Rose McGowan’s Twitter Account Got Suspended and the Internet Isn’t Having It

Rose McGowan’s Twitter account has been suspended, and the Internet is not very happy about it.

McGowan has been voicing her feelings on the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal on Twitter, but she hasn’t just gone after Weinstein. She’s also voiced her displeasure with certain actors who she feels knew about Weinstein’s behavior. At some point, overnight Twitter suspended McGowan’s account, something she shared on her Instagram.

“TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE. #ROSEARMY,” McGowan said.

She also posted the message she received from Twitter, citing that she violated the Twitter rules. They set a timer of 12 hours that would start if or when she deleted the violating Tweets, but the Internet was not having it.

McGowan’s most notable back and forth on Twitter has been with Ben Affleck, who tweeted a message on Weinstein after the scandal broke. “Saddened and angry,” Affleck wrote, “that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over the decades.”

McGowan was one of the women affected by Weinstein’s behavior, something revealed in the original New York Times report. They reached a settlement of $100,000 in 1997, an incident that involved a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival.

McGowan took to Twitter after Affleck posted his initial remarks, saying “Ben Affleck f*** off”, which many suspect is the tweet that got her suspended. Before her account was inactive she followed up with another tweet, saying “@benaffleck “GOD******! I TOLD HIM TO STOP DOING THAT” you said that to my face. The press conf I was made to go to after assault. You lie.”

Since the suspension, many have made their voices heard in support of McGowan, and you can see some of their responses in the following slides.

Jessica Chastain

Most reactions are asking for an example of the rules McGowan broke. That includes Jessica Chastain, who included a link to Twitter’s rules for clarification.

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette let people know McGowan’s account was suspended, and is preparing for the storm of negativity.

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright, like others, raised the comparison of Donald Trump, who has yet to have his account suspended for inflammatory comments.

Jon Cryer

Others like Jon Cryer took their annoyance directly to the source.

Paul Feig

Paul Feig volunteered his account as well if Twitter was going to suspend McGowan’s account but not Trump’s.

Holly Marie Combs

McGowan’s Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs came to her friend’s defense, especially since Twitter doesn’t have a great record of suspending clearly offensive accounts.

Joy Reid

Joy Reid took Twitter to task about their judgement of what “breaks their rules”.

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow summed it up pretty succinctly.

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson called out Twitter as well for their inconsistent rules.