Michele Morrow, the video game host, makes clear: She’s NOT the controversial NC candidate

Democrat Mo Green has been endorsed by Michele Morrow to lead North Carolina’s public schools — but it’s not the Morrow who you’re probably thinking about.

This Michele Morrow — who is a video game host, writer and actress — says some people are confusing her with another Michele Morrow, who is the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina. The actress says she’s dealing with a “truly wild situation” because some people are mistakenly assuming she’s the Morrow who has made past online statements, including talking about killing former President Barack Obama.

“So there’s this crazy ass lady from NC that shares my name, one L and all,” Morrow posted on X, formerly called Twitter, in a thread on Saturday. “She’s a right-wing extremist who has said hateful, dangerous things.

“Seeing my name on a nat’l level associated with this (on my birthday week!) has been surreal.”

The actress has more than 32,600 followers on X. That’s compared to 2,870 followers for the candidate.

Candidate blames ‘dysfunctional media’

The political candidate is a Donald Trump supporter who protested outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The registered nurse and homeschool parent upset incumbent Republican Superintendent Catherine Truitt in the March 5 GOP primary.

She will run in November against Green, who who won the Democratic primary. Green is the former superintendent of Guilford County Schools and the former executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

Morrow has received national attention since CNN reported on her past social media posts, including those that talked about killing Obama, President Joe Biden, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other Democrats.

“I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad,” Morrow, the candidate, wrote in a tweet from May 2020, responding to a user sharing a conspiracy theory who suggested sending Obama to prison at Guantanamo Bay. “I do not want to waste another dime on supporting his life. We could make some money back from televising his death.”

In posts from 2019 to 2021, Morrow made anti-Islamic comments, used QAnon slogans and talked about the conspiracy theory that thousands of Chinese troops were massed on the Canadian border “waiting for orders to invade,” CNN reported.

Most of the posts cited by CNN were from an old Twitter account that Morrow took down last Thursday. Morrow has not responded to voicemails and texts from The News & Observer asking about the removal of her former Twitter account.

Instead, Morrow gave an interview to Fox News and an interview to Steve Bannon’s “War Room” program.

“The dysfunctional media is trying to create ‘gotcha moments’ out of old comments taken out of context, made in jest, or never made in the first place,” the candidate posted Saturday on X.

Attacked for namesake’s comments

Since the CNN report, Michele Morrow, the actress, says she’s had to respond to people who’ve accused her of making the comments linked to the candidate.

“It’s been absurd, and nearly comical to see my namesake twisted into such a bizarre opposite,” the actress posted on X. “I’ve actively stayed away from posting about politics because I find it endlessly toxic to my soul, but some things can’t be ignored (esp when getting attk’d from fellow Dem’s).”

The actress said she wants to counter her namesake’s “noise” with a message of her own.

“I encourage EVERYONE to vote for @MoGreenforNC instead of her!!” the actress posted.