Smokeshow Actress Ashley Benson Kicks Off Halloween Costume Outrage Season With...Cecil The Lion?
US - Roar? Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson is the latest celeb to make a Halloween faux pas, and it’s not even Oct. 31 yet! The ABC Family actress (or should we say the Freeform actress?) is in hot water for a controversial Instagram post involving her potential costume for this year’s festivities.
According to several screengrabs from various sites, Benson originally captioned her Instagram photo: “Help! Can’t decide on my Halloween costume this year! What do you guys think of this cecil the lion costume? @yandy #thanksyandy #halloweencostume.”
But fans didn’t take too kindly to Benson, 25, making light of the now-deceased 13-year-old lion, who was killed earlier this year by an American dentist who reportedly paid $50,000 to hunt the famed animal.
That didn’t stop fans from calling her out in the comments. One follower wrote: “you called it ‘Cecil the Lion!’ #clueless #smh #insensitive,” and another added, ”It’s a shame lions can’t wear dead ignorant humans as costumes. Totally unaware douche.
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I heard we had our first official Halloween costume controversy of the season, I was so excited to open it up and see what we were working with. So many off-limits topics, what could it possibly be? Something new and topical like a police shooting victim or a Planned Parenthood employee with fetus parts taped all over them? Something tried and true like Mexicans in sombreros or standard old Blackface? Endless possibilities with the current news cycle and age-old stereotypes.
Nope…Cecil the Lion. Yup that fucking lion that got killed like 6 months ago. A lion. That’s what everyone is so fired up about. #Clueless #SMH #Insensitive
Ugh, we can do wayyyyy better than this, Twitter Outrage Machine. Please don’t sell yourself short.
Cue Ashley!
JessBlobo tell em what’s really good.