Zendaya called out the rude Twitter user who tagged her in a snap with a racy caption. The 19-year-old star shut down the Internet troll, a user named "ogxbenson," for his offensive rape joke. This shouldn't come as a surprise as she is known for shutting down offensive remarks using her social media pages.
"If the purge was real, who y'all raping?" the guy posted. Aside from Zendaya, his post featured pictures of Beyonce, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj.
"This is absolutely disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself," Zendaya wrote in a series of tweets. "Is this really what my generation thinks is OK?" She later added that people are sick.
This is absolutely disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself. Is this really what my generation thinks is ok? https://t.co/brqVohkX9E
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) Hulyo 3, 2016
People are sick... — Zendaya (@Zendaya) Hulyo 3, 2016
According to news.com.au, the Twitter troll was referring to the movie The Purge, where everything that is illegal can be done freely in one day. After Zendaya responded to him, the man celebrated the attention she gave him and called her "lit."
"The only thing that's lit is your immortality and inhumanity young man. I pray you find some sense," the "Replay" singer's last reply said. Huffington Post added that Ben seemed not to care that a lot of people from the Twitterverse were calling him out on his post. In fact, he considered what he did as a big joke when one user asked him what he was doing. "Triggering people then laughing at them," he curtly retorted.
However, after a lot of backlash, Ben finally gave up and deleted his post and all the reactions it gathered. But he, as well as another user named Billy Goat, shared a picture with a written phrase, "Sorry you're offended."
Zendaya has been known as a woman who always stands up for her rights, particularly if someone is criticizing her unfairly. The dancer often uses her social media pages to voice her sentiments and inspire other girls.
To recall, The Independent reported that in February 2015, Zendaya did not back down when the Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic said that her dreadlocks made her look "like she smells like patchouli oil" or "weed." Zendaya countered her "outrageously offensive" remarks by writing a lengthy message on her Twitter page, which made Rancic issue an apology.
She also condemned another Internet troll who called her parents ugly. "First I'm gonna pray for you," she wrote. "While you're so concerned about what my parents look like, please know that these are two of the most selfless people in the world."
Zendaya added that her parents had spent their whole lives not really caring for what people said regarding their looks. She also boasted that they are decent educators who dedicated their lives to "teaching, cultivating and filling" empty minds. Read the full post here.
