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UPDATED: Leslie Jones has announced that she is leaving Twitter following the countless racist comments she has received, tweeting “I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart. All this cause I did a movie. You can hate the movie but the shit I got today…wrong.”

I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today…wrong

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

One of the stars in Sony’s “Ghostbusters” reboot, Leslie Jones, spent the day Monday retweeting some of the hateful and racists tweets she has received since the film released Friday.

It’s no secret that the film’s stars had been the target for plenty of Internet trolls since the film was announced and initially Jones said she had just been blocking all the haters that tweeted at her. Today she took a different tactic.

“You know I’m gonna stop blocking so y’all can go through my feed yourself and see the bs,” she said in a tweet. “You won’t believe the evil. It’s f**king scary.”

I just don't understand pic.twitter.com/N9xWoXPttu

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016

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Jones said in some of her retweets that she was “scared for our future.” Through all the racist and misogynistic tweets, several celebrities came to the actress’ side, including “Ghostbusters” director Paul Feig and co-writer Katie Dippold.

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Leslie Jones is one of the greatest people I know. Any personal attacks against her are attacks against us all. #LoveForLeslieJ @Lesdoggg

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) July 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/katiedippold/status/755168400461078528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Other actors also came to the defense of Jones.

Stand with @Lesdoggg #loveforlesliej she is an inspiration and a legend in the making pic.twitter.com/dqotlPAETd

— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) July 18, 2016

In defense of the anonymous racists trolling @Lesdoggg — how else are you supposed to pass the time during lulls at the #RNCinCLE?

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) July 18, 2016

The “Saturday Night Live” star also tweeted “I’m not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility.”

I'm not stupid to not know racism exists. And I know it will probably live on way after me. But we have to make people take responsibility

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

And, “Stop saying ignore them or that’s just the way it is. Cause that’s bullshit. Everybody knows an asshole check them for their hate.”

Stop saying ignore them or that's just the way it is. Cause that's bullshit. Everybody knows an asshole check them for their hate.

— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

After the situation picked up traction on Monday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted at Jones, asking her to send him a direct message.

Hi Leslie, following, please DM me when you have a moment

— jack (@jack) July 19, 2016

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