A journalist took the wrath of internet users after jokingly suggesting that Queen Elizabeth II should have died in place of Betty White, whose death was announced this Friday, December 31.
As she approached her centenary, Betty White died this Friday, December 31, 2021. And the death of the famous American actress notably inspired a freelance journalist, Nylah burton, who has written for a number of prestigious titles, including the Huffington Post and the New York Times. After hearing the news, the young woman shared on Twitter a joke that was not to everyone’s liking, with reference to the british ruler, according to a tabloid article The Sun published this Saturday January 1st. “Betty White is dead … why isn’t it Queen Elizabeth ?!”The journalist tweeted.
Just a few minutes after his post, a rain of lively comments appeared, accusing Nylah Burton of being “horrible” and “despicable“.”Delete this, your job is disgusting“, for example commented Piers Morgan, a famous television host.”What a disgusting thing to say“,”I just ran into most loathsome and offensive tweet of 2021“,”A tweet of sheer meanness and hate“, we could also read in response to the journalist.
Despite the indignation aroused by his joke, the young woman reiterated her point of view, without showing humor this time, later in the evening of Friday, December 31. “Why not Queen Elizabeth? The universe took the bad old white lady“, Nylah Burton replied to one of the Internet users who had criticized her. While the number of inflammatory reactions continued to increase throughout the evening, the journalist had to switch her account from public to private, before remove it completely.
Betty White, an iconic face of American television
Notably known for having played in the series The Crunchies, Madame is served Where The Cruise has fun, Betty White had also made an appearance in Malcolm, Ugly betty and even Bones. Iconic face of television in the United States, this jack-of-all-trades had chained the films, short films, television series, television films and talk-show programs. So it is with great sadness that the Americans learned of his death on the eve of 2022.
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