Shonda Rhimes Says She Had to Hire Security After Some ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Fans “Got Mean”

[hewontgo]

Shonda Rhimes Says She Had to Hire Security After Some 'Grey's Anatomy' Fans "Got Mean" https://t.co/XroMtjlEos
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 16, 2024

Shonda Rhimes discussed how she used to regularly engage with fans of her shows on social media but has mostly stepped back in the past few years.

“Social media changed. Fans have

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[skyler_white_yo]

What is wrong with people? It’s fine to not like something, it’s fine to go on social media and say you don’t like something, it’s not fine to send death threats to anyone.

[yankeesarelove]

I'd caveat that with its fine on your own social media to express your opinion but these psychos who @ Shonda and post comments on her socials saying it? unhinged.

[peachypearl]

I really don't know what is wrong with people tbh. I have not liked the way certain shows I love were handled, how characters randomly disappeared or died or how they handled various things that may have come from books. I could never in my wildest dreams imagine contacting any REAL LIFE people involved in those shows like the writers, directors or actors.

I mean, crazies have always existed but the lines between everything are getting so blurred with internet and social media. We know too much but it's also so easy to find out where anyone lives. It's creepy so I'm gonna go to the local second hand store and relax.

[silverstarry]

There have been shows/movies that greatly disappointed me. Usually I just shrugged it off and went about my life. Sometimes I've posted about what I didn't like online but in a format like this. I would never go directly to the account of a writer or showrunner and tell them that their writing was the worst ever, let alone make physical threats. It's unbelievable that people feel like it's okay to threaten Shonda Rhimes about Grey's Anatomy. PeopleAreDyingKim!

People, get a grip! It's a silly soap opera. You shouldn't get upset enough to threaten someone about what happens to these characters. If you are truly unhappy with the storylines, that's what fan fiction is for.

Do I want Owen to die? OF FUCKING COURSE. But I would never track down Shonda Rhimes to tell her that!

[theylezharold]

So wild, right?

Like I fully mourned when GLOW got canceled, but I've never got thought to write anything on anyone's page or to go bananas and to send threats! I read some of the comments on that golden bachelor couple's pages and they are intense. Theresa had to get a police escort home last week (idk if she still is getting them), and that's fucked up. Meanwhile gigolo Gerry probably has a new woman.

[team_kinkajou]

Just kill off Owen and the threats will stop!

[solira21]

This comment compared with the one above is taking me out lmfao

[anterrabre]

If she's just the writer and producer and getting hate like this from delusional people can you imagine what the actual celebs are getting? I'm thinking about the whole Olicity thing and people thinking it was appropriate to harass Tony Goldwyn's wife because they just ~knew~ he was having an affair with Kerry Washington. I'm really beginning to believe certain people can't handle the internet.

[newyorkangst]

"I'm really beginning to believe certain people can't handle the internet."

I think about this all the time and every single time I open Twitter