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Jess Glynne ‘quits social media after facing relentless abuse from trolls’
Jess Glynne has deleted both her Twitter and Instagram after being lobbed abuse by trolls on the social media platforms, according to reports.
The star was allegedly told to ‘go die, bitch’ by cruel trolls after she used a derogatory slur on a podcast, which she later apologised for. However, it’s been claimed the abuse online left her feeling ‘upset and vulnerable’.
A source close to the star said: ‘It has been a horrid few weeks for Jess.
‘She feels so upset about the whole situation and really felt like the only way to escape was to delete her accounts.
‘It’s sad, because she had great relationships with her fans online, but that has been ruined.’
The insider added to The Sun it had been ‘an incredibly difficult experience’ for the star, saying she’s been unable to ‘distract’ herself due to being in lockdown.
They went on: ‘These trolls don’t seem to realise how painful their words are and the impact the comments can have.
‘She knows she is not a nasty person but is being relentlessly punished for a mistake which she apologised for.’
During an appearance on Mo Gilligan’s podcast last month the singer said the word ‘tranny’, with the moment from the now-deleted episode soon going viral on social media.
In a post on her Instagram page the 31-year-old apologised for using the term, writing: ‘I want to address my appearance on the mothecomedian podcast, when a story I told caused massive and righteous offence. Firstly, I want to say that I am wholeheartedly sorry…(sic)’.
She added a screen grab of a statement which read: ‘Firstly, I want to say that I am wholeheartedly sorry. I know that in this case, sorry is not nearly enough, throughout my life I have made a lot of mistakes and what I have come to know is that the only benefit to making one is to learn from it.
‘I didn’t want to simply put out a PR apology on social media because I know that I have caused offence and pain to a community that I love and have always wanted to support.
‘To be in the knowledge that I have negatively impacted the community through my own ignorance has ripped out a piece of my heart. I know I needed to address my mistake head on and educate myself about an issue I was frankly ignorant of.’
The Rather Be singer added that the word she used was ‘unacceptable’ and she is ‘ashamed that I was unaware of the potency of the T-slur until now.’
‘Today I have learnt something that I will carry with me for the rest of my life,’ Jess continued.
‘I hope by using my platform to apologise I can also start the conversation and others may benefit from being educated by braver souls than myself, I know that with a platform of my size, I have a responsibility to host the voices of many, over the coming weeks and beyond, I will be lending my platforms to voices of the comunity and I look forward to continuing my education on these issues.’
She went on to share links to organisations working with the trans community concluding that she will be ‘taking some time to continue to grow’.
Metro.co.uk contacted Jess’s reps for comment.
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