American actress Viola Davis, who leads in The Woman King movie acquired backlash from Black Twitter this week when she mourned Queen Elizabeth in a since-deleted tweet.
The Queen died on Thursday on the age of 96 at Balmoral in Scotland.
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VIOLA DAVIS FAN: ‘SHE’S BLACK AGAIN’
When The Woman King actress Viola Davis lastly deleted the tweet, the place she mourned the late Queen Elizabeth II, a fan tweeted the next: “She’s black again.”
According to Olisa TV, Davis commiserated with the household and known as the late monarch “Her Majesty,” which is antithetical to her much-anticipated film, The Woman King, wherein she leads a military of Dahomean warriors to struggle towards colonisers.
Fans of the actress revealed that any African mourning Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating slavery and colonialism.
South Africans additionally expressed blended emotions concerning the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. While some had been saddened by her loss, others weren’t moved or detached about her dying.
Julius Malame’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) additionally criticised the monarch’s function in Africa and in South Africa, specifically. EFF on Thursday issued a press release saying the occasion was not amongst these mourning the British royal.
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REACTIONS TO HER DELETED TWEET
@ultrapurwater:
“So Viola Davis is cancelled because of a tweet about Queen Elizabeth, but y’all couldn’t find that energy about the woman king movie turning one of the biggest slave trading empires of Africa( plus human sacrificing) into a glorified Essence Black girl magic celebration?”
@RBECOACH25:
“I’m not watching Viola Davis new movie She praising Queen Elizabeth but making ALLLLL THE AFRICAN movies same African she stole from Shìt sad how scary black people are.”
@obvszee:
“Viola Davis was literally born on a former slave plantation and is tweeting RIP Queen Elizabeth… embarrassing.”
@poeticsoul_l:
“Y’all really made Viola Davis delete her posts about Queen Elizabeth? Black Twitter is savage.”
@oliviaashay:
“Viola Davis deleting her tweet about Queen Elizabeth because y’all put her in a pack is wild.”
@foolsgld_:
“Gonna assume that Viola Davis Queen Elizabeth tweet is just a glitch in the simulation.”
