Online trolls upbraid Star Trek actress Alice over corn row hairstyle
SHARING pictures of your new hairstyle on social media is practically mandatory for any young celebrity these days.
But Star Trek actress Alice Eve faced an extraordinary backlash from online trolls after posting photographs of her hair in braids while on holiday in Jamaica.
The 35-year-old was accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ – the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another – for sporting the African-style ‘corn rows’.
Alice revealed her braided hair in snaps on Instagram and included a video of the process, which can take hours.
But some Instagram users launched a tirade against the actress, who plays Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness, below. Claiming she was ignoring the struggles of black communities, one critic told her: ‘You take what you like from us but don’t get the pain that went with it.’ ‘Let me guess,’ another wrote. ‘You only did that because you were in Jamaica?’ Another user commented on the style: ‘You ain’t black lol.’ Crueller comments seem to have been removed by Instagram for violating site rules. Four days later Alice – the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan – posted a picture of herself relaxing on the beach without the corn rows. Her holiday in Manchioneal was supposed to provide some relaxation after her split from Alex Cowper-Smith, her husband of two years.