US EditionSimi breaks silence on backlash over old tweets
Simi defended her old tweets from 2012 as youthful and non-perverse after backlash linked to her strong stance on rapists in the Mirabel case, she said on X.
- Recently, Simi responded on X to backlash after old tweets resurfaced, including a 2012 post about a crush, which she says were deleted to protect her family.
- Social media users dug into Simi's timeline after her `burnt and castrated` remark amid the Mirabel case, unearthing tweets from 2012.
- At the time she tweeted about a child's crush and a joke, Simi said she was helping at her mother's daycare in 2012, when she was 23.
- She clarified deletions to protect her family and reaffirmed, `I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault`, denying depravity and refusing to make excuses.
- Simi said she wasn't famous then and cautioned about misreading old posts, warning that a `faceless mob` might weaponize her tweets despite no perverse intent.
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Simi breaks silence on backlash over old tweets
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