Kelly Marie Tran actually came forth and talked about the bullying she suffered
online. whats uo everybody? today I'm here to do a quick video on the controversy
surrounding Kelly Marie Tran the Rose Tico from the last Jedi, now if you
don't know or you're not following a while ago she did deleted her
Instagram and technically it was because of harassment and bullying you know
And if you don't remember the the media was harassing all the fans
saying how horrible Star Wars fans are and racist because people are attacking
the actress because they hated Rose Tico and things like that even Stephen
Colbert did kind of a parody making fun of all the male fans because they hate women
and things like that and I addressed this subject on a video
a while ago and that's why I would like to make another video because right now
we actually did hear back from Kelly Marie Tran herself
we know that Mark Hamill John boyega even Ryan Johnson so they all kind of put
their ideas out there saying that people shouldn't be harassing her and
things like that but we haven't heard anything directly from her until now and even
people are saying Did she really suffered this kind of harassment? and I
said in my other video that I had no doubt that she did mostly because the
Internet is a very vicious place every single person on the internet will
suffer some kind of terrible comments this is obvious, this will happen so I
had no doubt that she did suffer some sort of harassment however we didn't
really know the reason why she deleted the account so some people
are saying perhaps they were using that as a decoy to the failure of Solo but at the
same time no matter what my opinion on bullying doesn't change I think that
bullying is something that is not right I do not stand by it I do not . I honestly
whoever wasted their time to go on this actress account or whatever other actors
account to go bully them because of the character that they play that's not the
right way to go about it I stand by that, also if that was really this
whole controversy was really a decoy we're never gonna know. Do I
believe that companies actually do that? absolutely, however I also do believe
that she did suffer bullying because that's what happens on the internet you
know I have sometimes had terrible comments and I'm not even famous you
know imagine someone that is on the public eye like that, so yes I do believe
that and I also believe that people act upon this kind of harassment in
different ways in a her way of acting on it was just deleting her account and
also before I go any further with this I'd like to thank everyone that left a
comment and you know with suggestions of topics that you guys would like me to
cover and I'll try my best to cover all of it thanks so much also some of you
were asking me to cover the resistance trailer however this weekend I had a
crazy weekend I did record a reaction but I didn't have time to edit so
perhaps I'm I was thinking to address this on a live chat tomorrow I will let
you guys know on Twitter let's talk a little bit about Kelly Marie Tran
situation here, so now we do have confirmation that you know she's saying
that it was indeed because of harassment I will leave the article below
this is this is out in the New York Times and it's basically an essay
directly from Kelly Marie and the headline says Kelly Marie Tran
marginalized by online harassment bullying is something that it shouldn't
happen people should not waste their time to go all these people personal
account and say I wish you die you're terrible things like that especially the
actress that had nothing to do with it even RUIN Johnson himself should not
receive death threats or horrible
things about his family that's not the right way to go about it so
even though I hated the film myself I never wasted my time to go there and say
this things if I want to have an argument
with him to do with the work that he did that's one thing but take it to a
different level you know that's something I don't think people should be
doing but let's see what she's saying over here so she says on this essay it
wasn't their words it's that I started to believe them, so that's the biggest
problem with bullying okay and bullying is a very sensitive subject and a lot of
people just think oh these people have so much money whatever with them they
should have thick skin and that's kind of true you know like if you're in a
public eye like that you need to be have some sort of preparation because you're
you are going to have negative feedback but again I still believe that people
act upon it the way that they want she deleted her account the other thing is
that people sometimes forget their humanity a little bit and say oh these
people have so much money so they can that that doesn't make right the fact
that the people are bullying them is it's still not right it doesn't matter
who they are I wasn't raised that way and I don't think people should be
thinking that way okay it's not right to go there and say nasty things to people
because of a character that they played it doesn't make any sense if your
problem is with the character you should go complain about the character to the
director who wrote the character even though you shouldn't be sending death
threats to the director so that's my point of view of that continue down here
she's saying their words seem to confirm what growing as a woman and a person of
color already taught me that I belong to in margins and spaces valid only as a
minor character in their lives and stories I probably won't be reading the
entire thing I'm just gonna read sections of it but one section that I
think is important to mention she said their words reinforce it and narrative I
had heard my whole life that I was other than I didn't belong that I wasn't good
enough simply because I wasn't like them and that feeling I realized now it was
and is a shame a shame for things that made me different a shame for the
culture from which I came from and to me the most disappointing thing
that I felt it at all so she does talk about some self-confidence issue you
know that she had throughout her entire career and that kind of have an effect
and that's the reason why when she was receiving this kind of bullying she
started to believe the words that were there you know sometimes we have very
sad stories of people that actually cause harm to nature themselves because
of these rulings and again we shouldn't really be judgmental because we don't
know we don't know people's story or what they're to things that they're
really dealing with you know people just think oh the fact that these people have
so much money they had all these amazing jobs they are still human and if money
and fame brought so much happiness we wouldn't have so many celebrities
committing suicide or overdose and drug abuse you know these people could be
messed up in their head as well so that's where I find that people forget
their humanity a little bit and just because oh they have so much money they
have the best job in the world it doesn't make bullying right okay I'm
gonna continue it towards the end she says there are the thoughts that run
through my head every time I picked up a script or a screenplay or a book I know
the opportunity given to me is rare I know that now I belong to a small group
of privileged people who get to tell stories for a living stories they're
unheard and seeing and digest it by a world that for long for so long has
tasted only one thing I know how important that is and I am not giving up
you might know me as Kelly I am the first woman of color to have a leading
role in Star Wars movie I am the first Asian woman to appear on the cover of
Vanity Fair my real name is Luanne I hope I'm pronouncing that right and I'm
just getting started so good for her if this whole situation is actually giving
her strength to to fight this kind of problems that she's going through her
entire career so sometimes this sort of bullying actually help people to get
stronger but not everyone has a happy ending story some people actually like I
said before cause harm to to themselves and that's the sad story so I think good
for her this is really her stronger now the problem of all of
this is that just the fact that she's a woman of color and Star Wars movie
people have to like the character and people don't like to care - they're
racist and they are the ones causing the bully and that's not the true is it
possible that people just didn't like the character because the character did
not make much sense is that possible so this was my biggest issue with all of
this like I said in many many times I didn't enjoy the character either mostly
because they wasted 30 minutes of a movie on a stupid subplot that could
have been looked training ray I would have rather seen that than see someone
liberating stupid horses or no or just talking about resources for and blah
blah blah so all of that arc was just useless it
didn't make any sense in the film start of them the media kind of realized all
right at least considering is it possible that people just didn't like
the character because there was and it wasn't a very good character but no now
the whole subject is just so sensitive it's just the fact that people didn't
like the character it makes people racist and then obviously there's the
bullying and people that went there and wasted our time calling her names and
all these things it just adds more to the narrative that they are pushing so
that's it guys that's pretty much my two cents on the whole this whole calimary
trend situation out she did came first she does say that she did receive a
backlash but now this is making her stronger and I think that that's good
for her I wish that every person that is suffering bullying would kind of
overcome the situation in the same direction although sometimes it's not
always like that so I think bullying is something they're serious it's something
that people shouldn't be doing okay however as far as the Rose Tico
character goes I don't think that this whole thing changes the flaws in the
character okay like for instance they show us realistic mourning her sister
but they forgot to show any of the original characters morning hunt that
has been established character for over 40 40 years
so three little details like that that no one is paying attention and now right
now again everyone is so sensitive about representation that if people complain
about the character it's immediately oh it's because she's a character of color
and I believe that that's not true okay there are people out there that are
racist there are people out there to hate women but I don't think that the
complain you mean if you go and search I didn't see people saying that they
complained the character because she was Asian or because she was a woman of
color it's not because of that it's mostly because they put too much
emphasis on a character instead of focusing on things that actually people
wanted to see which is look training references okay it's not about that new
character should be introduced and you should have a progression okay however
people went to watch a movie expecting to to have a resolution of other
original characters instead of that we had 30 minutes or so many screen time of
a new character with plot lines that didn't make any sense and now because
people didn't like it everyone is just racist and everyone were the ones that
were in charge of the bullying oh yeah we know that that's not true not every
single person wasted their time to go on her account and do that unfortunately
some people did I'm pretty sure it happened but it's not every single
person you know and I think that the media should consider maybe the
characters not that good maybe there's a problem with the movie and not just
assume that all people hate women oh people hate program like things being
progressive it's just - all of this to me is an excuse or kind of to put a
bandaid on something that went terribly wrong but that's it guys again thanks
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