The Black Lives Matters activist, who was at the center of an angry backlash after Dove announced a partnership with her, complained she felt “threatened” and called the police after a polite request for an interview.
on Friday visited community organizer and University of Virginia student Zyahna Bryant, 22, who ruined the life of white student Morgan Bettinger when she was attacked for words she later admitted she “may have misunderstood.” had,” life was canceled.
After a calm and pleasant conversation with a woman who claimed to be her sister and explained that we were simply asking if Bryant would speak to the Fury, contact information was exchanged.
Moments later, before had a chance to leave, we received a call from a man who introduced himself as Sean Lawton, their manager.
visited community organizer and UVA student Zyahna Bryant, 22, on Friday to request an interview following the Dove boycott
X user Carole Thorpe gave up her remaining Dove bars when news of Zyahna Bryant’s hiring broke and says she will no longer be making purchases from the brand
Lawton said: “Zyahna feels threatened at the moment.” “Now it’s about her safety.”
Dove’s decision to hire the controversial Bryant as a “fat acceptance ambassador” has led to thousands on social media calling for a boycott of their products, in what has been dubbed their “Bud Light moment” – a reference to the catastrophic one Partnering the beer with Dylan Mulvaney.
Bryant’s manager said on Friday: “The biggest concern at the moment is her safety. “This means that this now falls within the scope of a legal matter and therefore we cannot comment at this time.”
When asked what he meant by a “legal matter,” Lawton said. “This means that I cannot comment on the advice of the legal department.”
And when Lawton revealed his client was holed up in her Charlottesville home, he added: “Are you in a gray SUV? “She can see you from her window.”
Tycoon and anti-woke crusader Elon Musk also responded to the news of Bryant’s hiring, calling it “messed up.”
The Unilever-owned brand has teamed up with a professional Black Lives Matter activist named Zyahna Bryant to advocate for “fat liberation.”
Within 20 minutes of his call, received a second call, this time from Charlottesville Police Chief Mike Kochis.
Kochis said he received a call from Bryant saying “she was feeling unwell” and wanted to “get ahead of any situation.”
He admitted that had done nothing wrong, was on a public street, simply asked for an interview and left.
He described the family as “good people” and said he was unaware that there had actually been any threats against Bryant at the time.
In stark contrast, Bettinger, 24, has been the target of countless threats from an ill-informed online mob, fueled by Bryant’s claims that she heard the student threatening to turn Charlottesville protesters into “speedbumps” when she accidentally walked in a group was driving protesting the death of George Floyd, July 17, 2020.
Bryant tweeted Bettinger’s picture and said, “The woman in that truck walked up to the protesters in #Charlottesville and told us we were making ‘good speed bumps.'” Then she called the police and started crying because she said, we would attack them.’
Bettinger is pictured in her car during the protests in July 2020. She insists she told a trucker blocking the road that she was glad he was there to avoid a repeat of the 2017 Unite the Right rally, where a white supremacist attacked the anti-racism protester Attacked and killed Heather Heyer. But Bryant claimed Bettinger implied she wanted to harm George Floyd protesters
Video evidence does not show the moment Bettinger made the comment, but it shows the aftermath as protesters pounded on her car, shouted obscenities at her and mocked her for crying as she called her mother and the police
The claims, which Bryant later admitted may not have been true, were retweeted 1,000 times and a torrent of dream-shattering hatred poured down on Bettinger, the daughter of a police officer.
Angry conservatives have begun boycotting Dove after the soap brand hired the infamous Black Lives Matter activist after she destroyed the life of a white student over a comment she later admitted may have been “wrong.” “understood”.
Carole Thorpe of Charlottesville shared a snapshot Thursday of three bars of Dove soap thrown in the trash when she learned the Unilever-owned brand had teamed up with Bryant to push a “fat liberation” campaign.
Expressing her horror at the news of Bryant’s glittering Dove appearance, Thorpe wrote: “After hearing that Dove Beauty had chosen Zyahna Bryant – who had ruined Morgan Bettinger’s life – as their ‘fat acceptance ambassador,’ THOSE threw THIS lifelong great lady and now former Dove customer that gone.” the last three bars of Dove product she will ever buy. “I also wrote to Unilever.”
Numerous other angry users appeared