One person commented about the resurfaced tweets on Twitter, “The absolute epitome of hypocrisy.”
The absolute epitome of hypocrisy.
— Michael T. Bingham (@mbingham1970) October 26, 2021
Wow talk about Glass Houses!
— Arturo Coronado (@CoronadoArturo) October 26, 2021
Another tweeter added, “One takeaway is that we’re all hypocrites in one way or another. Ms. Preston would have been wise to remember that before she climbed on her podium,”
One takeaway is that we’re all hypocrites in one way or another. Ms Preston would have been wise to remember that before she climbed on her podium.
— Jonathan Pollard (@j5891jonathan) October 26, 2021
When all she had to do was sit down and eat her food. Just forgot all about her violent rants against her community huh ?
— Anita Darling (@verbosity99) October 26, 2021
???? the receipts are in abundance
— melanin strong… (@trueskool1977) October 26, 2021
Addressing the controversy on Twitter, Preston admitted to already taking accountability over the harsh tweets, writing, “It’ll take more than tweets from nearly a decade ago, that y’all already weaponized against me two years ago, to stop me from doing the work that’ll free us ALL, today. This is so old, and I’ve already taken accountability for it. There’s no scandal here. See my IG for the full vid.”
It’ll take more than tweets from nearly a decade ago, that y’all already weaponized against me 2 years ago, to stop me from doing the work that’ll free us ALL, today. This is so old and I’ve already taken accountability for it. There’s no scandal here. See my IG for the full vid. pic.twitter.com/hit6pKem4V
— Ashlee Marie Preston (@AshleeMPreston) October 25, 2021
Preston added in an attached video that her past doesn’t make her a hypocrite.
What do you think of Preston’s old tweets and her protest against Chappelle? Let us know your view in the comments.
