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Ayo Edebiri Got ‘Insane Death Threats’ After Elon Musk Shared Bogus Disney Casting News

Ayo Edebiri said she received 'insane death threats' after Elon Musk spread a fake rumor about her starring in a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' reboot.

Ayo Edebiri revealed that she received a deluge of “insane death threats” and racial abuse after Elon Musk retweeted a phony rumor about a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot starring the Emmy-winner. Edebiri made no comment at the time, but on her Instagram Stories yesterday (March 11), she brought it back up, sharing a screenshot of the original post, and writing, “Just remembering when I got some of the most insane death threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 moment, but for sure top 3) for a fake reboot of a movie I had never even heard of because of this man.” Because the internet is incredibly small (and often stupid), Edebiri’s post also made its way back to the Unlimited L’s account, which defended both the veracity of the original Pirates of the Caribbean rumor, and, for some reason, Musk.

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