Leslie Jones Slams New 'Ghostbusters' Movie That Ignores Female Reboot

From Harper's BAZAAR

Hollywood may be making another Ghostbusters movie, but Leslie Jones is most definitely not here for it.

Following 2016's all-female version of Ghostbusters, and the slew of misogynist trash that was spouted as a result, it's now been announced that the franchise is being rebooted again-but this time, with men.

One of the stars of 2016's woman-centric Ghostbusters is not at all happy with the revelation that the fourth movie will ignore its predecessor, like it never even existed. In fact, Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones took to Twitter to reveal her disgust, writing, "So insulting. Like f*ck us. We dint count. It’s like something trump would do. (Trump voice) 'Gonna redo ghostbusteeeeers, better with men, will be huge. Those women ain’t ghostbusteeeeers' ugh so annoying. Such a dick move. And I don’t give f*ck I’m saying something!!"

When the all-female reboot was initially announced, a lot of online hatred was directed at its stars. Actress Kristen Wiig told the Los Angeles Times in October 2015, "The fact there was so much controversy because we were women was surprising to me. Some people said some really not nice things about the fact that there were women. It didn't make me mad, it just really bummed me out."

Jones was also subjected to extreme racist abuse following the release of the Ghostbusters reboot, which included her being doxxed and her website being hacked. Which seriously begs the question-why are filmmakers giving into sexist and racist bullies who balk at women being given the screen time they deserve?

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