Actress Debra Messing was slammed on social media after she posted a selfie calling for gun control minutes after a professor and a student were killed in a murder-suicide on the UCLA campus.
The now-deleted tweet, which depicted Messing in a gun control t-shirt, outraged some on social media who questioned the timing of the post.
“Debra Messing @DebraMessing
Take a stand. This day was predetermined as a day of awareness. Don’t belittle the effort. #wecandobetter https://twitter.com/savelazz/status/73806704298577510410:59 AM – 1 Jun 2016” h/t womanista
Later, Messing tried to clean up her mess:
Debra Messing ✔ @DebraMessing
Today we were asked to have our Voices heard. The horrendous Irony is the timing of yet another shooting. This has NOTHING to do with me.
11:01 AM – 1 Jun 2016
Messing claims she was participating in a pre-planned campaign aimed at raising awareness of gun violence and was apparently talking a selfie for the campaign when she heard the breaking news.
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