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Disney Heiress Doubles Down: Kobe ‘Not A God,’ ‘Don’t Deify Him’

Hank Berrien
Disney Heiress Doubles Down: Kobe ‘Not A God,’ ‘Don’t Deify Him’
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In a massive 24-tweet thread last Friday, Disney heiress and award-winning documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney doubled down on her prior statements in which she had tweeted after the tragic death of former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, “The man was a rapist. Deal with it.” In the new thread, Disney concluded, “Don’t deify him because he was not a god. That’s all. Just don’t deify him.”

Disney began, “OK, time to bite the bullet and say something. Thread. If you don’t like it, just stop following. First of all, yes, it IS my business because I’m a woman who has herself been assaulted and spent my life knowing, loving and feeling for women for whom it’s been so much worse.”

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