Annemarie Wiley' speaks out concerning the cyberbullying she says she just lately confronted… and the set off was a controversial drawing.
The 'Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills' star shared the picture on Saturday … a caricature of herself with enormous muscular tissues and a bottle of propofol – used as common anesthesia – hanging from the neck. In accordance with her profile, AW is an 'anesthetist' and explains the propofol.
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In her caption, Wiley trashed the picture… and instructed her greater than 34,000 followers that she's been coping with a number of racism and cyberbullying recently — pointing to the picture as a significant instance of that.
She began off by saying she was a collegiate athlete who nonetheless skilled on daily basis… and added that she's proud to indicate younger ladies that you just don't must be a dimension 0 to be lovely and personal your self maintain.
Wiley added: “Drawing a black girl as a gorilla is disgusting and fully unacceptable!” earlier than mentioning the historic context by which black ladies are “maligned” and known as “animal.”
She added that she's needed to cope with microaggressions and name-calling through the years… however stated the picture is a complete new degree of “hate,” and he or she known as out the artist who took the picture with the accountname.
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FWIW…the artist's intent is tough to guage right here. The account “drunkpulled” has posted a ton of photographs like this through the years and makes use of a really particular type to painting these people — some sharing many similarities with the Wiley snap, like this one from 'RHOSLC' star Meredith Marks.
Both approach, Wiley was clearly harm and offended by the picture and 'drunk' appears to have realized he crossed a line… as a result of it seems the submit has been deleted.
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We have now contacted Annemarie…to this point no response.
