Ruby Rose quits Twitter over trolling
Add Ruby Rose to the list of actors who have fled social media to escape the barking trolls.
Rose on Monday appeared to have deactivated her Twitter account and turned off commenting on Instagram after some fanboys and fangirls criticized her recent casting in the title role of “Batwoman” in a new CW series, according to the Huffington Post.
Among the complaints were that the 32-yearold Australian actress and model wasn’t Jewish, wasn’t a good enough actor to tackle the role and — get this — wasn’t gay enough.
“Not only does ruby rose not identify as a lesbian but she’s not Jewish either,” wrote one Twitter user. “So … they basically lied about wanting an actor that represented the diversity to stay true to who batwoman is and instead just picked a ‘hot’ white person that isn’t too gay to offend the straights.”
Another wrote, “okay but casting ruby rose as batwoman truly is a big (expletive) you to all the lesbian fans like they don’t care about the rep they just wanted to cast a lesbian to have good press so they just gave it to her cause she’s well-known and liked by straight girls.”
The not-lesbian-enough accusations flummoxed Rose. She addressed it with some of her last tweets. “Where on Earth did ‘Ruby is not a lesbian therefore she can’t be Batwoman’ come from — has to be the funniest most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read,” she wrote. “I came out at 12? And have for the past 5 years had to deal with ‘she’s too gay.’ How do y’all flip it like that? I didn’t change. I wish we would all support each other and our journeys.”
DC Comics introduced Batwoman/Katherine Kane (or Kathy) as a love interest for Batman in the 1950s. The character was rebranded in 2006 as Kate Kane, a Jewish lesbian. “When women and when minorities join forces we are unstoppable … when we tear each other down it’s much more hurtful than from any group,” tweeted Rose. “But hey I love a challenge I just wish women and the LGBT community supported each other more. My wish was we were all a little kinder and more supportive of each other.”