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Man Gets Ruthlessly Bashed on Twitter When He Proclaims Issa Rae ‘Better Not Be a 10’ On the Beauty Scale

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Issa Ray is always looking good with her popping curls.

Actress and writer Issa Rae didn’t stand for a man blatantly bashing her looks through a rating system and when she hit back, many rallied behind her.

The incident happened two days after the season two premiere of Rae’s hit HBO series, “Insecure.” A Twitter user named D.J. disagreed with another man’s praise of the star’s beauty Monday, July 24.

https://twitter.com/DCJonez/status/889599160512634884

https://twitter.com/Wyanes_World/status/889867488640606210

https://twitter.com/DCJonez/status/889878392547545088

https://twitter.com/Wyanes_World/status/889890135692726273

And since Rae was tagged in the thread, she chimed in to make her presence known.

https://twitter.com/IssaRae/status/889891679364292608?

A chorus of support followed.


However, others chided D.J. for bringing up Rae’s looks at all, and he ultimately protected his Twitter account, likely as a result of the backlash.

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