Kerry Washington Speaks On Getting death Threats

Kerry Washington has come a long way from her minor role in Save The Last Dance. She played one of her biggest roles in last year's very controversial movie, Django. In a recent interview, she spoke on how airing out her political views at the National Democratic Convention got her multiple death threats.

"I come from a family where people really participate in the democratic process. I don’t think that being an actor should prevent me from continuing to do the things I do. A lot of people fought for me to have the right as a woman to be able to participate, and as a person of color, and so I don’t want my acting to get in the way of that. I do it as an American. And blowback? Absolutely. After I spoke at the Democratic National Convention — our show has a very active life on Twitter and Facebook — I couldn’t go near any of it because there were threats to my life, sexism and racism. It was shocking that me speaking at a convention incited all this anger. Thank God for block on Twitter! (necolebitchie.com)"

That's one thing with social media, especially twitter; the public now have easier access to celebrities. I don't mean they can reach them easier, but celebrities read tweets about them, and some of them ain't so nice some times. There are some tweets @ some celebrities I read, and wonder how the celebrities deal with all the negative energy coming their way from people that just don't like them.